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How to Make Your Eyes Look Bigger Than a Disney Princess'

Want to know how to make your eyes look bigger? These easy makeup tricks will instantly transform you into a wide-eyed Elsa

by Allie Flinn | COMMENT

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Lift and Firm the Eyes If you want to know how to make your eyes look bigger, you need to start by applying eye cream. This will help smooth, de-puff and prep your skin for a flawless concealer application (just imagine applying foundation without first applying moisturizer -- the result just isn't as flawless). Celebrity makeup artist Julianne Kaye says she typically applies hers before she brushes her teeth to give it plenty of time to soak into her skin before she applies her makeup.

Certain eye creams and serums, like Guerlain Abeille Royale Up-Lifting Eye Care, $125, contain ingredients that create the illusion of bigger eyes. Look for creams and serums with ingredients like caffeine, hyaluronic acid, peptides and vitamins C and E, which help keep skin firm, hydrated and smooth, or a product that comes with a cooling metal applicator, which will help calm puffiness and inflammation (bonus points for putting it in the fridge first).

For added lift, Marcus Monson, Guerlain National Celebrity Make-Up Artist, recommends applying serum with a technique he describes as "squeeze, massage and lift."

Squeeze a drop of serum onto your finger and press lightly under the eye from the inner to the outer corner. Apply another small amount, pressing it under your brow. When you reach your arch, lift and blink several times -- "almost as if you are doing Pilates and concentrating on a certain muscle, and this muscle is your brow." Then, move the wand up and toward your hairline. "You'll see an automatic lifting and arch to the eye."

You can also try Dior Capture Totale 360 Light-Up Open-Up Replenishing Eye Serum, $110, that features a two-sided cooling applicator; the first helps smooth and reduce wrinkles and creases, the second side is ridged to help lift, reshape and open up the eyes. The formula is made with sigesbeckia orientalis, which helps decrease the size of the fold of the upper eyelid, so eyes look more alert and youthful.

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