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Ahh, makeup. The most wonderful invention for covering blemishes, beautifying eyelashes, plumping lips, highlighting cheekbones and improving just about every little area of your face. A looks-conscious woman should be singing its praises all day. When it comes to your eyes, makeup offers all sorts of sneaky tricks to make things look bigger, smaller, fuller, cuter, sexier and just all around better. If your eyes are slightly uneven, you can employ a variety of tricky tips to even things out and put your most beautiful self forward.
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Use mascara to lengthen only the areas you want to emphasize. If one eye is slightly longer than the other or set a bit wider on your face, apply mascara to the inner corners of both eyes and the outer corner of only the smaller eye. This will make it appear to stretch as far out as the other one.
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Blend bright eye shadow colors on to lids to make eyes pop and appear more open. A lively blue, green or other bright color will open eyes, so apply a slightly higher line on one eye if it is lower, droopier or more closed-looking than the other. This will raise the look of the eye.
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Apply a dark color eye shadow, such as a sultry gray, in the crease of your eyelids to make eyes pop and appear more dramatic. If one eye stands out more than the other or you have two different color eyes, apply a slightly darker shade to the less-noticeable eye than you put above the more-noticeable eye.
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Use your eyeliner to give your eyes a slight cat-eye look, which is a line that extends past the edge of your lids to make your eyes seem bigger and fuller. If one eye is longer or bigger than the other, give it just a small cat-eye, while you give the other one a slightly bigger version.
Whatever look you're going for, remember to be subtle about the differences in makeup on each eye -- you don't want to look like you were sleeping when you applied your eye shadow. Go only slightly higher, taller, longer, deeper, whatever, to achieve the optimal results.
