You’ve probably never thought about it but every beauty has a specific eye shape. Your eye shape plays a major part in your look when you wear eyes ashes. Understanding the characteristics of your eye shape and the lash styles that best fit you is key for 2 reasons. (1) You’re knowledgeable about the in the selection you make so, there’s no mystery in how you’ll look in your lashes and, (2) you know what you’re looking for so that makes shopping quick and easy. Review the various eye shapes below to learn which lash styles will help transform you from beauty to bombshell.
Almond
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Characteristics |
Pointed shape at the tear duct and outer edge of the eyes, “cat eye” shape, zero white above or below iris, crease is visible |
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Best Lash Style |
Full, voluminous lashes evenly distributed across the band |
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Natural Look |
Boss Bae, Class Act, SHEro, Pure Seduction |
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Glamourous Look |
Ambitious Girl, HBIC, All Eyes on Me, Fire & Desire, Pretty Playful, Naughty Nola |
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Celebrities with This Eye Shape |
Beyonce’, Rihanna, Eva Longoria, Gwen Stefani |
Deep Set
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Characteristics |
Larger eyes set deeper into the eye socket, has the illusion of a prominent brow bone, brow bone appears to overshadow the eyes |
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Best Lash Style |
Extra length, density and volume, long and wispy styles, styles with lashes longer in the middle, lashes that curl up away from the eye |
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Natural Look |
SHEro, Ambitious Girl |
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Glamourous Look |
All Eyes on Me, Glamour Girl, Pretty Playful, Naughty Nola |
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Celebrities with This Eye Shape |
Kerry Washington, Cameron Diaz, Natalie Portman, Angelina Jolie |
Close Set
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Characteristics |
Inner corners of the eyes sit close to the nose, distance between the eyes is less than the width of one eye |
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Best Lash Style |
Long voluminous crisscross lashes, flared / cat eye styles with longer lengths towards the outer corner of the eye, long, wispy, curly lashes
*Avoid styles that are too full, thick or heavy as they will make the appear smaller |
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Natural Look |
Class Act, Ambitious Girl |
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Glamourous Look |
HBIC, SHEro, Fire & Desire |
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Celebrities with This Eye Shape |
Michelle Obama, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jennifer Aniston, Mylie Cyrus |
Wide Set
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Characteristics |
Larger gap between the eyes, distance between the eyes is greater than the width of one eye |
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Best Lash Style |
Lash styles with similar lengths from the middle of the lash to the outer corner, long, wispy, curly styles, crisscross lash styles
*Avoid flared / cat eye lash styles as the make the eyes appear further apart |
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Natural Look |
Boss Bae, HBIC, SHEro, Fire & Desire |
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Glamourous Look |
All Eyes on Me, Shine Bright, Glamour Girl |
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Celebrities with This Eye Shape |
Oprah Winfrey, Brandy Norwood, Amanda Seyfried, Michelle Pfeiffer |
Monolid
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Characteristics |
Skin covers upper lid, no crease on the eyelid is visible, almost flat looking on the face, brow bone is less defined |
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Best Lash Style |
Fluttery lash styles with crisscross layers to open the eyes, lashes with volume towards outer edge or all around the eye to define and outline the eye, curled lash styles to add more height to the eyes |
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Natural Look |
Boss Bae, Class Act, Pure Seduction |
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Glamourous Look |
Ambitious Girl, HBIC, Shine Bright, Fire & Desire, Pretty Playful |
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Celebrities with This Eye Shape |
Lucy Liu, Sandra Oh, Maggie Q, Eva Chen |
Hooded
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Characteristics |
Brow bone covers the eyelid with a deep-set crease, extra skin on the upper lids droops over and covers eyelids (making the eye appear smaller) |
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Best Lash Style |
Mixed length styles, wispy lashes or styles fuller in the center with longer lengths and strong curl to create depth and open the eye at the center
*Avoid long, thick dramatic lashes as they look too heavy and make the eye look smaller |
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Natural Look |
HBIC, Ambitious Girl, SHEro, Fire & Desire |
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Glamourous Look |
Shine Bright, Glamour Girl, Pretty Playful, Naughty Nola |
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Celebrities with This Eye Shape |
Tyra Banks, Chrissy Teigen, Carmen Electra, Emma Stone |
Round
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Characteristics |
Large, prominent, circular shape, entire iris and most of the white of the eye is visible, crease is visible, inner and outer corners of the eye are round, not pulled in/outward, great dimension and depth |
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Best Lash Style |
Long and voluminous crisscross lash styles, flared / Cat eyes lash styles, long, wispy, curly lash styles
*Avoid lashes that are very thick and voluminous making the eye look smaller and flatter |
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Natural Look |
Boss Bae, HBIC Ambitious Girl, Pure Seduction |
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Glamourous Look |
Shine Bright, Glamour Girl, Shine Bright, Pretty Playful |
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Celebrities with This Eye Shape |
Lala Anthony, Ashley Olsen, Katie Perry, Nicole Richie |
Prominent / Protruding
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Characteristics |
Large, round eyes that stand out, deep eyelid crease, appearance of a slightly bulged lid, slight line beneath the eye
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Best Lash Style |
Natural long lash styles, flared/ Cat eye styles, dramatic feathery lash styles, long, wispy, curly styles
*Bold colors will really enhance beauty of the eye shape – avoid styles that are too thick |
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Natural Look |
Class Act, HBIC, Ambitious Girl, Pure Seduction, Fire & Desire |
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Glamourous Look |
Shine Bright, Glamour Girl, All Eyes on Me, Pretty Playful, Naughty Nola |
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Celebrities with This Eye Shape |
Mya, Tracie Ellis Ross, Olivia Palermo, Mila Kunis |
Upturned
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Characteristics |
Very similar to the almond shape but with a natural lift at the outer corner, outer corners higher than the inner corners of the eyes, bottom lash line curves upward to meeting the top lash at the corner of the eye
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Best Lash Style |
3D lashes that gradually increase in length towards the outer edges, in a classic winged shape, flared, cat eye lash styles, lash styles with a mix of two different lengths towards the center of the eye, full and voluminous
*Styles that are thick and full throughout balance the eye out |
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Natural Look |
Ambitious Girl, Boss Bae, Class Act, Fire & Desire, Pure Seduction |
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Glamourous Look |
Shine Bright, All Eyes on Me, Glamour Girl, Pretty Playful |
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Celebrities with This Eye Shape |
Zoe Kravitz, Jennifer Lopez, Taylor Swift, Kendall Jenner |
Downturned
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Characteristics |
Slight drop at the outer corner of the eyes, outer corners lower than the inner corners of the eyes, upper lid dips to meet the lower lash line
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Best Lash Style |
Styles with a stronger curl on the outer ends of the lash, wispy and natural looking lash styles, styles with lashes shorter in the corners and longer at the center of the eye |
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Natural Look |
Ambitious Girl, Boss Bae, Class Act |
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Glamourous Look |
Shine Bright, Glamour Girl, Fire & Desire, Pretty Playful |
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Celebrities with This Eye Shape |
Camille Belle, Katie Holmes, Anne Hathaway, Charlize, Theron |