Truthfully, I’m a little bit makeup illiterate. I know enough to put on foundation & concealer, lipgloss, and sometimes a bit of eyeliner, but that’s about it. I’ve wanted to experiment a little more with eye makeup but, since I wear glasses, I haven’t been sure how to go about it. Won’t my frames cover up any attempt at eye shadow? Won’t mascara smudge all over the inside of the lenses?
Well, the Today Show recently had a segment on makeup tips for girls that wear glasses, and suggestions on how to choose the right frames for your face. I’ve had glasses since the first grade so thankfully I’ve already learned what specs look best on me, but the makeup info was definitely illuminating.
I now have a legitimate excuse to not wear eye shadow! My liner should suffice until I can bear to cough up the cash for some mascara.
Do any of you wear glasses and have makeup tips of your own? What do you think of these suggestions?
daffodil / 1601 posts
No one can go wrong with the natural look. A simple mascara and a blush complimentary to your skin tone looks good on everyone. When I wear eye shadow it’s for special occasions, which means my glasses are in their case in my purse anyway. Oh, and I’ve never had mascara rub off on my glasses.
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Mascara only smudges against lenses if you don’t let it dry first, which doesn’t take that long.
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I agree! I do the natural look probably 90% of the time. If you need cover-up for your skin, I would say use that and only a little mascara or eyeliner. I have glasses also and don’t think they cover up the make-up when I do wear it. Check out make-up tips on Youtube! That’s where I learn pretty much everything haha.
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I usually only wear mascara, but sometimes I’ll do some eyeliner. I’m terrible with applying eyeshadow lol, but I like to look as natural as possible so eyeshadow never really comes to thought.
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I wear both glasses and contacts. I usually wear glasses to class or whatever during the week because I’m lazy lol. So I don’t put make up on 90% of the time. On the rare occasion that I do, I do it the exact same way I do on the weekends when I wear my contacts. Which I guess is the “natural look.” I don’t really see the point in wearing make up with glasses because my glasses hide my make up anyway. Its not really worth the effort to me.
In the video, if they had just changed her frames without putting any make up on her, I think she would have looked just as good. You could barely see her make up. I only saw her eyeliner when she closed her eyes. I also don’t really get the point of coloring your eyebrows unless they are thinning. But like I said, I’m lazy.
sunflower / 318 posts
Brilliant! Although I also have a hard time putting make up on when I wear my glasses (80% of the time) because I honestly can’t see myself clearly enough in the mirror to do anything more than tinted moisturizer.
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If I wear my glasses, I go really heavy on the eye makeup (not super heavy, but more than I would usually do) to make it pop a little behind the lenses/frames. However, when I wear my glasses, it’s usually because I’m being lazy and don’t feel like putting my contacts in or effort into my appearance so I’m hardly thinking about doing my makeup either lol
dahlia / 2012 posts
That is overkill for me. I disagree with a lot of her tips, especially the part where I should get my eyebrows shaped by a professional.
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I dab a leeeeeeeeeetle bit of bright blue eyeshadow on my lower lash line. It really brightens up my eyes and you can go with any color to match your outfit, and any shade, but I like the bright ones. I stick with blue because my eyes are blue and it’s a good color for me.
I use a tiny eyeshadow brush and just dab along the lash line, then apply a little eyeliner to make it pop.
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If I bother wearing eye makeup, it’s usually only mascara and eyeliner. It’s noticeable behind my glasses, especially when I wear liquid eyeliner. I just let it dry so the mascara won’t smudge my glasses.
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I usually don’t put on any eye makeup when I’m wearing glasses. I’ll only be wearing blush and lip colors.
orchid / 221 posts
It’s weird for me. When I have my glasses on, I either go no eye makeup or super dramatic eye makeup
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I go for the natural look.
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My makeup changes only a little when I wear glasses. With glasses, I do a bit of eyeliner in a brown or plum shade, nothing too dark, on the lower lash line, near the outer corners. That, and with this olive eyeliner I have that matches my green eyes, I use that on the upper lash line and it makes my eyes pop even with glasses on. This is awesome because I’m nearsighted and my glasses kind of make my eyes look a bit smaller. :/
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@ForeverLove_xx@xanga - Really? That’s never happened to me in my life.
I personally find that I need to do something more dramatic to my eyes when I’m wearing my glasses. If I just wear mascara and no liner, you can’t really see my eyes as much. I almost always make my eye makeup darker when I’m going to be needing to wear my glasses all day.
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@corpsegutted@xanga - Well, I always let my mascara dry so I never had that problem unless I cried and wasn’t wearing waterproof mascara lol.
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I also have to say that you have to get the correct fitting glasses to avoid the whole mascara on the lenses situation. That will cause an issue as well. This may be a “duh” moment but trust me when I say that your eyelashes should have a say in your glasses frames choice.
I wear glasses all of the time because I’m nearsighted. (Meaning I need things closer to me to see them in focus.) I have to wear them to watch TV, at the movie theater, driving, if I take a class and need to see the blackboard… The only time I take my glasses off is if I’m reading, on the computer or in bed.
As far as the makeup thing, I tend to keep my eye shadow from my lashline to the crease of my eye lid. Anything farther is too much for me. Eyeliner is opinional although I’d like to get into the habit of putting it on.
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My glasses serve as my eye makeup, since people have said that I actually look better with them on, and I’m just not in the habit of using makeup. But I might try those tips sometime.
sunflower / 437 posts
I tend to just always wear my glasses… but if I specifically don’t wear them, I’m gonna have a horrid time because I’ll be squinting to see things and makeup is kind of pointless if you’re pulling a silly face =P
I just do a thick cat-eye type thing with liquid liner. Depending on how heavy I feel like going, I’ll go for the racoon cat eye thing… which is actually alright in some situations haha. I don’t bother much with colour for my eyes since my hair is multi-coloured so it’s really facially distracting.
I’m getting new glasses tomorrow actually, since my eye health has changed pretty dramatically lol. My mum’s already trying to dream up some interesting nicknames for me xD
orchid / 192 posts
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