I’m 42 with naturally deep set eyes that are starting to sag further – my ‘stamp’ eyeshadow tip instantly lifts them
IF you’re following makeup tutorials but your eyeshadow still doesn’t look right, it may be because of the shape of your eyes.
A beauty fan has shared the hack she uses to lift her deep set sagging eyes.
In her video, Lou (@40slifelou) showed her followers “the dos and don’ts of eyeshadow for deep set eyes.”
“When you start getting older, I’m 42, I’ve noticed that this part of my eye, where the socket is, is starting to sag a little bit,” the TikToker explained.
“I’ve got deep set eyes anyway, meaning I’ve got a very deep crease and these sockets on my eyes almost hang over.”
For her first step, Lou applied an eyeshadow base to each of her eyelids.
She then picked a light brown shade and covered the outer two-thirds of both eyes, leaving space in the inner corner.
“Now I’m going to go in with the lightest shade on the inner corner just to add an ombre effect,” Lou told her viewers.
She then began using the flattering tips on her right eye while demonstrating the “eyeshadow don’ts” on her left.
“A lot of people use a deeper shade in the crease just to give the eyelid a bit more definition, you don’t need to do that if you have deep set eyes,” Lou explained.
“If I go in with a slightly darker shade and start to apply it to the crease it is only going to accentuate that crease.
“Instead, take the same shade that you put on your eyelid and apply that in the crease and a little bit above.”
For her next step, she showed her followers the best and worst way to apply a darker shade to the corner of your deep set eyes.
“A lot of people just place it there and blend it out and also take it into the V of the eye,” she explained.
“But what I’m going to do on the do side is take that darker shade and I’m going to stamp it on the outer part of the eyelid and take it almost up to the brow.”
After she had finished both her eyes, Lou compared the results for each technique.
“This eye looks really lifted whereas this one does not,” she said as she pointed at her right eye and then her left.
“If you don’t put the shadow on [outer socket] of the eye, it accentuates it where it hangs down, you’re only going to see the droop.
“If you add the darker shade above here you don’t see that sagginess, all you see is the lovely blending transition of both the shades.”
She pointed out that tailoring your technique based on your eye shape “looks very bright and contrasted.”
“This side just looks far more lifted, it looks a lot prettier, and it is just more complementary to the face,” Lou told her viewers as she pointed to her right eye.
Her followers shared their thoughts on the makeup advice in the comments section.
“It’s so interesting how much eye shapes differ and the techniques we use to enhance what we’ve got!” wrote one TikTok user.
“Great advice! I’ve been doing it wrong for a long time,” said another impressed viewer.
“Funny isn’t it, I always hated my deep inset eyes! Until I met you,” commented a third person.