4 Super-Easy Tricks Will Make Your Eyes Look Bigger, Brighter in Minutes

Work a gleamy champagne shadow (use gold on dark skin) on your brow bones — a little highlight here helps balance the purple — then blend a taupe shade onto your lids. 

Pick a plum shadow with a hint of sheen, which keeps the hue from looking heavy. A stick formula is easiest: Just smudge it back and forth a few times along your top lash lines. 

Now take the shadow stick and glide it right under your lower lashes, rubbing your finger over the shade so it's a bit hazy. This defines your eyes the way liner would, but the effect is softer. 

Mascara helps anchor colored shadow; skim some on bottom lashes too, holding the wand vertically. Finish your look with a sheer pink blush and lip gloss. My, what big, gorgeous eyes you have!