Eye Makeup for Wide-Set Eyes

1. Reduce the space between the eyes by applying dark eyeshadow in the inner corner.
2. Apply the lighter eyeshadow to the outer two-thirds of the lid from lashes to brow bone.
3. Use eyeliner to draw a very thin line from inner to outer corners on both upper and lower lids.
4. Pencil eyebrows a little closer to the nose. Don't extend eyebrows out at the ends.

How to Make Wide-Set Eyes Look Closer

If the space between the inner corners of eyes is wider than the width of one eye, you have wide-set eyes.
So your aim is to reduce the space between the eyes to make your eyes look close together.
You should emphasize the inner corners by using darker eyeshadow in the inner corners and lighter eyeshadow in the outer halves.

How to shape brows for wide-set eyes
Eyebrows create a frame for your eyes. To shape brows for wide-set eyes:
- Pencil the eyebrows close to each other.
- Don't extend eyebrows out at the ends.

How to apply eyeshadow for wide-set eyes
- To emphasize the inner corners, apply dark shade to the inside third of your eye from lashes to brow bone.
- Apply light shade to the outer two-thirds of the eyelid from the lashes to the brow bone.

How to apply eyeliner for wide-set eyes
- To make eyes appear closer, line upper and lower eyelids from inner to outer corners.
- Smudge the line or use the matching eyeshadow to soften

Lashes
Apply black mascara increasing the thickness of mascara towards the centre of the eye.

How to choose eyeshadow to match eye color

Eyeshadow colors for blue eyes
Shades of brown, gray, taupe, deep blue, camel, violet.

Eye shadow colors for green eyes
Shades of plum, purple, mauve, pink, dark gray, charcoals, all shades of brown, black

Eye shadow colors for brown eyes
Shades of blue, blue gray, plum

How to choose eyeliner to match eye color

Using different shades of eyeliner also allows you to change the look of your eye color.
Choose an eyeliner color to make your eye color stand out:
Eyeliner for blue eyes
Brown shades, black, charcoal, dark green, dark blue.

Eyeliner for green eyes - deep purples, dark browns, golden browns, blacks and charcoal dark shades of plum

Eyeliner for brown eyes - different tones on brown, golden browns, bronze, black, deep navy blue, dark grays