Eye Makeup Tips For Glasses Wearers

Wearing glasses shouldn’t prevent you from looking great. Our makeup artist Sally has put together a video tutorial on how to overcome the 2 most challenging aspects of applying your makeup when you wear glasses.

Watch the video below or scroll down to read a short overview of Sally’s top makeup tips for glasses wearers…

How To Apply Your Makeup Without Your Glasses On

1- Invest in a 10x magnifying mirror. This will help to play the role of your lenses

2- Ensure you are applying your makeup in good, natural lighting. Bathroom lighting isn’t very clear, so try to sit in front of a mirror and have the natural light shining onto your face with your mirror in front of you

3- Try typing ‘Makeup Glasses’ into Google. You will find some frames with a single lens which you can flip from eye to eye. These may enable you to do your makeup on one eye at a time

Applying Your Makeup to Flatter Your Glasses

If You Are Short-Sighted

> Your lenses are likely to make your eyes look smaller
> Avoid dark eyeshadows and heavy eyeliner which will close the eyes up even further

If You Are Long-Sighted

> Your lenses are likely to magnify your eyes and make them look bigger
> Avoid lighter shades of eyeshadows which will open them up even further
> Instead, opt for darker browns and greys
> Avoid too much mascara on your top lashes

Adapting Your Frames

> If you have large frames they may cast a shadow on your under-eye area
> Opt for a lighter shade of Cover to Cover Concealer than you usually would to counteract this shadow

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Adapting Your Lenses

Magnification

> If your lenses magnify your eyes, this may draw more attention to things like veins and discolouration on your eyelids
> Using a good Eye Prime will neutralise that discolouration and create the perfect base for the pigment in your eyeshadows to pop

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Brown Tints

> Brown eyeshadows won’t look defined through brown-tinted lenses, so try to avoid this shade if you wear glasses like this
> Instead, use a contrasting colour like blue or purple to avoid all the shades ‘blending into one' under the lens

Make Your Eyes Pop

> You may feel that putting on your glasses creates a ‘barrier’ to your eyes and makes them lose their sparkle
> Adding a pop of shine to the centre of your lid with a cream formula like our Sheer Brilliance Lid Colour can draw attention back to the eyes, and it will bring them forward too
> Apply a small dot with the doe foot applicator and then blend it in using your fingertips or a concealer brush

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