Every girl in the world is special and beautiful in her own way. And each of us has our own peculiarity in the face, in the form of narrow or too wide eyes, as well as their shape. After all, not everyone can boast of an ideal cut that suits any type of makeup. Because there is such a feature as a drooping eyelid, for which it will be quite difficult to choose makeup that helps visually expand the eye itself.
But the modern beauty industry does not stand still, and today there is a lot of advice on how to correct this feature, turning it from a disadvantage into an advantage.
What is drooping eyelid
A “drooping eyelid” is a structural feature of the eye in which the upper eyelid droops onto the movable eyelid, covering it completely or partially. Visually, a drooping eyelid looks as if the forehead is slightly sliding down over the eyes, which is why the eyelid gathers into a “hood.”
Drooping eyelids can appear from birth (for example, in girls with Asian appearance), or can also be the result of age-related or physical changes.
This feature cannot be removed with creams or exercises. But you can visually enlarge your eyes using the right makeup technique.
Ptosis of the eyelid: causes
The causes of eyelid ptosis can be congenital or acquired.
Congenital ptosis
- this is a consequence of underdevelopment of the muscle that raises the upper eyelid (levator). This is a hereditary genetic pathology or damage to nerve centers that occurred during pregnancy and/or childbirth.
Usually, with congenital ptosis of the eyelid, a person also has other eye defects - for example, strabismus, amblyopia (“lazy eye”) or anisometropia (difference between the eyes in refraction (the refractive power of the optical system of the eye, expressed in diopters).
Acquired ptosis
, depending on the causes of occurrence, are divided into:
Aponeurotic ptosis
- due to stretching or weakening of the muscle that raises the upper eyelid. May occur after surgical facelifts
Neurogenic
which develops against the background of various neurological diseases (for example, meningitis, facial neuritis, multiple sclerosis, stroke)
Mechanical
- due to mechanical injuries to the eye or the eyelid itself
False
— skin folds that appear on the eyelids in old age are sometimes mistaken for ptosis.
According to the degree of drooping of the eyelid, they are distinguished:
- Partial ptosis: when the eyelid covers only a third of the pupil
- Incomplete: when the edge of the eyelid is located in the middle of the pupil
- Full: when the pupil is completely closed.
Partial eyelid
If the eyelid covers only the area of the moving eyelid, then you can create both daytime and evening eye makeup.
Step-by-step daily makeup:
- Apply grayish or soft beige shadows to your eyelids.
- Draw a line from the center of the eyelid along the lash line to the outer corner. Draw the line up and widen it towards the edge.
- Carefully blend the line with a brush.
- Apply brown shadow to the corner of the eye and blend it, directing it just above the skin fold.
- Highlight the brow area and inner corner of the eye with matte shadows.
- Apply a copper-brown shade to the lower eyelid, intensifying the color towards the outer corner.
- Emphasize the mucous membrane of the lower eyelid with white kajal - this will visually enlarge the eyes.
- Finish off your look with lengthening mascara.
For evening makeup, use the same technique, but with smoky eyes and false eyelashes.
@firyuzaneverova
Be careful with arrows.
The question of how to draw arrows on an impending eyelid is breaking records in popularity. There's really nothing complicated about it. You can create any arrows - from miniature corners to long graphic lines. In hot weather, it is better to replace liquid eyeliner with a long-lasting pencil.
Long-lasting eyeliner OK Beauty Color Salute in dark chocolate shade Loon will help you draw perfect wings on the first try. Although there are some nuances here:
- The line should be as thin as possible so that the eyes do not appear even smaller.
- Take a Loon pencil and start drawing an arrow from the middle of the eye.
- Give the arrows the desired shape in the corner of the eyes from the outside.
- Paint over the crease of your eyelid to remove swelling and visually change the shape of your eyes.
Full coverage eyelid
If the upper eyelid completely covers the movable eyelid, you can create eye makeup in the following ways:
Method 1. Lighten the brow area with matte shadows. Then blend the light gray tone into the crease of your eyelid. Choose the darkest shade and draw it between the eyelashes.
Method 2. Blend the light tone over the moving eyelid. Apply a natural brown tone above the crease and blend it upward. Next, add a dark brown shade to the outer corner of your eye.
Method 3. This technique is suitable for an evening look. Apply a light shade under the brow bone and into the inner corner of the eye. Blend the gray shade over the crease of the eyelid. Use a black shade to highlight the eyelash contour, and then blend it towards the outer corner of the eye.
Mono-eyelid
This type of drooping eyelid is called a mono- or flat eyelid. Those with Asian eye shapes do not have a pronounced eye fold or movable eyelid area.
A few life hacks on how to apply makeup to your eyes to make them less narrow:
- Use lengthening mascara.
- Extend the eyeliner line to the outer corner of the eye.
- Emphasize the mucous membrane with white or light kajal.
@licasunny
Common mistakes and how to avoid them
- Darkening the outer part of the moving eyelid - you should darken the inner part of the moving eyelid and lighten the outer part to visually balance their size.
- Noticeable arrows - with drooping eyelids, clear lines of arrows do not decorate the eyes, but make them narrow. There is also no need to bring out the ends that go beyond the corners.
- Lack of shading or insufficient shading - a sharp outline looks very unnatural, but you just need to shade the tone and you immediately get a soft and pleasant makeup.
- Continuous eyeliner along the entire contour of the eyes - because of such eyeliner, the eyes look like slits, and the look becomes unnatural and flat.
- Gray-black shadows and smoky makeup can play a bad joke on owners of drooping eyelids, making their eyes even more sunken. Smokey eyes with drooping eyelids should be used very carefully, especially if you have light eyes. It is better to stick to medium-saturated shadows in gray-brown and ashy shades.
Makeup mistakes for the impending century
To create beautiful makeup and hide the imperfections of a drooping eyelid, it is important to remember the main mistakes. If you allow them, the effect will be the opposite, cosmetics will begin to crumble and imprint.
@megannguy
Graphics
You shouldn’t create clear and graphic eyeliner lines—smooth transitions and careful shading are needed here.
Contrast
Forget about sharp transitions and combinations of bright shades. Focus on maximum shading, even the most pastel colors. We are talking not only about shadows, but also products such as eyeliner, shimmer, concealer or tone.
Sharp lines
Pay attention not only to the eyes, but also to the eyebrows: they should not be too smooth or rounded. However, the lack of eyebrow shape and color will also negatively affect your look.
Stroke along the contour
Do not apply eyeliner or pencil along the entire eye contour. This method will visually make your eyes even smaller.
Darkening the drooping corners
Another common mistake is highlighting the outer corners with dark shades. This technique should be avoided by those who have drooping eyelids or drooping corners.
Features of applying makeup for drooping eyelids
@polza_mua
Corrective makeup for eyes with drooping eyelids can visually make your eyes look wider. We share life hacks that will help you enlarge your eyes and open up heavy eyelids with the help of cosmetics.
- Pay attention to the eyebrow line: make it a slightly raised and even line without sharp creases.
- Apply makeup on open eyes to immediately correct the transitions of eyeshadow shades. We also recommend looking in the mirror straight ahead without raising your eyebrows.
- Use a primer to prevent eye shadow from creasing. Several suitable options: CATRICE prime and fine pore, MISSHA layer blurring.
- Apply dark shadows both in the crease of the eyelid and above it. This will help the color be more visible when your eyes are open.
- Matte shadow textures will help visually reduce drooping eyelids. Shiny shadows (with the exception of fine shimmer) will only highlight the problem and give the opposite effect in makeup.
- If you need to visually “spread” your eyes and open your eyes, apply light shadows with shimmer to the inner corners of the eyes and under them.
- Choose waterproof or heat-resistant mascara - it will not mark on the upper eyelid.
- Curl your top lashes to make your look more expressive.
Lagophthalmos
Lagophthalmos is a condition in which the eyelids do not close completely (incomplete closure of the eye). The palpebral fissure, even in sleep, either does not close completely or does not close at all. This disease is also called 'hare's eye'. Occurs when the facial nerve innervating the orbicularis eyelid muscle is paralyzed. Some people's eyes do not close completely, but they do not have any of the above pathologies. This is physiological lagophthalmos. However, usually the patient himself is not bothered by this condition; he may not even know about it. His loved ones notice him. Lagophthalmos can be mild, moderate, or severe. In extremely advanced and severe cases, this disease can lead not only to loss of vision, but also to loss of the eye. Correct complete closure of the eyelid and full blinking ensure constant hydration of the surface of the eye. This protects the cornea and the eye as a whole. And if it is impossible to close the eye completely, its full protection is impossible.
The integrity of the tear film is disrupted, which leads to pathological changes in the cornea and conjunctiva. They begin with redness of the eye, especially in the morning, dryness, photophobia, and lacrimation. Vision may become blurred or blurred, and your eyes may hurt. After sleep, discomfort in the eyes is possible.
In addition to the fact that the palpebral fissure does not close, with lagophthalmos the lower eyelid droops.
If left untreated, erosion and eventually ulceration of the cornea may occur over time.
Causes
The most common cause is paralysis or paresis of the facial nerve. And paralysis or paresis of the face can develop as a result of a stroke, aortic aneurysm, unsuccessful plastic surgery, inflammation of the parotid salivary gland, diseases of the middle ear, injuries to the face, middle ear, fracture of the base of the skull, as well as infectious diseases (borreliosis, mumps, polio, leprosy ( leprosy), diphtheria, etc.). Bell's palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis) can also be a cause of incomplete eyelid closure.
Lagophthalmos also develops as a result of mechanical damage, surgery or burn, after which scars form on the eyelid.
Lagophthalmos can occur with lower eyelid retraction, eyelid coloboma, and exophthalmos. Upper eyelid retraction is a position in which, when looking directly between the edge of the eyelid and the corneal limbus (the junction of the cornea and the sclera), a white stripe of sclera is visible. It can occur with endocrine ophthalmopathy, contracture (tightening) or pinching of the inferior rectus muscle, as a result of long-term use of glucocorticoids. This is also possible with some congenital diseases, with hydrocephalus, with collateral unilateral ptosis (drooping eyelid).
Symptoms and course:
Manifested by incomplete closure of the eyelids. The lower eyelid droops down, the patient is bothered by lacrimation, and when trying to close the eye, the palpebral fissure remains open. The eye remains open at night. Lagophthalmos leads to drying of the conjunctiva and cornea, which can be complicated by erosion, ulceration of the cornea (keratitis), and clouding. Lagophthalmos develops against the background of neuritis, sometimes after trauma to the eyelids; it may be a consequence of congenital shortening of the eyelids.
Recognition:
As a rule, it does not cause any difficulties. In addition to complaints of lacrimation, a feeling of blockage, non-closure of the eyelids is a clear cosmetic defect. Differential diagnosis with eversion of the eyelid.
Treatment
Instillation of disinfecting drops (30% sodium sulfacyl, 0.02% furatsilin solution), “artificial tears” into the eye. To prevent drying and prevent infection, apply antibiotic ointment, sea buckthorn oil, and sterile petroleum jelly to the eye at night. In severe forms, surgical intervention is possible, consisting of partial suturing of the palpebral fissure.
The most effective way to treat eyelid failure is surgery.
There are several types of operations:
- installation of an implant in the upper eyelid;
- lower eyelid suspension;
- plastic palpebral fissure;
- elimination of scar changes;
- holding a silicone thread in the upper and lower eyelids;
- surgery on the superior tarsal muscle (one of the muscles that lifts the eyelid).
With exophthalmos, the disease that caused it is treated.
Symptomatic treatment is also prescribed - eye ointments and drops that create a protective film and protect the cornea from drying out.
Prevention
To prevent lagophthalmos, it is necessary to promptly treat eye diseases and prevent eye injuries and burns.
Recommended colors and techniques
You don’t have to contact a professional makeup artist if you take into account the basic mistakes and learn the main makeup techniques for looming eyelids. Let's tell you more about them.
@polinavazhenina
Eyelashes
To properly apply eyelashes with drooping eyelids, find the middle ground between lush volume and artificial “doll-like” appearance. Lengthening waterproof mascara is suitable for creating long and thick eyelashes. Don't forget to use brushes or tweezers for a graceful bend.
Brows
Thin eyebrows without correction will emphasize the drooping eyelid. We advise you to make them wider and more expressive.
Feathering
No graphic arrows or bright contrasts - opt for soft shading. To visually open up your eyes, darken the outer corner both above and below.
Chiaroscuro
The technique of highlighting the center of the eyelid or under the brow bone can also make the eyes appear larger.
Bright accent at the bottom
If we advised against daring accents on top, then you can safely use them on the bottom. Glitter, gradient and other beauty trends - just move them below the usual area of application.
False fold
Lifehack from girls with Asian appearance: to disguise your own crease, draw a false one a little higher.
Arrows
All fans of long arrows should pay attention to their shape. The “tails” of the arrow should rise towards the eyebrows.
Colors
To transform a droopy eye look, combine beige and brown shades in your eyeshadow palette.
Eye makeup in different colors
Choosing the color of shadows under the eyes is an important component of beautiful makeup with drooping eyelids.
For brown eyes
Blue, green and purple shades will help to add expressiveness and emphasize brown eye color. For evening smoky eyes, choose brown and black shades.
For blue and gray eyes
We advise blue-eyed girls to pay attention to coral, pink and peach shades. Gray and pale blue shadows will also help enhance your eye color. Those with gray eyes should use green and purple shadows, and to create a soft haze - gray or light brown.
For green eyes
Purple and burgundy shades are the perfect complement to green eyes. For smoky eyes, choose khaki shades to highlight your uniqueness.
How to dye eyelashes with drooping eyelids
@d.alexandria
As we wrote above, the best choice for eyelashes with drooping eyelids is a lengthening mascara with a heat-resistant effect. Vivienne Sabo Cabaret and MAKEUP REVOLUTION stretch it out ultimate length mascara are perfect options.
The emphasis on eyelashes is especially suitable for those who have small eyes with drooping eyelids - mascara will visually open them up.
- Before applying mascara, curl your eyelashes with a curler to give them a dramatic curl.
- For evening makeup, apply 2-3 layers of mascara to make your look more impressive.
- If you have a looming eyelid, do not paint your lower eyelashes, otherwise your look will become “heavy.”
Step-by-step instructions for performing daytime makeup
- Apply an eyeshadow base to your eyelids to make your makeup last as long as possible.
- Apply light matte shadows to the moving eyelid using a flat natural brush.
- While looking straight ahead, gently blend the dark, matte shade across the still eyelid with a fluffy natural brush. Start shading from the outer corner of the eye.
- The lower eyelid can be slightly emphasized with the same shadows at the outer corner, or it can be omitted at all. This is not necessary for daytime makeup.
- Use a black pencil to fill in the space between eyelashes. Apply lengthening mascara to curl your lashes and open up your eyes.
The video shows how to properly do your own makeup for eyes with drooping eyelids.
Examples of proper makeup for the impending eyelid
@vanessahong
A drooping eyelid is not a defect, but a feature of the structure of the eyes. Creating beautiful makeup for drooping eyelids is not difficult - it is only important to take into account some nuances.
Day makeup
For the base of everyday makeup, light, pastel and nude shades are suitable. Set them apart with dark accents - apply a brown or gray shade to the top outer corner. Then highlight the eyelashes and carefully line the mucous membrane with a pencil.
evening make-up
For evening makeup you will need a pencil in a dark brown or black shade. Blend it with light shadows, avoiding clear graphic eyeliner. You can add a little glitter to the lower eyelid to brighten up your festive look.
Smokey Ice
An important feature when creating smoky eyes on a drooping eyelid: you need to bring the accent up and to the side. Start shading the dark shade from the very edge of the eyelid. This effect will visually make your eyes larger and open your eyes.
Bright makeup
From coral to purple shades, choose ones that suit your eyes (see Makeup for Different Eye Colors). Stop at one color and blend it through the nude shade to the outer corner, pointing it downwards.
Glitter Makeup
If you want to add shine, give preference to shadows with fine shimmer. Large glitter will cause discomfort to an overhanging eyelid.
Age makeup
To transform your face with age-related makeup, focus on your eyebrows and eyelashes. With a heavily drooping eyelid, bring the accent of the shadows upward. We recommend using light and neutral shades without strong shine.
Gymnastics for eyelid treatment
Exercises can be done at home or even at work during your lunch break. They will help strengthen the eye muscles. This method is effective for age-related (senile) drooping of the eyelid. Gymnastics helps increase blood circulation in the right areas, enhance the production of collagen and elastin, which promote elasticity and firmness of the skin.
So, here is a set of exercises that can be performed to treat ptosis of the upper eyelid:
- You should completely relax and slowly rotate your eyes clockwise and counterclockwise.
- Look up and down several times.
- Raise your head and blink your eyes quickly for 30 seconds;
- Move your gaze and fix it at different distances: far, near, medium (can be done while looking out the window).
- Gently press your eyelids with your fingers and try to open them.
- Close your eyes for a few seconds and suddenly open your eyes.
Each exercise should be repeated 10-15 times. When working visually for a long time (watching TV or working at a computer), you should take breaks of at least one minute every 10 minutes. The eyes and eyelids will rest during this time. The desired result can only occur with regular exercise. However, if discomfort occurs during exercises for the upper eyelids, then it is better to stop it and consult a specialist.
