How to Create Double Eyelids with Makeup
Friday, March 30, 2012 at 7:55AM Hi everyone! Please welcome Dionne Co, our guest blogger for the day. She blogs at Hello Beauty, so please do visit her and say hello! She's a true-blue makeup addict if I ever saw one. You'll love her tips, I'm sure.
Back in my high school, almost 99% of the students were Chinese. A lot of my classmates complained about not having double eyelids (we used to call it “ting sun” or “fold”) so you’d see some teenage girls walking around with scotch tape on their lids! It was pretty funny to look at but wishing for double lids was, is, and always will be a common occurrence among Oriental girls.
Although I don’t really have anything against surgery, it’s still pretty painful, expensive and risky. Not everyone’s willing to go under the knife. Today, I’m going to show you how to create that double lid effect with something inexpensive, safe and accessible – makeup!
The trick here is depth and dimension.
Read the complete step-by-step tutorial on how to create a double eyelid look after the jump!
NOTE: I won’t be doing the step by step guide for the base makeup. Only the eye makeup this time! (and no circle lenses or double eyelid tapes were used.)
Step 1: Gather all the products you’ll need. For this look, you’ll need
- Eyeshadow Base Color
- Matte Black Eyeshadow
- Matte Brown Eyeshadow
- A light shimmering color for accent (I used a shimmery peach-apricot color)
- False eyelashes
- Black liquid liner
- White pencil eyeliner
- Powder highlighter (try not to use liquid highlighters like High Beam for this one!)
- Eye makeup brushes – A FLUFFY/BLENDING BRUSH IS THE MOST CRUCIAL BRUSH FOR THIS LOOK!
Editor's note: if you don't have the Naked palette, a much cheaper alternative is the Wet n' Wild Color Icon Eyeshadow Palette in Vanity. It's only P500 but you can achieve the same effect as demonstrated in this look.
Step 2: Apply your base eyeshadow color all over the lids. I’m using MAC in Ricepaper – my favorite base eyeshadow!
Step 3: Using an angled shading brush, apply the matte brown eyeshadow along where the fold of the lid is supposed to be (dotted with white outline). I’m using Shu Uemura Eyeshadow in M Brown 895 and a Charm Pro angled shading brush.
(right-most color!)
How it should look like - A fold!
SO FAR THIS IS HOW YOUR EYES SHOULD LOOK LIKE:
Step 3: Apply a light shimmering color all over the ball of your eye, below the area where you put the matte brown eyeshadow. Applying a lighter color on this area would give your eyes more dimension. I’m using Bootycall from the Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette.
How it should look like after applying light shimmering color and blending
Step 4: Give your eye some definition by lining your eyes with matte black eyeshadow. Try to use eyeshadow for this one and not eyeliner because it’ll be easier to blend for creating a more natural look. I’m using Shu Uemura M Black 990 and a MAC 208 brush.
Double wing is optional! heehee...
Step 5: Apply falsies and then outline the edges of the lashes with a black liquid eyeliner. It’s up to you whether you want to use natural looking falsies or diva-esque ones lol! Here I’m using Japanese Fairy Lashes and the K-Palette Super Black liquid liner.
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Step 6: Using the matte black eyeshadow, line the area below your eye from the outer most corner to the middle. And then, redefine the “lid” you made (using the matte brown eyeshadow) by outlining it with the matte black eyeshadow as well. Remember to BLEND a lot!
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Step 7: With your white pencil eyeliner, shade the inner corners of your eye. Then line your entire bottom waterline to give the illusion of bigger eyes. I’m using a Prestige Pencil Eyeliner in White.
Step 8: Highlight your brow bone and the inner corners of your eye using a champagne colored powder highlighter. This will emphasize the darker areas of the eye which would give you eyes that look deep set. I’m using my favorite The Balm Mary Lou-minizer and a MAC 219 brush. (the reason why you should avoid liquid highlighters for this is because the consistency of the liquid highlighter might make the colors you’ve applied run! Save the liquid highlighters for the cheeks/nose area )
Step 9: Redefine your brows! I’m using a Shu Uemura Hard Eyebrow Pencil in Walnut Brown.
Step 10: Repeat steps 2-9 on your other eye
And you get:
Ta-da!
Of course it’s not as drastic as say, getting a double eyelid surgery, wearing circle lenses or using a double eyelid tape. But for girls who want the double eyelid look without the discomfort, this tutorial is for you!
Reader Comments (12)
this is great! your tutorial is easy to follow :) did you go to beauty school?
Nice, tutorial. I'm not a Chinese but I have the same problem. I just hope I can follow your tutorial. I'm not a make-up savvy... hehehe... and I'm just start to learn the basics:-)
Cool! This is an awesome make up tutorial for monolids! Thanks Ms. dionne for this. :) You're a fairy godmother Ms. Liz, you granted one of my wishes. :)
It really opened up her eyes! She looks so pretty. I have double eyelids though but my cousin is a monolid. I'll tell her about this.
I love this! I have semi monolids and this has always been my dilemna. I'm always trying to find ways to make my eyes look bigger. I've even tried using eyelid glues XDD Thanks sooo much for this tutorial, I'll give this a try :D
You don't know how useful this is for me! The tutorial was really easy to follow as well. Going to try this out soon. Thanks!
you have no idea how timely this post is! I'm going to try that real soon!
wow, this is amazing! love the tutorial! :)
I'm grateful that I have double eyelid even if I'm chinese. But this very useful, gonna show this to my cousin who have the problem... I'm sure she's gonna be happy since she hates double eyelid tape and circle lenses....
sobrang galing lang! I cant identify myself as a monolid but im sure this would be a great help to them. i have uneven eyelids and i can surely use these steps on making them more even. daya effect lang. great guest blogger. she's done a really amazing step by step tutorial! :)
i love this tutorial!!!! will definitely try this :D
This is really amazing. Will try this soon!! :)