USING EYE-SHADOW

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31199, 25 October 1966, Page 2

USING EYE-SHADOW

Eye-shadow can give your eyes more depth and emphasise their colour. It can also be used to change your facial contours or improve features. Whether you apply shadow with subtlety or employ it boldly to dramatise your face, there is much to be learnt about this increasingly popular cosmetic.

Do you know, for instance, which colours to use to your best advantage? While it is always safe to match shadow with your eyes, you can often risk a more daring shade with flattering results. Try matching or contrasting shadow with your dress occasionally, or use shadow shade to echo or spotlight your hair colour. Blue eyes can use blue, grey, or violet shadow; grey eyes can use grey, green or

blue shadow; green eyes can use green, grey or violet shadow; brown eyes can use brown, violet, turquoise or green shadow; and hazel eyes can use lilac, brown or leafgreen.

The general rule is that shadow matched to eyes makes them look larger, and shadow contrasted to eyes makes them look more brilliant. Turquoise and blue shades add lustre to the whites of the eyes. Lightly blend white shadow over another colour to achieve a romantic, misty look. Never apply shadow directly on to the fragile skin area of your lids. Always smooth a rich protective moisture oil over the skin first—one with hygroscopic qualities, such as oil of ulan will perform the additional duties of keeping your skin fresh and youthful while it discourages and erases the lines and wrinkles which constantly attempt to form around the eyes. Prominent or heavy-lidded eyes look deeper-set when a brown eye-shadow is blended

on the lids only. Small or closely-set eyes gain width and size when a deep-coloured shadow is blended above and outwards across the eyelid. Leave the lid itself untouched.

Deep-set eyes are brought into the limelight with the aid of shadow in light green, blue or grey. Smooth it on the lids, in the hollows, and then shade it up towards the outer edge of the eyebrows.

Pink eyelids trouble many women, and only a few find that using ordinary foundation and powder will camouflage the condition effectively. Green eyeshadow, on the other hand, does a wonderful job, and the new green shade of powder (especially produced to disguise florid complexions) can be blended lightly over the lids as well. The best way to remove eye make-up is to dampen a piece of cotton wool in lemon freshener and dab it off gently. This dissolves it away without need to use detergents or to rub, which could harm the delicate skin near the eyes.