I think one thing that makes it really difficult is that when trying to find techniques and looks that are flattering for eye shapes that don't fit the trends, is that when searching for "hooded eyes", or "downturned eyes", or "deep set eyes", etc, there are VASTLY more videos on camouflaging/hiding/fixing these issues instead of celebrating/enhancing/highlighting them.
Yeah! I get so annoyed when (basically good) tips are introduced with "how to make hooded eyes not look hooded and therefor prettier". 😵💫 And you know, why do we always have to do our makeup so that we look "happier", "more awake" and "friendly" etc? What if I sometimes want to be okay with my sad and droopy eyes and just run with it??! 😍
Saaaame, though by far from my first time because I am ze olde, it was probably the first time I really understood how to work with all the different areas around my eye instead of just following a tutorial
I’d love to see you do an eye look on two models with different eye shapes and demonstrate what you’d do differently. Maybe with looks that are still similar but still tailored for their eye shape. Love your content-it’s so helpful!
I love that you are so real and so honest! I am soooo sick of the whole " We all have to look the same, and you aren't beautiful unless you look like this" Bulls$#@! Why can't we all be individuals like we are supposed to be.... The center hair part thing is "In" now, and I'm here to tell you that I look Ridiculous with my hair like that, and it's OKAY! Anyway, I'll stop my rant.. I love your videos Alex, I'm obsessed!
I have a droopy and hooded eye shape and seeing this video made me happy because I tell people this all the time! For anyone that struggles with eyeshadow on hooded eyes, I say don't be afraid to get heavy underneath your eye! A shimmer/glitter on the inner part and a dark lower lash line is my go-to. Sometimes I even put shimmer all over my eyebags to draw attention to them but that's not for everyone because it is quite dramatic haha
You are my comfort youtuber when i feel sick; i get pretty bad anxiety so i love how your vids are down to earth and chill. No music, no filters, just you talking calmly. Thank you.
As a very olive-skinned EAsian person with monolid eyes - NO visible crease when my eyes are open - and an epicanthal fold - man I wish I'd seen this early on when I was getting into makeup. It's so hard not to get discouraged when nothing you see seems to work for you. I live in the US and my adoptive family is all white, so trying to figure out what I'm doing at any given time has taken a *while*. This look is gorgeous, btw, it reminds me of moth wings and it highlighted the colors in your eyes in the coolest way
A really fun thing to do when you have a huge chunk of invisible space when your eyes are wide open, is to have some bright and fun color in the hidden space. That way every time you blink it gives a really cool color flash. There was some monolid redditor/instagrammer I learned this "trick" from. I don't have a monolid, just a lot of disappearing space, and seeing that was the first time I ever finally got to see the hidden space as an opportunity instead of a waste
Hey hey, monolids here and omg I feel your struggle. I never wore makeup all through my teen years because there were NO resources. Google the "vertical gradient" for monolids. It was totally game changing for me. I've been using variations on vertical gradients ever since. Attempting to put a darker shadow through where our "crease" aka orbital bone is just looks so bad 90% of the time.
even in asian beauty especially during the early days of youtube there was little if any monolid representation (funny as I’m typing this, apple doesn’t even recognize monolid as a word). thankfully there are now dozens of video tutorials for monolid eyes. I’ve also seen some beautiful high fashion style makeup with bold stenciling around your eye shape. it works really well because with no crease it’s almost like a “blank canvas” effect that you can get away with drawing the most creative shapes on. I’ve never actually seen the style done in person (I have hooded eyes so it wouldn’t really work on me) but I think it would look so cool
Here's Melissa's page if you wanna check out her work instagram.com/melissa.hernandez/ 🙌🏼 The fact that I just left that dark patch on my lid...I'm here to FUCK SHIT UP BRUH
This is SO helpful!! It sounds like you get a lot of hooded eye questions, maybe going more in-depth into hooded eye makeup ideas using some examples/actor images? I know for me, I have pretty saggy eyelids and little space and I'm always confused as to not just *lose all the eyeshadow* in the crease. Love all your videos, been watching for years!
I have the same issue and have learned a few techniques. Alex mentioned this - you need to follow along with your eye socket to create your “crease.”. You can feel this bone if you lightly press above your eye. This is where you apply your “crease” color. It will create depth in that area. Putting a light bright color in the middle of your lid (above your Iris) also helps. I usually use gold with warm shadows or silver with cool shadows. Using no shadow or liner at all under the eyes may sound counterintuitive but this also makes a big difference in making hooded eyes look less “sleepy.” I don’t even wear mascara on my lower lashes anymore.
As someone with droopy sad puppy eyes, thank you for the positivity lol! When I first started getting into makeup I found it so frustrating to try to follow the “standard” tutorials for like a cat eye because my eyes are simply Not Built Like That, so it took me just practicing and experimenting on my own to figure out what worked. And also, sometimes embracing the weirder parts of your face with makeup can be really fun! I’ve got close set eyes, and I used to do everything to lighten up my inner corners to make them seems further apart, but recently I’ve been darkening my inner corners and it’s been great! Like, yes, I am built like a flounder, but fuck it, why can’t I put a dark shimmer on my inner corner!
Yess, I felt the pixie hairstyle choice. I used to swear I'd never cut my hair that short bc I thought it'd look awful. But then the pandemic hit and I was like "if there's a time to do it, it's now" so I chopped off my hair and I haven't looked back since. Of course I still see people with longer hair and it looks so good on them but I know my hair could never be like that naturally and I have to accept that. I am, however, much happier with my pixie since it looks better with my face shape (plus it's way easier to manage)
Same here. I've had every flavour and length of short hair for years. Grew it out once or twice but can never get past my shoulders. I have a lot of hair but it's very fine and very straight and tangles like a mofo. Now I have an undercut with an asymmetrical top and it just works for me. So easy, suits me, literally wash and wear. All the power to women with long, luscious locks but that ain't me!
@@therealemceekay exactly! what gave me the courage to chop it off was the fact that I didn't leave my house so if it turned out awful, no one had to see it and I'd just have wait for it to grow out
I remember one time Miley said on an interview that a lot of makeup artist used to try to change her eye shape, make her eyes look more elongated or more like almond shape and she would let them until she embraced her round eyes. Thank for bringing an honest and more realistic perspective to the beauty community, it’s always refreshing ✨
I love that you empower us to choose the uncharted path… I have a lot of real estate in my eyelid but my eyes aren’t as round as yours and I’ve tried your technique above where you put shadow above the crease of my eye and it really does work I love thank you 😊
it took me took years to realise that i was only doing my eye makeup for my front profile and then i would always see pictures of myself from any other angle and wonder why my makeup looked so weird!! and i realised i'd never seen anyone mention taking your side profile into consideration?? i think when i started experimenting with shapes that looked best for my natural eye shape AND my side profile is around the same time i got more confident with trying more fun colours and stuff :DD
Samee If I do halo eyes it cuts my eye short so from the front it looks good but the side looks so weird ... So now when I wanna do halo eyes I do it in fox like shape than round because then it looks good both front and side
I love the way you do tutorials, it is so real and chill. As someone who has watched TONS of beauty gurus and tutorial and kinda got tired of them saying the same thing, you have made me like tutorials and I learn a lil something from every vid.
I really need a tutorial for big round prominent eyes with lots of lid space!! I feel like there’s nothing out there at the moment for my eyes and a lot of people focus on hooded eyes etc
For the longest time I've struggled with this. I've always tried to mimic a tutorial on my eye shape because it looked beautiful on the one creating it. Honestly, I get to learn so much from your videos. It's so therapeutic and educational at the same time💗
Thank you! I really needed to hear this. I have hooded, uneven eyes and really considered surgery, but at the same time i hate plastic surgery as i think being natural is the most beautiful in the end. I'm motivated to figure out the best eye makeup for my eyes. Love your content. It's so interesting and informative.
Thank you! I tried the various "snatched"/"foxy" styles for a while and realized that it was just completely fighting my long face and deep-set + Sydney Sweeney shaped eyes. I ended up with a drooping pancake face and the look of a horrifically botched old-school upper-facelift..... P.S.... that yellow shadow is da bomb.. I want..
@@eyeclipper Hah, it's such a rare face shape, of course I'll share (and be super extra in my description) in the hopes that it might be helpful :) So I've struggled a lot over the years and have landed on: minimal overall foundation to at least make sure that the parts I don't conceal don't stand out as having a different texture. Then the best thing I can do around my eyes is to really not over-conceal the eyelids and area below my brows. I have to make sure the shadows are still visible, because if I don't, it flattens my face and makes it longer and incredibly weird.. I'll typically do a light coverage foundation there (dabbed first on my hand with a sponge) and then, if anything, a thin liner towards the outer corners straight out toward the temple, not upward. I realize that's hard to explain in words, but I find that with my face shape, lines moving horizontally are the most flattering. The upward cat eye look tends to look absolutely insane hah.. Then maybe a bit of a highlight shade on the inner-center lid (not in that part at the very inner corner of the eye.... that looks horrendous hah) and I'm all set! Oh and any added lashes look great towards the outer corner. Whole sets don't usually look good, so I do the individual sets. Hope that helps! :)
@@brooke9297 Yes, thank you so much! I actually dont do outer lashes only (as if i did lashes at all most of the time but lets ignore that hahah) bc i feel like it weighs the last past only, even if i liked the look on other people 😭. I am curious, what do you think of the 'douyin' style makeup, where they make the liner kinda enhance the downwardness of the eyes? I tried it recently and it made had the opposite effect of the foxy eye, and it put more focus on the outer parts of my face (mostly cheekbones) and in a way makes it look less long?? + the make up isnt really on the eyelids so it doesnt create weird lines. But at the same time you have to really embrace the eye shape 😬
As someone who's been told by a few different people that I have "droopy eyes" (I like to call it resting sad face lol), I really appreciated all the downturned eye love! I'm feeling inspired to try out some new techniques to lean into the sleepiness and just embrace it. On a side note the color combo on your eyeshadow was killer.
I have large round eyes, but a very small distance between my eye and brow-bone which is not that defined, so they look a bit hooded from front even though they actually arent, and I have had them called sleepy eyes all my life. So I feel really validated and flattered that anyone finds eyes like mine attractive. Everyone always says they want bigger eyes until even daily eyeshadow looks too dramatic! But I like it, I just wish there were more techniques out there for my eyeshape that weren't always corrective in nature. Trying trends is fun, because the main person I learned from how to make makeup that I like, was in the end, myself. I love your eye look here, it's stunning ❤️
Ah I didn't even know i needed this validation as a down-turned eye gal. Have often been frustrated by certain eye liner looks that seem extra hard to do on my eye shape and I never really thought about why. And I LOVE a heavy lower lash line and never understood why it's a no-no for a lot of people. This explains a lot haha.
I love your approach to makeup as unique style for each person … you are straightforward and very reassuring for those of us who do have different features … refreshing !!!
I LOVE these types of videos from you (and from anyone with great content) - - just a good, rant-y, conversational, info-packed video. Getting to watch you put a look together is just a bonus!
Reminds me of going to a vintage festival and getting makeup done. EVERYONE was going for a 50s look - winged eye etc. MUA took one look at me and said, "you have big round eyes - can I do a 20s look cos I'm sick of winged liner!" Everyone else was Bettie Page that day, I was Gloria Swanson 😂
Great video and advice. I, in middle age, was struggling to get all the looks of the day I was seeing RUclipsrs create that just were not working for my hooded lids. THEN I reconnected with a young and old Katherine Hepburn, who was absolutely stunning AND had hooded eyes. Gorgeous hooded eyes. Here eyes were accentuated with lashes and maybe some liner. On occasion she had shadow but it wasn't to change her eyes or to hide the hoodedness of them. What she did do was play with complexion, brows, and lips to look fresher or more dramatic. Sure, I feel like I miss out on wearing a gorgeous cut crease or halo eye. Yea, I do. And then I remember that eyes are not the only feature of the face that can stand out or with which we can be creative.
Exactly! Doesn’t matter that it’s trending if it doesn’t suit you. Makeup can be fun and creative, editorial even!, but I think the #1 is to have fun, and feel your best by accentuating your OWN best features. I really love your tutorials. Especially the in depth ones are some of the best of that long format. Thanks Alex! ❤
When you started talking about “droopy” eyes I almost started crying because I felt seen. My mom has very deep hoods and her outside corners are downturned and she passed the same eye shape to me. In fact, our hoods embrace the droop and fold completely past the outer corner. It took me finding Wayne Goss’s channel before I ever had any clue how to make my eyeshadow look “good” on me. It took me even longer to get over my insecurities about my sunken, blue lower lids and realize I could use them to my advantage too. Now I get compliments all the time and do my mom’s eyes for her on special occasions so she too can see the magic and power in what others consider an “unfortunate” eye shape. And I’m grateful for you helping spread the message of love and beauty and acceptance for all shapes and types.
I hope you don’t take this the wrong way but I always play your videos at night to help me sleep, not only for entertainment but your voice is so soothing ❤️❤️
Everything you said in this video is just point on, so thank you for that. I struggle so intensely with my eyes and how they are shaped and trying to keep up with how it's "supposed " to look
I have hooded eyes and in one of your videos your talking about putting the makeup in the outer crease in a circle pattern. Really opens up the eye. So thank you for explaining it and it works well.
In all my years of being a makeup and skincare junkie, you're the only 1 I've heard mention 2 different eye shapes. I have a hooded lid & a lid with space. It can be terribly frustrating so I wish an artist would do a series of looks on uneven eyes 💬
this is something ive been thinking about a lot, especially since the trends have moved so decidedly towards this super lifted aesthetic. i also have a sort of "droopy" downturned eye, and my eyes are very wide and round, so no matter what i do the whole fox eye trend is never going to look normal on me. recently I've embraced a very subtle, straight across eyeliner and rounded, diffused eyeshadow shapes that accentuate the roundness and downturn of my eyes and i LOVE it. it goes against everything the trends tell you to do but it just works so well for me
This video was a fucking lifesaver! I have the traditional Finnic face structure: a wide face with deep-set hooded eyes, a heavy brow with puffy lids and downturned outer corners - a nightmare for applying eye makeup. For YEARS I've tried all kinds of hooded eye trickery, with varying degrees of success. I could never quite figure out what it was that made me succeed/fail, and I thought I'm just not the girl for interesting eyeshadow colors. But now that you mentioned K-Stew and I looked her pictures more closely, I now realize I have all this real estate on the side of my face I never understood to utilize! Your content is always super helpful, with researched and detailed explanations on how different makeup application works for your face.
Alex! I used to watch make up tutorials religiously but fell off for about 5 years. I recently found your channel and it has re-ignited my love for doing fun and creative make up looks!!
Hahaha you have my attention throughout this video, but when you called out for Putin I lost it 🤣 🤣 🤣 omg Awww thanks so much Alex! This WAS refreshing watching you just play and talk! I’ll definitely be bolder with my lower lash line! You hit the nail on the head when you said not to be scared to drag it downwards, I’m half Korean so I’ve always grew up with this idea of makeup being lifted and light and sweet and going dark is dark waters! But I love boldness and color! The majority of my hang up about putting on makeup on myself is I don’t really know who I look like and I think I’ve done a lot of that “look at others and copy” that I’m not familiar with my own features as much but I think life is bringing us back to ourselves now and it’s an awesome and best time to experiment with that stuff! That’s again for a cool post :) take care Alex!
This hit on so many fantastic points. I have hooded and deep-set eyes where my crease curves all the way down to the outer corners of my eyes. There are hacks to get lifted liner on my eyes from a front view, but with my eye socket structure, it looks SILLY from any other angle! I found a RUclips makeup artist with similar eye structure who focuses on flattering looks for hooded eyes, even if they aren’t currently trending. She inspired me to ignore the “lift” trend and bring my liner downward on the outer edges more even though other gurus say “it drags your eyes down and makes them look saggy. It’s WRONG.” It makes mine look LOVELY, thanks! What a great message. Do what works for you. Trends help us learn new techniques and consider different looks, but we should just borrow what we like and leave the rest behind without fear of not being “trendy” enough. This is why I despise videos that say “Makeup mistakes!” or “Right vs. wrong.” They pressure us to all do the same thing when we should be free to do whatever we please!
out of all the beauty-tubers out there (that aren't makeup artists), you're the first person i have ever heard someone say this and it gives me so much confidence.
I love this video. My intro includes me stressing the importance of embracing natural features, not changing them. Wear what we want to and rock it with confidence, regardless of what the 'beauty community' may say. Not reaching for perfection, but instead acknowledging our natural features are what makes us perfect. It was refreshing hearing your message in this video. I wish more people gave this message.
Immer wieder genial, Videos von Dir zu sehen, da ich tatsächlich, auch so wie das mit dem Wimpern tuschen usw. immer wieder noch neues, geniales dazu lerne❣👍🏼👌🏽 Und genau das macht es so interesannt, denn Du überrascht mich SEHR oft mit super tollen Neuheiten, viel besseren Techniken, Top Produkten, generell Tipps & Tricks, VIELEN Dank dafür👌🏽👍🏼 Liebend gerne weiter so 💕😁😁😁💕
Thank you SO MUCH for addressing this. The whole trend issue. I’ve recently fallen into it myself and started to pressure myself to figure out how to finally do the perfect winged liner. But then I was like…why? My eyes look better with classic liner and it looks more youthful I realized. I’m so glad you brought this up because everyone is trying to do this triangle shape eyeshadow and not all eye shapes are designed that way 🤷🏻♀️
Yes. I feel like trends have kept us away from keeping in mind of our own anatomy if you will. I’ve been experimenting with eye looks and accentuating my own eye shape. It’s timeless when it matches your structure
@@libbyt2581 right and then when you do and it doesn’t look as good as everyone else you think it’s something wrong w you. When I’m reality it just doesn’t work for you
You inspire me to try new things with makeup. It doesn’t always pan out but I do agree that I take something away from branching out every single time.
Yesss! Understanding your unique bone structure, real estate, what’s reasonable, and what you’re working to achieve are instrumental in understanding what techniques will flatter you most. There are techniques that’ll enhance every eye shape, so play! As for the hoodies who are looking to do cut creases, bring that contour a few millimeters above your natural socket (where your eyeball meets your brow bone, not where your hood creases). This’ll help make the look more believable as well as guide your other eye looks! Every eye shape is beautiful and able to be enhanced through different techniques. While not all work for everyone, there are plenty that will!
Request: if you mention a celeb or other person in your vids, can you throw up a few pics on screen during your vid for us to quickly relate who or what you're referencing? Thanks! I love your personality! - Raine
I have a short attention span, even for things I'm truly interested in. However every time I stumble upon one of your videos I'm GLUED! Thanks for great content, I'm officially subscribed
It took me years to figure out why heavy liner or certain eye looks never worked for me….I tell you Years… I have hooded eyes. When I realized that it was a serious game changer!
So many good points! I think this can also apply to lips. I have small downturned lips and I have realised I have to be very strategic with how and where I overdraw them. I can't do all the wild trendy lip looks so I tend to play up my eyes more or just using a lot if gloss to make my lips a bit bigger 😂
I have hooded eyes and you had mentioned in another video about raising the shadow up a bit, and I now use that. It works out great. I love watching your videos as I pick up gems of tips and tricks. Thanks!
so true! i've been getting so frustrated with my makeup recently and i realized it was because i'm trying to follow these trends that it turns out i dont like on my face. decided to actually start playing around with eyeshadow more bc i have a lot of lid space (probably close to that sleepy eye look you mentioned) and i wanna do something that accentuates my features instead of trying to change them! im also such a sucker for 60s looks so would love more tutorials of stuff like that, or even like the eye look you did here is so beautiful!!
I have small hooded eyes with very little space between my lash line and brow bone. I've been doing my makeup for years and I'm still trying to figure out what my best eye look is 😅The struggle is real! The best advice I can give to people with my eye shape it to not focus on trying to create a traditional crease for yourself! Play around with unconventional shadow placements. Toss out the "how to make your eyes less hooded" advice. My everyday look these days is a wash of shimmer on my lid and crease area with a deeper matte on the outer corner. It give the eyes enough lift and definition without having to worry about contouring a crease. Here are some videos that I find helpful: Linda Hallberg's winged eye liner for hooded lids Annette's makeup corner big wing for hooded eyes Anything by Smitha Deepak If anybody has any other great hooded eyes videos, I'd love to hear them!
Would love a part two to this video where you do a look on your eyes and then an adjusted version of that look on someone with different “eye real estate”. Would be amazing to learn while watching you.
You are an artist and I have an idea, but I'm not so sure if this is something workable. Maybe you could show us, what you just explain with the other shapes, on a drawing on your favored medium. Like these makeup work books. I myself have hooded lids and not much space to my brows. Like your examples of JLaw and KStew. I tend to blend out my shimmer a little over the crease, because it prevents transfer and kinda gives the illusion of more space. I mostly use small brushes or else I have the deepening shade all up in my brows. I too like elongating my looks outward. I like trying different looks, that at the end look good on fotos but not so much in real live, or you can't really see them with open eyes. Thanks for the video and inspiration 😁
I agree 100%! I have hooded mature eyes and I'm discovering great looks by bringing pops of color to lower lid and smoking out below that. I could watch you put on eyeshadow all day 💖. Loving your artistic creations and using dynamic, unexpected color combinations.
You actually inspired me to do my contour for me, and now I'm so much happier. I have big appley cheeks, and I like to enhance them by curving my contour under my apples almost all the way to my nose. I'd never done that until you made me feel comfortable to try it! I ended up loving it.
I wish I had someone like you when I was a teenager (in the early days of youtube)! It's taken me 15+ years to learn the wisdom you're sharing in this video 🙏
There’s nothing more timeless than what looks good on you
TRUTH 🙌🏼
Wow, this quote is an entire lifestyle
what does timeless even mean lol
@@Bemandyd something that cannot become dated, something that has value (in this case beauty) regardless of whatever is trendy in the current time
@@Bemandyd never goes out of style i think
I think one thing that makes it really difficult is that when trying to find techniques and looks that are flattering for eye shapes that don't fit the trends, is that when searching for "hooded eyes", or "downturned eyes", or "deep set eyes", etc, there are VASTLY more videos on camouflaging/hiding/fixing these issues instead of celebrating/enhancing/highlighting them.
Search RUclips for a girl called Rachel Ocool, she does videos to enhance all eye shapes 😊 and she’s an angel
YESSS!!!! EXACTLY!!
YT Hall of Fame Hoodies Edition
1. Alex (Of course! 🤷🏽♀️)
2. Smitha (Tons of ideas)
3. Wayne Goss (Can do no wrong!)
Practice, practice! 🙋🏽♀️🤩
So true! Often times I am not in the mood for "corrective eye makeup" because in that case I would only be wearing dark mattes with a winged liner
Yeah! I get so annoyed when (basically good) tips are introduced with "how to make hooded eyes not look hooded and therefor prettier". 😵💫 And you know, why do we always have to do our makeup so that we look "happier", "more awake" and "friendly" etc? What if I sometimes want to be okay with my sad and droopy eyes and just run with it??! 😍
say it again sis for the people in the back row: "lean into your natural eye shape"!! I love that you said that!
were you john safties muse in uncut jahbs? sorry
I need a video where you show me exactly what to do for MY eye shape. 🙋🏼♀️ Notification squad!
Yes please 🙏
Yesssss!!
Yes! Hooded eyes pls
yes!!!! deep set eyes with bony brow here!
Hellz yeah
Your "DUDE where you place your eyeshadow totally changes your eyeshape" helped me so much the first times I did eyeshadow!
😩 So happy it helped! 🙌🏼💚
Saaaame, though by far from my first time because I am ze olde, it was probably the first time I really understood how to work with all the different areas around my eye instead of just following a tutorial
I’d love to see you do an eye look on two models with different eye shapes and demonstrate what you’d do differently. Maybe with looks that are still similar but still tailored for their eye shape. Love your content-it’s so helpful!
Sames
Oooo yes
I love this idea.
i love your non intro intro's - so sick of people talking on and on about what they are going to talk about!!! You're the BEST!
I love that you are so real and so honest! I am soooo sick of the whole " We all have to look the same, and you aren't beautiful unless you look like this" Bulls$#@! Why can't we all be individuals like we are supposed to be.... The center hair part thing is "In" now, and I'm here to tell you that I look Ridiculous with my hair like that, and it's OKAY! Anyway, I'll stop my rant.. I love your videos Alex, I'm obsessed!
Dude totally 🙌🏼
Right, I hear ya
@doom i look like a middle school boy with a middle part 😂
@doom me three hahaha
Omg I look like the lovechild of Bloody Mary and a 13 year-old boy when I have a middle part xD
i feel like everyone has a signature eye look we prbly don’t know about yet, just like having a signature scent hehe
Dude totally 🙌🏼
Yesss!
Absolutely!!
I have a droopy and hooded eye shape and seeing this video made me happy because I tell people this all the time! For anyone that struggles with eyeshadow on hooded eyes, I say don't be afraid to get heavy underneath your eye! A shimmer/glitter on the inner part and a dark lower lash line is my go-to. Sometimes I even put shimmer all over my eyebags to draw attention to them but that's not for everyone because it is quite dramatic haha
You are my comfort youtuber when i feel sick; i get pretty bad anxiety so i love how your vids are down to earth and chill. No music, no filters, just you talking calmly. Thank you.
This is SOOOOO important. I would love to see someone do the same makeup look on different people and show this concept...
As a very olive-skinned EAsian person with monolid eyes - NO visible crease when my eyes are open - and an epicanthal fold - man I wish I'd seen this early on when I was getting into makeup. It's so hard not to get discouraged when nothing you see seems to work for you. I live in the US and my adoptive family is all white, so trying to figure out what I'm doing at any given time has taken a *while*. This look is gorgeous, btw, it reminds me of moth wings and it highlighted the colors in your eyes in the coolest way
A really fun thing to do when you have a huge chunk of invisible space when your eyes are wide open, is to have some bright and fun color in the hidden space. That way every time you blink it gives a really cool color flash. There was some monolid redditor/instagrammer I learned this "trick" from. I don't have a monolid, just a lot of disappearing space, and seeing that was the first time I ever finally got to see the hidden space as an opportunity instead of a waste
Hey hey, monolids here and omg I feel your struggle. I never wore makeup all through my teen years because there were NO resources. Google the "vertical gradient" for monolids. It was totally game changing for me. I've been using variations on vertical gradients ever since. Attempting to put a darker shadow through where our "crease" aka orbital bone is just looks so bad 90% of the time.
even in asian beauty especially during the early days of youtube there was little if any monolid representation (funny as I’m typing this, apple doesn’t even recognize monolid as a word). thankfully there are now dozens of video tutorials for monolid eyes. I’ve also seen some beautiful high fashion style makeup with bold stenciling around your eye shape. it works really well because with no crease it’s almost like a “blank canvas” effect that you can get away with drawing the most creative shapes on. I’ve never actually seen the style done in person (I have hooded eyes so it wouldn’t really work on me) but I think it would look so cool
Here's Melissa's page if you wanna check out her work instagram.com/melissa.hernandez/ 🙌🏼
The fact that I just left that dark patch on my lid...I'm here to FUCK SHIT UP BRUH
This is SO helpful!! It sounds like you get a lot of hooded eye questions, maybe going more in-depth into hooded eye makeup ideas using some examples/actor images? I know for me, I have pretty saggy eyelids and little space and I'm always confused as to not just *lose all the eyeshadow* in the crease. Love all your videos, been watching for years!
Oh my gosh, same here. Especially now that I am nearly 40. I feel so discouraged 😞
I have the same issue and have learned a few techniques. Alex mentioned this - you need to follow along with your eye socket to create your “crease.”. You can feel this bone if you lightly press above your eye. This is where you apply your “crease” color. It will create depth in that area. Putting a light bright color in the middle of your lid (above your Iris) also helps. I usually use gold with warm shadows or silver with cool shadows. Using no shadow or liner at all under the eyes may sound counterintuitive but this also makes a big difference in making hooded eyes look less “sleepy.” I don’t even wear mascara on my lower lashes anymore.
Me too! I've actually given up on eyeshadow! This gives me hope that one day I can put eyeshadow on and it'll look nice!
As someone with droopy sad puppy eyes, thank you for the positivity lol! When I first started getting into makeup I found it so frustrating to try to follow the “standard” tutorials for like a cat eye because my eyes are simply Not Built Like That, so it took me just practicing and experimenting on my own to figure out what worked. And also, sometimes embracing the weirder parts of your face with makeup can be really fun! I’ve got close set eyes, and I used to do everything to lighten up my inner corners to make them seems further apart, but recently I’ve been darkening my inner corners and it’s been great! Like, yes, I am built like a flounder, but fuck it, why can’t I put a dark shimmer on my inner corner!
Yess, I felt the pixie hairstyle choice. I used to swear I'd never cut my hair that short bc I thought it'd look awful. But then the pandemic hit and I was like "if there's a time to do it, it's now" so I chopped off my hair and I haven't looked back since. Of course I still see people with longer hair and it looks so good on them but I know my hair could never be like that naturally and I have to accept that. I am, however, much happier with my pixie since it looks better with my face shape (plus it's way easier to manage)
Same here. I've had every flavour and length of short hair for years. Grew it out once or twice but can never get past my shoulders. I have a lot of hair but it's very fine and very straight and tangles like a mofo. Now I have an undercut with an asymmetrical top and it just works for me. So easy, suits me, literally wash and wear. All the power to women with long, luscious locks but that ain't me!
@@therealemceekay exactly! what gave me the courage to chop it off was the fact that I didn't leave my house so if it turned out awful, no one had to see it and I'd just have wait for it to grow out
I remember one time Miley said on an interview that a lot of makeup artist used to try to change her eye shape, make her eyes look more elongated or more like almond shape and she would let them until she embraced her round eyes.
Thank for bringing an honest and more realistic perspective to the beauty community, it’s always refreshing ✨
I love that you empower us to choose the uncharted path… I have a lot of real estate in my eyelid but my eyes aren’t as round as yours and I’ve tried your technique above where you put shadow above the crease of my eye and it really does work I love thank you 😊
Same!! The Game totally changed 😍
it took me took years to realise that i was only doing my eye makeup for my front profile and then i would always see pictures of myself from any other angle and wonder why my makeup looked so weird!! and i realised i'd never seen anyone mention taking your side profile into consideration?? i think when i started experimenting with shapes that looked best for my natural eye shape AND my side profile is around the same time i got more confident with trying more fun colours and stuff :DD
Samee If I do halo eyes it cuts my eye short so from the front it looks good but the side looks so weird ... So now when I wanna do halo eyes I do it in fox like shape than round because then it looks good both front and side
I so love how straight forward your videos are. No intro video clips, just pure make up and chat right away.
We love an educated, honest, and humble queen ! Thank you for sitting down and taking the time to chat about this :)
I love the way you do tutorials, it is so real and chill. As someone who has watched TONS of beauty gurus and tutorial and kinda got tired of them saying the same thing, you have made me like tutorials and I learn a lil something from every vid.
I really need a tutorial for big round prominent eyes with lots of lid space!! I feel like there’s nothing out there at the moment for my eyes and a lot of people focus on hooded eyes etc
What I really like about you is that you acknowledge people's differences and encourage us all to appreciate everyone's uniqueness
For the longest time I've struggled with this. I've always tried to mimic a tutorial on my eye shape because it looked beautiful on the one creating it. Honestly, I get to learn so much from your videos. It's so therapeutic and educational at the same time💗
Thank you! I really needed to hear this. I have hooded, uneven eyes and really considered surgery, but at the same time i hate plastic surgery as i think being natural is the most beautiful in the end. I'm motivated to figure out the best eye makeup for my eyes. Love your content. It's so interesting and informative.
Stunning look💚💚💚💚💚
Thank you! I tried the various "snatched"/"foxy" styles for a while and realized that it was just completely fighting my long face and deep-set + Sydney Sweeney shaped eyes. I ended up with a drooping pancake face and the look of a horrifically botched old-school upper-facelift..... P.S.... that yellow shadow is da bomb.. I want..
i know this is a month later but we seem to have similar features, could you share some tips on how you do your makeup now?
@@eyeclipper Hah, it's such a rare face shape, of course I'll share (and be super extra in my description) in the hopes that it might be helpful :) So I've struggled a lot over the years and have landed on: minimal overall foundation to at least make sure that the parts I don't conceal don't stand out as having a different texture. Then the best thing I can do around my eyes is to really not over-conceal the eyelids and area below my brows. I have to make sure the shadows are still visible, because if I don't, it flattens my face and makes it longer and incredibly weird.. I'll typically do a light coverage foundation there (dabbed first on my hand with a sponge) and then, if anything, a thin liner towards the outer corners straight out toward the temple, not upward. I realize that's hard to explain in words, but I find that with my face shape, lines moving horizontally are the most flattering. The upward cat eye look tends to look absolutely insane hah.. Then maybe a bit of a highlight shade on the inner-center lid (not in that part at the very inner corner of the eye.... that looks horrendous hah) and I'm all set! Oh and any added lashes look great towards the outer corner. Whole sets don't usually look good, so I do the individual sets. Hope that helps! :)
@@brooke9297 Yes, thank you so much! I actually dont do outer lashes only (as if i did lashes at all most of the time but lets ignore that hahah) bc i feel like it weighs the last past only, even if i liked the look on other people 😭. I am curious, what do you think of the 'douyin' style makeup, where they make the liner kinda enhance the downwardness of the eyes? I tried it recently and it made had the opposite effect of the foxy eye, and it put more focus on the outer parts of my face (mostly cheekbones) and in a way makes it look less long?? + the make up isnt really on the eyelids so it doesnt create weird lines. But at the same time you have to really embrace the eye shape 😬
@@eyeclipper Hah! I've been exploring this for a while.. I definitely haven't figured it out yet, but I'm hopeful 😂
@@brooke9297 it's truly a struggle 😪
As someone who's been told by a few different people that I have "droopy eyes" (I like to call it resting sad face lol), I really appreciated all the downturned eye love! I'm feeling inspired to try out some new techniques to lean into the sleepiness and just embrace it. On a side note the color combo on your eyeshadow was killer.
I am a fellow droopy eyed girl!
Knowing what works for YOUR face is so underrated! stunning and timeless eye makeup as always 💚
were you john safties muse in uncut jahbs? sorry
this is why i follow you ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I have large round eyes, but a very small distance between my eye and brow-bone which is not that defined, so they look a bit hooded from front even though they actually arent, and I have had them called sleepy eyes all my life. So I feel really validated and flattered that anyone finds eyes like mine attractive. Everyone always says they want bigger eyes until even daily eyeshadow looks too dramatic! But I like it, I just wish there were more techniques out there for my eyeshape that weren't always corrective in nature. Trying trends is fun, because the main person I learned from how to make makeup that I like, was in the end, myself. I love your eye look here, it's stunning ❤️
She says while she pulls off the craziest eye look and is absolutely beautiful!
Ah I didn't even know i needed this validation as a down-turned eye gal. Have often been frustrated by certain eye liner looks that seem extra hard to do on my eye shape and I never really thought about why. And I LOVE a heavy lower lash line and never understood why it's a no-no for a lot of people. This explains a lot haha.
I really Hope there Is a deep-set-low-eyebrows version in. here!
"When everyone's doing The Thing, it's sooo much cooler to just do the opposite." -Alex Anele
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I am 53 and love skincare and makeup. I LOVE your channel. You are up front, honest and really good at applying makeup. Great info too!
😱 I love love love the way you are doing your eyes. Totally my style. ❤
I love your approach to makeup as unique style for each person … you are straightforward and very reassuring for those of us who do have different features … refreshing !!!
I LOVE these types of videos from you (and from anyone with great content) - - just a good, rant-y, conversational, info-packed video. Getting to watch you put a look together is just a bonus!
your technique is absolutely flawless! love watching you work.
Reminds me of going to a vintage festival and getting makeup done. EVERYONE was going for a 50s look - winged eye etc. MUA took one look at me and said, "you have big round eyes - can I do a 20s look cos I'm sick of winged liner!" Everyone else was Bettie Page that day, I was Gloria Swanson 😂
I love you.
Thanks for helping us everyday and not seem like a raccoon with bad eyeshadow and wrong concealers. Thank you, love you.
Great video and advice. I, in middle age, was struggling to get all the looks of the day I was seeing RUclipsrs create that just were not working for my hooded lids. THEN I reconnected with a young and old Katherine Hepburn, who was absolutely stunning AND had hooded eyes. Gorgeous hooded eyes. Here eyes were accentuated with lashes and maybe some liner. On occasion she had shadow but it wasn't to change her eyes or to hide the hoodedness of them.
What she did do was play with complexion, brows, and lips to look fresher or more dramatic.
Sure, I feel like I miss out on wearing a gorgeous cut crease or halo eye. Yea, I do. And then I remember that eyes are not the only feature of the face that can stand out or with which we can be creative.
Exactly! Doesn’t matter that it’s trending if it doesn’t suit you. Makeup can be fun and creative, editorial even!, but I think the #1 is to have fun, and feel your best by accentuating your OWN best features. I really love your tutorials. Especially the in depth ones are some of the best of that long format. Thanks Alex! ❤
When you started talking about “droopy” eyes I almost started crying because I felt seen. My mom has very deep hoods and her outside corners are downturned and she passed the same eye shape to me. In fact, our hoods embrace the droop and fold completely past the outer corner. It took me finding Wayne Goss’s channel before I ever had any clue how to make my eyeshadow look “good” on me. It took me even longer to get over my insecurities about my sunken, blue lower lids and realize I could use them to my advantage too.
Now I get compliments all the time and do my mom’s eyes for her on special occasions so she too can see the magic and power in what others consider an “unfortunate” eye shape. And I’m grateful for you helping spread the message of love and beauty and acceptance for all shapes and types.
I hope you don’t take this the wrong way but I always play your videos at night to help me sleep, not only for entertainment but your voice is so soothing ❤️❤️
Everything you said in this video is just point on, so thank you for that. I struggle so intensely with my eyes and how they are shaped and trying to keep up with how it's "supposed " to look
I have hooded eyes and in one of your videos your talking about putting the makeup in the outer crease in a circle pattern. Really opens up the eye. So thank you for explaining it and it works well.
In all my years of being a makeup and skincare junkie, you're the only 1 I've heard mention 2 different eye shapes. I have a hooded lid & a lid with space. It can be terribly frustrating so I wish an artist would do a series of looks on uneven eyes 💬
They look is bomb. I love colorful mate look that aren't monochromatic. They are so elevated, every little colour change adds depth
this is something ive been thinking about a lot, especially since the trends have moved so decidedly towards this super lifted aesthetic. i also have a sort of "droopy" downturned eye, and my eyes are very wide and round, so no matter what i do the whole fox eye trend is never going to look normal on me. recently I've embraced a very subtle, straight across eyeliner and rounded, diffused eyeshadow shapes that accentuate the roundness and downturn of my eyes and i LOVE it. it goes against everything the trends tell you to do but it just works so well for me
I feel like we just went on a super uplifting journey while watching you turn your eyes into the most beautiful avocados.
This video was a fucking lifesaver! I have the traditional Finnic face structure: a wide face with deep-set hooded eyes, a heavy brow with puffy lids and downturned outer corners - a nightmare for applying eye makeup. For YEARS I've tried all kinds of hooded eye trickery, with varying degrees of success. I could never quite figure out what it was that made me succeed/fail, and I thought I'm just not the girl for interesting eyeshadow colors. But now that you mentioned K-Stew and I looked her pictures more closely, I now realize I have all this real estate on the side of my face I never understood to utilize! Your content is always super helpful, with researched and detailed explanations on how different makeup application works for your face.
I am magnetised by your face, I was glued to the screen till the end...the Colures are amazing
You have my eye shape which is one of the reasons why I’m still subscribed!! 💖💖
Alex! I used to watch make up tutorials religiously but fell off for about 5 years. I recently found your channel and it has re-ignited my love for doing fun and creative make up looks!!
I am so happy I found your channel!!!! I’ve been binging your videos and this one is by far my favorite
Hahaha you have my attention throughout this video, but when you called out for Putin I lost it 🤣 🤣 🤣 omg
Awww thanks so much Alex! This WAS refreshing watching you just play and talk!
I’ll definitely be bolder with my lower lash line! You hit the nail on the head when you said not to be scared to drag it downwards, I’m half Korean so I’ve always grew up with this idea of makeup being lifted and light and sweet and going dark is dark waters! But I love boldness and color! The majority of my hang up about putting on makeup on myself is I don’t really know who I look like and I think I’ve done a lot of that “look at others and copy” that I’m not familiar with my own features as much but I think life is bringing us back to ourselves now and it’s an awesome and best time to experiment with that stuff! That’s again for a cool post :) take care Alex!
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love you Alex you're so knowledgeable
This hit on so many fantastic points. I have hooded and deep-set eyes where my crease curves all the way down to the outer corners of my eyes. There are hacks to get lifted liner on my eyes from a front view, but with my eye socket structure, it looks SILLY from any other angle! I found a RUclips makeup artist with similar eye structure who focuses on flattering looks for hooded eyes, even if they aren’t currently trending. She inspired me to ignore the “lift” trend and bring my liner downward on the outer edges more even though other gurus say “it drags your eyes down and makes them look saggy. It’s WRONG.” It makes mine look LOVELY, thanks!
What a great message. Do what works for you. Trends help us learn new techniques and consider different looks, but we should just borrow what we like and leave the rest behind without fear of not being “trendy” enough. This is why I despise videos that say “Makeup mistakes!” or “Right vs. wrong.” They pressure us to all do the same thing when we should be free to do whatever we please!
who’s the youtuber?! :D
I love you for the fact that you are always the realest.
out of all the beauty-tubers out there (that aren't makeup artists), you're the first person i have ever heard someone say this and it gives me so much confidence.
I loved how you played with these colors
I love this video. My intro includes me stressing the importance of embracing natural features, not changing them. Wear what we want to and rock it with confidence, regardless of what the 'beauty community' may say. Not reaching for perfection, but instead acknowledging our natural features are what makes us perfect. It was refreshing hearing your message in this video. I wish more people gave this message.
Immer wieder genial, Videos von Dir zu sehen, da ich tatsächlich, auch so wie das mit dem Wimpern tuschen usw. immer wieder noch neues, geniales dazu lerne❣👍🏼👌🏽
Und genau das macht es so interesannt, denn Du überrascht mich SEHR oft mit super tollen Neuheiten, viel besseren Techniken, Top Produkten, generell Tipps & Tricks, VIELEN Dank dafür👌🏽👍🏼
Liebend gerne weiter so 💕😁😁😁💕
I just absolutely adore you, your knowledge, attitude, delivery, and how you make me feel about myself. Thank you for being lush 💗
Thank you SO MUCH for addressing this. The whole trend issue. I’ve recently fallen into it myself and started to pressure myself to figure out how to finally do the perfect winged liner. But then I was like…why? My eyes look better with classic liner and it looks more youthful I realized. I’m so glad you brought this up because everyone is trying to do this triangle shape eyeshadow and not all eye shapes are designed that way 🤷🏻♀️
YESSS! This look is stunning and it makes your eyes look so big in the best way.
Alex, even up close like this, you are stunning.
Yes. I feel like trends have kept us away from keeping in mind of our own anatomy if you will. I’ve been experimenting with eye looks and accentuating my own eye shape. It’s timeless when it matches your structure
It's true! Those 'universal' methods of contouring for example that became popular a few years ago, just isn't going to work for everyone.
@@libbyt2581 right and then when you do and it doesn’t look as good as everyone else you think it’s something wrong w you. When I’m reality it just doesn’t work for you
@@emmaculate6177 end up looking like I'm 7 again and playing with my mother's makeup 😂
You inspire me to try new things with makeup. It doesn’t always pan out but I do agree that I take something away from branching out every single time.
Yesss! Understanding your unique bone structure, real estate, what’s reasonable, and what you’re working to achieve are instrumental in understanding what techniques will flatter you most. There are techniques that’ll enhance every eye shape, so play!
As for the hoodies who are looking to do cut creases, bring that contour a few millimeters above your natural socket (where your eyeball meets your brow bone, not where your hood creases). This’ll help make the look more believable as well as guide your other eye looks!
Every eye shape is beautiful and able to be enhanced through different techniques. While not all work for everyone, there are plenty that will!
I've been saying this for a while and I feel so seen and validated.
were you john safties muse in uncut jahbs? sorry
Omg. The answer is so simple but I really needed someone to tell me what to do with hooded eyelids
Man, you make green shadow look so good! I (say I) would never! But maybe I will , after this video!
Request: if you mention a celeb or other person in your vids, can you throw up a few pics on screen during your vid for us to quickly relate who or what you're referencing? Thanks! I love your personality! - Raine
I have a short attention span, even for things I'm truly interested in. However every time I stumble upon one of your videos I'm GLUED!
Thanks for great content, I'm officially subscribed
At this point i've given up on eye shadow, shaved my brows spock style, an slap on lemonhead la glitter on my brow bone!!! It's hard out here
I'm into it
Yes! Shaving eyebrows need to be more normalized. You can do anything.
@@aleisterlilywhite1109 plus it brings out the natural bone structure to your face. Amazing
Your so real and honest and I appreciate that!
It took me years to figure out why heavy liner or certain eye looks never worked for me….I tell you Years… I have hooded eyes. When I realized that it was a serious game changer!
Amen!
So many good points! I think this can also apply to lips. I have small downturned lips and I have realised I have to be very strategic with how and where I overdraw them. I can't do all the wild trendy lip looks so I tend to play up my eyes more or just using a lot if gloss to make my lips a bit bigger 😂
I have hooded eyes and you had mentioned in another video about raising the shadow up a bit, and I now use that. It works out great. I love watching your videos as I pick up gems of tips and tricks. Thanks!
One of the reasons I follow you is bc I have a light olive skin tone and is great to see how different colors look on you
so true! i've been getting so frustrated with my makeup recently and i realized it was because i'm trying to follow these trends that it turns out i dont like on my face. decided to actually start playing around with eyeshadow more bc i have a lot of lid space (probably close to that sleepy eye look you mentioned) and i wanna do something that accentuates my features instead of trying to change them! im also such a sucker for 60s looks so would love more tutorials of stuff like that, or even like the eye look you did here is so beautiful!!
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Thank you for the reminder that we're all different! It's strangely basic but a necessity some times! You're a breath of fresh air 🌷🌷🌷
You always inspire me and I could listen to you talk for hours
I have small hooded eyes with very little space between my lash line and brow bone. I've been doing my makeup for years and I'm still trying to figure out what my best eye look is 😅The struggle is real!
The best advice I can give to people with my eye shape it to not focus on trying to create a traditional crease for yourself! Play around with unconventional shadow placements. Toss out the "how to make your eyes less hooded" advice. My everyday look these days is a wash of shimmer on my lid and crease area with a deeper matte on the outer corner. It give the eyes enough lift and definition without having to worry about contouring a crease.
Here are some videos that I find helpful:
Linda Hallberg's winged eye liner for hooded lids
Annette's makeup corner big wing for hooded eyes
Anything by Smitha Deepak
If anybody has any other great hooded eyes videos, I'd love to hear them!
Would love a part two to this video where you do a look on your eyes and then an adjusted version of that look on someone with different “eye real estate”. Would be amazing to learn while watching you.
I love watching your videos. I’m confident in my own makeup, but I always learn something new from you. I always recommend you, you’re the best x
Amen!
The way that I love this woman so much 😩💗
You are an artist and I have an idea, but I'm not so sure if this is something workable. Maybe you could show us, what you just explain with the other shapes, on a drawing on your favored medium. Like these makeup work books. I myself have hooded lids and not much space to my brows. Like your examples of JLaw and KStew. I tend to blend out my shimmer a little over the crease, because it prevents transfer and kinda gives the illusion of more space. I mostly use small brushes or else I have the deepening shade all up in my brows. I too like elongating my looks outward. I like trying different looks, that at the end look good on fotos but not so much in real live, or you can't really see them with open eyes. Thanks for the video and inspiration 😁
I agree 100%! I have hooded mature eyes and I'm discovering great looks by bringing pops of color to lower lid and smoking out below that. I could watch you put on eyeshadow all day 💖. Loving your artistic creations and using dynamic, unexpected color combinations.
You actually inspired me to do my contour for me, and now I'm so much happier. I have big appley cheeks, and I like to enhance them by curving my contour under my apples almost all the way to my nose. I'd never done that until you made me feel comfortable to try it! I ended up loving it.
That green shirt is so pretty on you!!!
Your earrings! 😍 you always have the best jewelry
Your eyes are so green and beautiful wow 😍
38 yrs young and I’m finally getting excited again about makeup. Thank goodness for this channel, I need some retraining 🪞🥰🌻
I wish I had someone like you when I was a teenager (in the early days of youtube)! It's taken me 15+ years to learn the wisdom you're sharing in this video 🙏