Eye makeup tips that make the most of those 'windows

Eye makeup tips that make the most of those 'windows to the soul'

It's been said that the eyes are the 'windows to the soul'. Women have used eye makeup for thousands of years to make the most of these alluring windows, mainly for the purpose of attracting the opposite sex. Look at Cleopatra. While the Egyptian era list of eye makeup tips are not what women generally use today, eye makeup is here to stay, still applied to much the same objective. Unless you're talking stage makeup, today's women go for a more natural look to play up the beauty of their eyes. Here we've got some eye makeup tips for beautiful eyes which also protect the delicate eye skin area from sagging and wrinkles on down the road of life.

While people didn't live as long in ancient Egypt, women still wanted to look as young as possible for as long as possible. They were well aware that the skin around the eyes was the thinnest and most delicate skin of the face and took appropriate steps to protect that skin from aging. That fact has changed down through the centuries, so among our eye makeup tips, this may be the most important.

Interestingly, some of the Egyptian women's eye makeup tips are still in use today. The use of milk baths, honey and rose water, to keep the skin soft and supple is recommended for today's woman. In addition to these regimens, modern science has also provided us with creams designed especially for use around the eyes. These creams are lighter than normal anti-wrinkle face creams, facilitating a less heavy-handed application and thus, less stretching and damage to this delicate skin.

When you apply any of these skin softeners around the eye area, use your pinky and always work from the outside in, towards your nose. While the opposite seems logical, all you're accomplishing is hastening the telltale sagging around the outer corners of the eye. So, always, from the outside in!

Here's a little-known, but valuable eye makeup tip: after applying a moisturizer, allow a few minutes for the moisturizer or cream to be absorbed. This helps prevent eye shadows, liners and mascara from caking or running.

Always apply your eye make up in this order: first, an eye liner, if you use one, then eye shadow and finally mascara. If you use an eye liner, sharpen that pencil well. A thin line looks natural, whereas a heavy line does not. Remember that your goal is ultimately, to appear as though your not wearing eye make up at all!

When applying eye shadow, the soft foam brush type applicator allows the finest and most subtle application. The lipstick style applicators can work, but only when you dab the color on and then, using your pinky, smudge it with a light hand. When you simply draw a line with the stick type, you're stretching that skin trouble later!

The last of our eye makeup tips? Mascara is a beloved item in the makeup case, but is too often overdone. Unless you have jet black lashes, resist the temptation of black mascara. A brown-black looks more natural, while still giving your eyes a dramatic look. When it comes to mascara, more is not better. Choose a waterproof mascara, with a wand that separates the lashes and apply lightly.

Follow these eye makeup tips to the letter for a fabulous look, lots of attention from the gents and better looking skin around the eyes for years to come.