Five-Minute Eye Makeup

It’s seven am and the last thing you want to do is spend 20 minutes doing your makeup, but you don’t want to look like you’re half asleep either. I’ve mastered the art of the five-minute eye, and I swear it works for every eye shape. Here’s what you do.
I start with clean skin and then apply my eye cream. After waiting 30 seconds for the eye cream to sink in, I dip my clean ring finger into a taupe eyeshadow and rub it onto the outer crease of my eyes where my brow bone is. What I’m doing here is I’m creating a ‘frame’ for my eyes and giving it some definition. With a clean finger, I blend it out so that there are no harsh lines and just looks like I have naturally deep set eyes.
Next, I take a dark brown eyeliner pencil and draw a thin line on the upper lash line. Dark brown is surprisingly more flattering than black and it’s more forgiving to wobbly lines caused by unsteady hands. If you have an ivory complexion, try medium brown eyeliner instead.

Then I take my mascara, wipe off the excess on the wand with a tissue and start applying it to my lashes. I don’t bother using an eyelash curler. Instead, I just hold the mascara wand at the base of my lashes for a few seconds and push it upwards. Pick a mascara that lengthens and volumises, so you get most bang for your buck.
Lastly, I take a nude eye pencil or a nude lip liner and liner my lower waterline. It’ll take some getting used to and your eyes will water the first few times, but it’s worth it. Nude is less obvious than white (which is what’s commonly recommended) but works just as well and if done properly, no one will be able to tell why your eyes just look brighter.
The key to perfecting the look is 1) practice, but also 2) having all the products at hand. Assemble them into a little tray or pouch so you never have to scramble to find everything in the morning.
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