Flatter Your Eye Shape With the Golden Ratio Eye Makeup Technique
Here’s an old-school eye makeup technique to tailor any eyeshadow look to your unique eye shape. Rae Morris is the creator of the incredible Golden Ratio eye makeup technique, but other makeup artists like Wayne Goss and Rachel OCool MUA also use it. I can’t wait to try it, so let’s begin!
Tools and materials:
- Brow pencil
- Spoolie
- Concealer
- Eyeshadow
- Lash curler
- Mascara
- Blush
- Lip liner
- Lip gloss
- Makeup brushes
1. Fill in and shape your brows
First thing’s first, let’s get done with the brows. I’m using a brow pencil to fill in the sparse areas, starting with the upper portion of my brows and then using the spoolie, I brush my brow hair upward, so I can clearly see at the bottom to fill it up while I do so.
2. Apply concealer to your lid
Next, use some concealer to even out the skin tone on your lid, going all the way up from the lash line to the arch of your brow. This is going to give you a clean canvas to work on the lids.
3. Mark Point A
Now, for the technique, start by marking the lower point of your eye, where it dips down. Let’s call this point A.
I just used an eye pencil to mark it, but you can also use eyeshadow.
4. Mark Point B
Then, looking straight in the mirror, mark the highest point of your eye in your upper lash.
This is going to be Point B.
5. Draw a line from Point A to Point B
Starting with Point A, draw a line that goes outward and upward parallel to your lower lash line, and stop at a point that’s aligned with Point B.
For this, I’m using eyeshadow with an angled brush. I’ve seen some people take Point A all the way up to the crease before they join it to Point B. Either way, it gives the same effect, but I prefer to do it this way because it’s much easier.
6. Fill in and blend
Fill in all the gaps with the same eyeshadow. Then, start softening it by blending it out with a small blending brush.
I also bring it all the way up to my crease in the outer corner just to give it some definition.
Use a larger brush to blend it out and soften it further.
7. Apply a highlight shade to the lids and inner corner
Next, use a lighter shade in the inner corner and on your lids. For the inner corner, I just used a flat shader brush.
For my lids, I applied the shade with my fingers and then used a flat shader brush to neaten up the edges.
8. Highlight brow bones
I just used the residue to highlight my brow bones.
9. Curl your lashes and apply mascara
I curled my lashes and then applied mascara. I love this mascara, it gives me so much volume and length so I only needed two coats.
I also applied the mascara to my lower lash line. If you prefer, you can also use false lashes.
10. Apply blush
To finish off the look, I’m using an angled kabuki brush to apply blush a bit higher on my cheekbones to get a lifted effect
11. Line and fill in your lips
For my lips, I’m lining them with a shade that is an exact match to my lip shade and I’m using it in the borders as a guide. Then, I’m filling it in with my favorite lip gloss balm.
The Golden Ratio eye makeup technique
The Golden Ratio technique is so unique and so personal to every eye shape. Here’s my finished look! Although subtle, it gives so much dimension to the eye shape.
I would love to hear your thoughts, so comment below and let me know what you think!
Products used:
- benefit precisely my brow pencil 4 https://amzn.to/3LGB4bB
- Milani Conceal + Perfect Longwear Concealer in 145 https://amzn.to/3GuWuYv
- Dominque Cosmetics Celestial Thunder Eye Shadow Palette https://bit.ly/3tUATU7
- Covergirl Lash Blast Volume Waterproof Mascara, Very Black https://amzn.to/3bhMohY
- Physicians Formula Butter Dream Team Palette https://amzn.to/3HK9w4G
- jordana rock n rose lip liner https://amzn.to/3tUBipB
- bareMinerals Mineralist Lip Gloss Balm in Sincerity https://go.magik.ly/ml/1gdto/
Enjoyed the project?
Suggested materials:
- Brow pencil
- Spoolie
- Concealer
- Eyeshadow
- Lash curler
- Mascara
- Blush
- Lip liner
- Lip gloss
- Makeup brushes
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I will definitely be trying this method! Noone has ever shown me this secret. I feel left out...lol
Very beautiful!