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We asked professional hair and makeup artists for easy tips to help us play up our favorite assets. It turns out that emphasizing just one detail can dramatically brighten your entire look.
Eyes
Brighten with a peach eyeliner.
Makeup artist Renée Loiz, says sweeping a peach eyeliner, like the Makeup by Mario Brightening Eye Pencil, along your waterline (that thin sliver of skin between your lashes and your actual eye) can up the brightness in the whites of your eyes.
Sure, you might have heard the age-old rule of using a true white-colored liner for this, but Loiz says that peach creates a more natural-looking wide-eyed look, and will match the color of your waterline more closely.
Keep your brows full.
Alicia Montgomery, founder of Costal Beauty Bar, says leaving your eyebrows alone in between brow appointments, to keep them looking full, can make your entire eye area appear more youthful. "Fuller brows make your eye area look more lifted," she says.
Frame with a metallic liner.
Want to draw attention to your eyes for, say, your next (virtual) shindig? Loiz suggests reaching for a shimmering, colored eyeliner and using it one of two ways: neatly outlining the top and bottom, or buffing it across the lid to create a one-toned smokey eye. "While a peach eyeliner at the waterline brightens and gives a more wide-eyed look, metallic eyeliner along the eyelids defines your eye shape," she says. "Smudging the eyeliner gives you a quick sexy, smoky eye and can be done in a pinch."
View the full story on Oprah Daily: 9 Expert Beauty Secrets For Emphasizing Your Favorite Features.
Published 01/07/2021
