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With a mirror and a few minutes of free time, you can completely know your eye shape. In addition to the eye shape, you should also pay attention to the position of the eyes on your face, which is just as important to your appearance as the shape of your eye.

Steps

Part 1 of 3: Eye Shape Recognition

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   Make eye contact in the mirror. Go into a well-lit room with a mirror. Place the mirror as close to you as possible so that you can see at least one of your eyes clearly. With this angle, you can also make eye makeup easier.
   • A magnifying mirror is perfect, but any mirror is fine, as long as you can see your eyes clearly in the mirror. You can use a mirror that cannot be moved, such as a nail mirror on a wall or cabinet top, or a hand mirror.
   • Natural light is best, but as long as you can see your eyes clearly, indoor lights are fine too.

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   Do your eyes have eyelids? Look up your eyes. If your eyes are not pleated, you have monolids. If your eyes are folded, don't make a decision yet: you cannot know your eye shape yet.
   • The fold does not have to be too obvious, the actual single eyelid has absolutely no fold at all.
   • Monolids are considered the basics, so if you have monolids, you can skip to the next steps in this section of this article. Let's move on to the "location" section.

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   Pay attention to the position of the corner of the eye. Imagine a straight horizontal line passing through the center of both eyes. Notice if the tail is above or below this center line. If the tail is on, you have slanted eyes. Likewise, if the tail is below, you have truncated eyes.
   • It can be a bit difficult to imagine a center line on your own, so if necessary, use a coffee stirrer or a thin pencil and place it horizontally in front of one eye. Compare the corner of the eye with the other eye.
   • If the tail of your eye is near the centerline, you will have to read on to recognize your eye shape.
   • If you have slanted or truncated eyes, you can skip the next steps and move on to the "placement" section of this article.

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   Take a closer look at the eyelids. Open your eyes wide and notice if the crease is visible or has disappeared. If your eyelids disappear below the upper part of the eye or the brow line, you have an eyelid.
   • If your eyes have eyelids, you can skip the next steps and jump to the "position" section.
   • If the eyelid line of your eye is still clearly visible, read it all the way to determine your eye style.

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   Take a closer look at the white part. Look at the white around the iris (the colored part of your eye). If you notice whites below or above irises, you have round eyes. If you see nothing and the iris you just touched your eyelids, you have almond eyes.
   • Both almond and round eyes are the basic eye types.
   • If your eyes have no other features (as mentioned above in this article), your eyes can only be round or almond eyes.
   • This is the last thing you need to consider when determining eye shape. Once you know it, you just need to know your eye position.
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Part 2 of 3: Notice your eye position

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   Look in the mirror again. As before when you were defining your eye shape, you need to look closely at your eyes with a mirror in a well-lit room. This time, however, you need to see both eyes clearly in the mirror. Just seeing one eye will not be enough for you to be able to locate the eye.

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   Check out the top of the eye. Notice the distance between the ends of each eye. If the distance is shorter than the length of your eyes, you have eyes close together. If the distance is greater than the eye length, you have eyes that are far apart.
   • If the distance between the tips is approximately the length of the eye, you don't need to pay attention to this.
   • This step only determines the length of the eye. You don't know the depth or size yet, so keep reading whether you have eyes far or close together.

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   Notice the depth of the eye. Most people don't care about eye depth, but many do have deep or bulging eyes.
   • Deep eyes will have deep sockets, making the upper eyes look short and small.
   • Convex eyes have white protruding whites and up the upper lids.
   • This step only helps you to detect eye depth, so you will have to continue reading to see eye size.

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   Compare your eyes to your entire face. Compare your eyes to the mouth and nose. The average eye will normally be about the size of the mouth and nose, if not slightly smaller. If your eyes are much smaller, you have small eyes. If your eyes are larger than your mouth and nose, you have big eyes.
   • As with eye depth, most people don't need to be too concerned with eye size.
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Part 3 of 3: Eye makeup that matches eye shape and eye position

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   Eye makeup according to your eye shape. For most people, the shape of the eye determines the makeup that best suits the eyes.
   • For monolids, apply makeup in a gradient blend to give your eyes more depth. You can also choose a dark shade near the lids, a medium color near the eyebrow, and a light color near the brow.
   • If you have slanted eyes, you can apply bold powder or bold eyeliner near the bottom of the eye to bring the tail of the eye down.
   • If your eyes are down, the eyeliner is near the upper eyelid and spread the eyeshadow evenly over the eye, but not more than 2/3 of the eye. This will make your eyes look a little slanted.
   • For eyelids, choose medium or dark colors (not iridescent) and apply as little as possible to your eyes so that they don't look too good.
   • If you have round eyes, apply a medium or dark color to the center of the eye and lighten the corners of the eye using a light color. This will make your eyes flattened.
   • If you have almond eyes, the rash is generally considered the ideal eye type. You can wear any type of eye makeup.

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   Pay attention to eye distance. If your eyes are particularly distant or close together, you may want to keep that in mind when deciding on your eye makeup style.
   • With eyes close together, choose a light color for the top of the eye and a dark color for the tail. Apply a special mascara to the ends of your eyes: this will make your eyes look longer.
   • With the eyes apart, apply the black eyeliner as close to the top of the eye as possible and apply mascara to the lashes from the center of the eye to the nose. Your eyes will look closer together.

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   Take into account the depth of the eye. Eye depth isn't very relevant when you're wearing eye makeup, but there are still a few things you should pay attention to.
   • If you have deep eyes, choose a lighter color for the upper lashes and a darker color just above the eye line. Your eyes will appear slightly more protruding.
   • If you have protruding eyes, apply medium and darker colors on the upper eyelids and under the lower lids, however, do not overdo the eyelid line. Using more chalk colors also helps your eyes look deeper.

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   Watch for any distinctive features of large and small eyes. You wear heavy or light makeup depending on how different your eyes are from the norm.
   • Small eyes will usually look a bit out of focus if you use bold colors, so choose light and medium colors if you use eye shadow. Avoid using too many eyeliner and mascara as they make your lashes look heavy.
   • With big eyes, you have a lot of room to color so you can experiment with a lot of eye shadow styles. Dark and medium colors look better than light colors because light colors make your eyes bigger than necessary.
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What you need

• A mirror