Common Makeup Mistakes and Tricks

I have already discussed some of my favorite products with you all, but now I just want to share some of my favorite little makeup tricks to make your eyes pop! I think that the eyes are one of the most important things to get right and your makeup can either make your eyes look open and awake or the exact opposite.

The most important thing when it comes to your eyes is that you want to make them look bigger and this is usually where a lot of women go wrong. You always want to make sure that you highlight and darken the right areas. Curling your eyelashes will help your eyelashes raise and therefore help open up your eye. Secondly, white eyeliner is a must. A lot of women use a lot of black eyeliner on their bottom lid because lets be honest, thats what we all grew up learning. However, black makes the eye look smaller so it is actually better to use white eyeliner. Next I like to highlight the tear ducts of my eyes to give it a little shine and to make your eyes pop. I also like to highlight the brow bones just underneath the edge of my eyebrows to give it another pop. When applying eye shadow, make sure that you work your way up just below the brow line so that it lengthens your eye and gives them more depth. Lastly, it is important to know where to put your under eye concealer. A lot of people think that you are suppose to put it directly underneath your eyes but it is best to make triangles underneath so that it blends downward and focus the attention further down.

I did my makeup how it should be done on the right side of my face and the opposite on the left side of my face to show you guys the difference these tricks can make. I did not use any different lighting on either side of my face or edit any of the pictures. On the left side I didn't curl my eyelashes and just put mascara on them and I didn't put eyeliner on the top just the bottom. I put black eyeliner on my water line. I also only put concealer on my under eye bags at the very top instead of working my way down like I did on the opposite side. On the right side I curled my eyelashes and put mascara on them. I added a little line of liquid black eyeliner on the top. I put natural color eyeshadows working my way upward and blended. I used white eyeliner on my water line and I added a little highlighted eye shadow on my tear ducts and on my brow bone to give it that shine. Here is a picture of both eyes:

I just wanted to show you guys the difference in how makeup can either help or hurt your face. The look to the left is not bad, however there are a lot of things you can do to make your eyes look bigger and even pop so why not learn them! I hope these makeup tricks work for you as they have worked for me. It is important to figure out what works on you most of all because everyone is different and not everything looks/works the same for everybody! Let me know your thoughts!