A Makeup Trick To Make Eyes Look Bigger (Great For Those 50+)

As you age, your skin will naturally start to sag (thanks to a decline in collagen production). This skin atrophy is particularly noticeable in thinner areas, like the under-eyes and on the eyelids.

Now, there's nothing wrong with this (aging is a natural and beautiful thing!); however, it's not rare to feel insecure about these changes and wish to disguise them the best you can. 

Grab your darker brown shade on a small angled brush. "Start by taking the brush and following from the bottom [lash] line, and bring up a very faint line," she says.

This line should go from where your outer bottom lashes begin, going toward the tail of your eyebrow, and ending just a tad before it hits your brow. 

"Take the same brush, and do not add any more shadow. Go where your crease is—you're going to be creating a slight line just above the crease," she says. This should be going along the bottom of the brow bone, right under your brow arch. 

Then, swoop the crease line outward and upward so that the tail is aligned with the end of your brow and appears slightly upturned. It will look like the bottom line you previously created, and this one would connect if they were extended but will leave a slight gap in the shape of a triangle.

"You're now going to extend from the inner corner," she says. Using the same brush, connect the upper crease line to the inner corner of your eye where your brow bone ends and your nose begins. 

With a cream-colored pencil or shadow, go in with a small brush and place it on the outer corner (aka, in the triangle you created earlier), on the inner corner, and on the center of your lid. 

Spell tops off this eye look with light brown eyeliner, working as close to the lash line as possible. Then she goes in with mascara on both the top and bottom lashes. 

If you want to mask sagging skin around the eyes, you'll want to play with light and shadow (aka contour). This eye shadow look will help complement the natural shape of your eye and create the illusion of a lifted lid.