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

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

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

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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