Hey, I have a monolid (single eye lid) too. It took me awhile to figure out ^_^ /emoticons/
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First, you do NOT have to stay away from dark eyeshadow. It's a common advice given to caucasians with small eyes, but the traditional makeup rules do not apply to Asians the same way. Asians ROCK dark smokey eyes when done right.
That said, if you do not have much experience with applying makeup (especially if you haven't figured out the right way for your eye shape) then stick to lighter neutral shades while you figure things out.
There are three common approaches you can take to make your eyes look bigger
1. "Opening up your eyes"
- Do not rim the entire eye with dark as Piggy said. It 'closes' the eye. Always leave open space, usually in the inner corner and even on the outer corner too
- Do NOT rim your bottom waterline with dark color. It essentially pushes the perceived lash line up, making your eyes look small.
- Highlight (white, shimmer white or pear color would work best) on the outer 1/3 of the bottom waterline, or the inner corner. If you have puffy/fleshy undereye like a lot of Asians have, stay away from highlighting this area.
2. Spacing apart your eyes
- Closer set eyes can make your eyes look smaller. So unless you have wide-set eyes, you want to concentrate most of your shadows/liner in the outer third or two-thirds of the eyes.
- If you have droopy/sad looking eyes (eyes that tilt downwards naturally), then also put some dark in the inner 1/4 of the top eyelid, this will slant them downwards for a slightly 'phoenix eye' look.
3. Rounding your eyes
- Always put more amount of dark on the top than on the bottom
- Concentrating more shadow in the middle of the eye than the outer. This will make your eyes seem really round, and works best for people with very slanted/thin eyes.
- Go with either a higher angled flick (makes eyes look young/perpetually smiling) or no flick at all (makes eyes round).
Also, check out these links, GREAT tips on eye makeup for different Asian eyes:
http://bunbunmakeuptips.com/eye-makeup-tips-for-14-different-types-of-asian-eyes/
http://bunbunmakeuptips.com/eyeshadow-tutorial-for-asian-eyes-part-1-where-to-apply-eyeshadow/
Hope I helped! Remember though everyone's eyes are different and in the end you have to try different things and see what works for YOU.
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