Different Eye Shapes: Which Shape Do You Have?

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Does Your Unique Eye Shape Match These Celebrity Eyes?

Have you ever watched a makeup tutorial for some gorgeous eye makeup tips? Most of us have, and it can be completely disappointing when we follow the steps closely but the end result looks nothing like the video showed. Why is that?

It’s because we all have different eye shapes. This makes applying makeup more complex than many tutorials make it. Thankfully, when you find out which eye shape you have, you’ll be better able to apply makeup like a pro. And the best part – your eyes will look stunning!

How to Tell What Eye Shape You Have by Checking Your Shape Against These Celebrities

To learn what eye shape you have, the easiest thing to do is look at famous celebrities. Comparing your eyes to their shapes can be quite eye-opening (excuse the pun!). It will show you how they do their makeup in such a way that brings out the beauty of their eye shape.
Here are the nine eye shapes to look for and just a few of the celebrities born with these different eye shapes.

1. Upturned Eyes

Characteristics: People with upturned eyes are fortunate because there is always a youthful and even exotic look to their eyes. Creating a cat eye look is super easy for these folks! The eye looks as if it started off almond-shaped and then someone turned the outer corners up toward the brow.

Celebrities Who Have This Eye Shape: Sophia Loren, Kendall Jenner

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A Note About Makeup: Ladies with upturned eyes have a lot of makeup options. The goal for them is to avoid making their eyes look droopy, tired, or small. This means choosing the right technique, as well as the right colors for their skin tone and eye color.

2. Downturned Eyes

Characteristics: Downturned eyes can look kind of sad. They’re completely opposite of the upturned eye – the outer corners are turned down. The eye either looks like it has a rounded upper lid and a flat bottom, or it just looks like it’s completely shifted downward.

Celebrities Who Have This Eye Shape: Anne Hathaway, Katie Holmes

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A Note About Makeup: These eyes can look super emotive, deep, and beautiful. The problem, though, is that with the wrong techniques (particularly with eyeliner) these types of eyes can look tired or droopy. Focus on finding the right way to apply eyeliner and your eyes will look big, bright, and beautiful!

3. Hooded Eyes

Characteristics: People who have hooded eyes have upper lids that droop a bit. The skin from the top of the upper lid, near the brow bone, falls over the rest of the lid and hides it.

Celebrities Who Have This Eye Shape: Kate Moss, Blake Lively

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A Note About Makeup: Those with hooded eyes can have a hard time because it doesn’t take much for their eyes to appear small. Neutral tones can do a lot to make the eye appear bigger.

4. Protruding Eyes

Characteristics: Quite a number of people have protruding eyes. These types of eyes are typically very round and noticeable. In some cases they can protrude a bit, making the eye appear extremely wide and open.

Celebrities Who Have This Eye Shape: Nicole Richie, Mila Kunis

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A Note About Makeup: People who have protruding eyes can wear a lot of different makeup styles, though not all of them. They can, however, easily wear light or dark shades, false lashes, and bold brows. With the right technique, these types of eyes make people look wide eyed and innocent, yet somewhat seductive and mysterious.

5. Monolid Eyes

Characteristics: Common among those from Asian countries, the monolid eye is one in which the lower part of the eyelid is completely covered by the upper. There is no natural crease in the eyelid.

Celebrities Who Have This Eye Shape: Lucy Liu, Maggie Q

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A Note About Makeup: Those who have monolids can sometimes have a difficult time with applying eye makeup, particularly eyeliner and false lashes. But with the right products (like waterproof eyeliner that won’t smudge) and techniques, these eyes are stunning.

6. Close-Set Eyes

Characteristics: Those who have close-set eyes have eyes that are so close together that there’s no way you could put a third eye in between them. There’s more space between the outer corners of the eyes and the temple than there is between the eyes themselves.

Celebrities Who Have This Eye Shape: Jennifer Aniston, Kristen Bell

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A Note About Makeup: The trick girls with close-set eyes can utilize to make their eyes look wider apart is to apply light, reflective shadow in the inner corners of the eye. Smokey eyes can accentuate the eye shape, but using eye shadow that is too dark will make the eyes look smaller and even closer together.

7. Wide-Set Eyes

Characteristics: Conversely, people who have wide set eyes have so much space in between their eyes that they could easily put a third eye in between them and still have space.

Celebrities Who Have This Eye Shape: Amanda Seyfried, Oprah Winfrey

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A Note About Makeup: The goal for women with wide-set eyes is not to make their eyes look smaller, it’s to make them look somewhat closer together. These women are fortunate in that they can easily wear dark shadows and eyeliners. One trick to make the eyes appear closer together is to rim the entire eye in dark eyeliner, including the inner corners where the tear ducts are located.

8. Deep-Set Eyes

Characteristics: Women who have deep set eyes have eyes that are situated deep within the eye socket. This makes the brow bone particularly noticeable. When it comes to different eye shapes, the interesting thing about this shape is that it’s somewhat similar to hooded eyes. The similarity is that the lower part of the upper eyelid is somewhat hidden. The difference is that the brow bone is very visible in people with deep-set eyes.

Celebrities Who Have This Eye Shape: Angelina Jolie, Cameron Diaz

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A Note About Makeup: The great thing about deep-set eyes is that the brow bone acts as a natural highlighter. The eyes are basically being showcased by the brows. Another great thing – if you have deep-set eyes you can wear just about any makeup style you want. The trick is learning techniques that work for your unique needs. The tools, products, and application may be just a little bit different than someone who has almond-shaped eyes.

9. Almond-Shaped Eyes

Characteristics: This isn’t a hard one – the eyes are shaped like almonds. They taper into a beautiful point at both the inner and outer corners.

Celebrities Who Have This Eye Shape: Mel B, Beyonce

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A Note About Makeup: These girls are lucky. They can apply just about any type and color of eye shadow. Many of the makeup tutorials out there were made for women with this shape. While women with different eye shapes may have to do things a little bit differently, that doesn’t mean that almond-shaped eyes have it easy all the time.
Remember: eye shape is only one variable when it comes to beautiful eyes. Makeup that conflicts with your skin tone, for instance, can instantly make even the most beautiful eyes appear tired or small.

Beautifully Enhance Different Eye Shapes with the Proper Makeup Techniques & Tools

People with certain eye shapes can have an easier time applying makeup and going along with the latest eye makeup trends. However, that doesn’t mean that they have prettier or better eyes. On the contrary, all eye shapes are uniquely beautiful. The trick is finding makeup, tools, and techniques for different eye shapes that will bring out your natural beauty.

How to tell what eye shape you have is easy, once you compare your shape with celebrities. Then, you can easily go from there and find out which techniques they or their makeup artists utilize to make their eyes look stunning.

With the right tools and just a little bit of practice, anyone –including you! – can have beautiful, show-stopping eyes.