By: Agoo Bengzon
If you’re chinita like me, you can probably relate to those one-too-many times your friends commented on how “sleepy” you looked in last night’s photos or how you looked “bagong gising” during this morning’s 10:00AM meeting at work. This is the natural look of our peppers and, although I’m an advocate of loving your natural features, I must admit it is nice to play dress-up once in a while with your eyes—what more during your wedding!
Here are some tips on how to ensure a brighter-eyed look for when you walk down the aisle:
Use a light shade of eye shadow all over your lids
Light colors allow eyes to appear larger whereas dark colors tend to make eyes recede. This is why chinitas need to refrain from doing a heavy smoky eye. A soft smoky eye might work but darker colors generally don’t help eyes look bigger, so stick to pastels, champagnes, and silvers. A little shimmer helps too—this allows light to bounce off the area, making it look bigger than usual. If you feel like you’ve got pro skills or you can really trust your makeup artist, go ahead and grab a darker eye shadow and sweep the color over the natural fold of your lids, making sure to move your brush from the outer corner going in. The darker color should end right at the center, never all the way to the inner corner—this will create a more deep-set look for your eyes.
Make black eyeliner your friend
The easiest way to create the illusion of a bigger eye is to draw a thin black line as close as possible to your upper lash line. I prefer using black because it’s the most intense color, and it blends easily into your lash line. You might also want to do a quick flick or tail at the end—this’ll give droopy-looking lids a much-needed lift.
Mascara works like magic
Long, lush, curly, intensely black lashes help give depth to eyes and also open up eyes further. Opt for a deep black mascara with built-in fibers which build on your natural lashes. I like to use two different mascaras at a time. I usually start off with a lighter mascara just to define lashes, then use a heavier mascara to build on the first mascara. I find that different-textured layers work better than simply using the same mascara and swiping it on several times.
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