Hooded Eyes

Diane was kind enough to come to my house and let me attempt a makeover with her. I told her about my experience with my mother, who also has hooded eyes and how it didn't go so well.  I will post about my mom's makeover once I go back to her house and get the pictures off their camera. I had been watching youtube videos about it and my mom was the first hooded eye I tried and, well, let's just say it didn't go as planned. I DID however learn from her and feel as though Diane's makeover turned out much better because of it. So here is her before:

She is my 3 yr old daughters nursery teacher and my daughter ADORES her. She calls her grandma all the time, which is a compliment if you knew how much my daughter loves her grandmas. 

I don't think she ever wears anything and honestly, she doesn't need to. She has naturally rosy cheeks and a nice colored lip. We slathered some makeup on anyway.

Personally I like the 'wind blown' effect from my swamp cooler blowing her hair back. True model material right here.

We evened out her skin a bit with some foundation but by doing so, hid her natural cheek color, so we added cheek color.  We lined her eyes with a wet, angled eyeliner brush using an eyeshadow to keep it from turning out too harsh. On the lower lid we only went 3/4 of the way across so as not to make the eyes look smaller but still make them stand out. She has the smallest features! I never realized this until I had to choose which brushes to use for her eyes and cheeks. We did use a purple shade on her lid which you can barely see on the outer corners. I didn't want to get carried away like I did with my mother and give her two black eyes. Or at least the appearance of them. She has a great eyebrow shape for her eyes. I wish I would have had a correct color to match her eyebrows so we could pencil them in just a touch, but she has the darkest complexion and features of all the ladies I've made over thus far. I went out and bought some brow powder just a bit ago so I will be prepared for next time. The mascara brought out her lashes and seemed to add a nice finishing touch.

She is on my "favorite people" list and always ready to help and support me with whatever endeavor I come up with. Thanks again Diane!