Here's a simple how-to on eye makeup. If anyone has anything to add to this i'd be happy to edit it please wait for all the photos to load.

Hopefully this will help you go


Okay! First you should clean all old eye makeup off (including waterproof mascara) & dry the area.

Next put a thin coating of concealer on your eyelid to make the eyeshadow stick & last longer:


Now. Time for the eyeliner. You should line your upper lid along the lashline and to the middle of the eye on the lower lashline like this:

i find that lowering the entire bottom lashline makes many eyes look smaller. You may want to use the technique of pulling your eyelid sidways to make it easier to line like so:

but i find that harder for some reason and if you do too..you may just want to line your eye while it's open like so:

your eye should pretty much look like this so far:


Now. Time for the eyeshadow. You may wish to choose your eyeshadow color by the guidelines below but don't hesitate to experiment sometimes!

+ Brown eyes look good in dark or light blue depending on your eye shade.
+ Hazel eyes looks good in pinks, mauves, blacks and greys.
+ Green eyes look good in shades of pink, salmon, mauve, and brownish-pink.
+ Blue eyes look good in coppers, browns, and some shades of blue.

Okay. Sweep the eyeshadow from inner corner to outer corner and extend the shadow just above the eyelid and a little past the outer corner. Like so:



Finally. Add mascara. Choose the color according to your hair. Black mascara may be a little too intense for some blondes or redheads so you may wish to go with a brown. Do your upper eyelashes first. Brush the mascara down on your lashes first to get all the tips:

and then brush the mascara upwards on the front of the lashes while moving the brush left and right at the same time. Do this about two times but do not wait for the mascara to dry inbetween because then it will get clumpy. Next you may wish to put a little mascara on your lower lashes but be careful because cheap mascara will flake off. Personally once i'm done applying the mascara i take a clean mascara brush (you can get them free from sephora from the tester areas) to seperate my lashes:


and you're finished!


hope this was useful!

Haha, I do mine like exactly the same without the eyeliner, though. Same color eyeshadow and everything BUT what brand/color is yours?

oh it's L'Oreal in the 'autumn leaves' set of 4

Great tips. Too bad your eyes are, like, a bazillion times prettier than mine. I love the color of yours. The gold hue goes great with the color blue your eyes are.

ohh my! Can we trade eyes?? This is very useful. It makes your eyes look very purdy while still looking natural

i love your eyelashes, they're so nice.

i was never taught how to use make up so if i ever do need to then i'll have this to look back on

Wonderful Ellen. Now we all can try to look as beautiful as you.

=(Why do women and girls like ot put on makeup so much i mean OMG you look sexy without it ppl dont need makeup to look good u have natural beauty NATURAL B E A U T Y!!!!

but she is beautiful and those lashes are nice and i think i prove my point you dont need makeup to look good...wait..does that make sense?

this is really cool, can you give tips on smoky eyes?

haha nice job with the pics and all.. im like freaking scared i'll poke my eye.. lol but goood tips!

You are awesome

Very nice. You put on eye makeup so well, and your eyes look gorgeous naturally as well.

Thanks so much! Now I, the makeup-ly challenged, can at least attempt to look as gorgeous as you.

At least now I know I've been using the right color eye shadow. The concealer was a good tip.

hah we'll see about that one...


but yeah thanks for the compliments and all guys! i just had a little free time and felt like making a little guide

yay!! now i can do make up without being a clown...lol

That's how I do my eyes, minus the mascara, and sometimes the concealer. btw, you have really nice eyes.

For smokey eyes, blend the eyeliner or a dark powder eyeshadow out from the edges of the eye, and into your lashes. Use a grey eyeshadow and work up from your eyeliner you'll need to use lots, work it into your upper lid until you can see it well, and blend blend blend. Bring the colour around the corner, and under the lashes of the lower lid (not too much here). Ease up on the colour, and taper it off as you get closer to the inner corner of your eye. Make sure everything is blended outward nicely, and line your eye in black if you want. Lastly, coat your lashes with a couple coats of black mascara.

thanks for the great tips.

makeup is bad I don't like it

Ellen great tutorial on eye makeup lol .
Pin in girl's locker?
Love your eye color

^good idea, but I can't pin it because it would once again clutter the pin section. So, I added a link to this thread in Girl's Resource Center.

grow up, u'll somehow end up using it at some point.
anyway, great tips

I agree. Thank you so much!

so good.. it'll be helpful one day when i finally get over the fear of poking my eye.

^yeah my friend squints everytime someone tries to put eyeliner on her eyes