What Type of Makeup Suits Your Eye Shape

Ananya Mishra | Thu, 16 Oct 2025
Makeup helps us look and feel our best by highlighting our natural beauty. Everyone has different eye shapes like almond, hooded, monolid, round or downturned, and each eye needs a little different makeup style to look its best. By using the right tricks, you can make your eyes stand out and your makeup look more effortless. Let’s see which makeup style suits your eye shape the most.
Eye Makeup
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Makeup should be used to bring out one's natural beauty. Different types of makeup styles suit different faces. The same goes for eyes, everyone has a different shape of eyes. Some common eye shapes are hooded, almond, monolid, downturned and round. We can use makeup tricks that suit our eye shape to make our makeup look even better.

Let us find out what type of makeup is the best fit for your eye shape.

Almond Eyes

Almond Eyes
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Almond eyes have sharp corners and are like that of an almond. While doing makeup for almond shaped eyes, you should keep the eyeliner thin in the upper lid and thicken it in the outer corner wing. It will enhance the natural shape of the eye. You can also apply sharp eyeliner in the inner corner which gives a cat eye look. You can use brown eyeshadow and fake lashes in the outer corner of the eye that makes them look more defined.

Hooded Eyes

Hooded Eyes
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If your eyes have extra skin from the brow bone covering the upper lid of the eye, you have hooded eyes. Figuring out makeup for this eye shape can be difficult as the crease and eyelids are not really visible. To make hooded eyes stand out, you can apply thin eyeliner in the upper lid and outer corner of the eye. Keep the eyeliner wind a little shorter and apply mascara on both top and lower lashes. It will make the eye look bigger and rounder.

Monolid Eyes

Monolid Eyes
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In monolid eyes there is no visible folds. This eye shape is usually common among people of east Asian countries. While applying eyeliner start in the middle and follow your eye shape with the wing. You can play with pastel eyeshadow to brighten up your eyes.

Downturned Eyes

Downturned Eyes
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The outer corner of the eye are pointed downwards in downturned eyes. You should apply mascara on the top lashes to make the eyes look more awake. The eyeliner and eyeshadow should be focused on uplifting the eye. The eyeshadow can be applied in the lower lashes and use as eyeliner too.

Round Eyes

Round Eyes
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Softer makeup usually looks good on round shaped eyes as they have a youthful appearance. For a bolder look you can try a smoky eye with a little bit of shimmery eyeshadow. Add volume to your lashes with mascara. Apply eyeliner across the lid and make a small wing in the outer corner to give a puppy eye effect. You can also apply highlighter in the inner corner to make your eyes pop.

Beauty of every eye shape can be highlighted with the right type of makeup. These tricks can help improve your makeup skills and make your makeup look flawless and effortless.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

  1. How do you know which eye makeup suits you?

    Analyse the shape of your eyes and then try out makeup styles that is said to be best suited for your eyes.
  2. How do I tell if my eyes are round or almond?

    If your eyes have sharp corner and the iris touches both upper and lower lid of your eyes then you probably have almond eyes. Round shaped eyes have a rounder shape without any sharp corners and look bigger.
  3. What makeup suits hooded eyes?

    Thin eyeliner on the outer corner of the eye suits hooded eyes well. Applying mascara on both upper and lower lashes make the eyes look brighter.

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