Eyes are the window to the soul, the most invaluable god's gift to mankind. Eyes, when it comes to expressing oneself, prove to be the window to heart. Amazingly, people with average face value, but with beautiful eyes can become the centre of attraction. The best way may be the natural way, but if you really want them to speak… than read on.

Woman now days have the craze to highlight their eyes and make it as expressive as it can be with the help of different hues, but a lot of care and expertise is needed. Badly applied eye makeup can ruin the entire look, and going to parlour daily may seem to be a far cry for most of us. The solution to the problems actually lies in the application of three major things, which forms the base for a perfect eye makeup. Begin with eye shadows.

Choosing & Applying Eye Shadows:

Eye shadows are used to brush up the mystical effect of eyes, and they are supposed to enhance, rather dominate them. Shadows must be chosen according to colour and shape of your eyes. Select a colour which will compliment your complexion. And actually its quiet difficult to predict the colour for shadows. To make the job easy, go along the colour of your iris. Brown eyes mate well with the shades of espresso, bone and champagne. Eyes in blue! Pop in navy blue dark brown and cream, hazy type green eyes? Look great in brown and green. Grey smoky eyes, why not a smoky look with a blend of black grey and variety of blue shades. Now, coming to the shape of eyes, one has to have sound knowledge. If wide eyes, apply to both upper and lower lids, to make them look even wider. Small or narrow eyes? Nothing to worry about, colour the outer half of the eye using an upward motion. And with this the basics are over for the eye shadows, but a lot more remains for the eye makeup.

Time & Scenario:

Depending on your different scenarios, for day time or for a fresh look in morning, give a pinkish shade without overpowering it, but with dark eyeliner to highlight it. After sundown, you have the best opportunity when you have ample makeup, and trust me you will be successful in giving a dramatic look to your eyes. And at last the weekends, confused, what to do? A bit of bone eye shadow coupled with softly smudged eyes. The keyword is comfort here, so take care, and be sensible. There are lot brands, which you can choose from. But majors like Revlon, Lakme, Maybelene, Streetwear are some of the best out there. Shadows counts to the difficult part of an eye makeup, but makes way to a splendid application of eye liner and mascara. Watch this space for the next step in eye makeover story.

Shampa Saha

B.A (Journo, Psy & Eng)