How To Get the Doe Eyes Look with Eyeliner and Mascara

Everything you need to know to seem radiant and wide-eyed.

The doe eyes look makeup trend may be exactly what you need if you want your eyes to look bigger, brighter, and more alert. This look, which is soft, wide-eyed, and dreamy, focuses on producing an open, round effect that helps your eyes stand out in a really attractive way. Continue reading to learn how to achieve the doe eye look with eyeliner, mascara, and a few strategically placed highlights, whether you’re trying for a natural daytime feel or a full glam moment.

What Are Doe Eyes in Makeup?

The goal of the doe eyes makeup look is to imitate a deer’s wide-eyed innocence; picture big, round eyes with fluffy, soft fringe. Doe eye makeup concentrates on opening the eyes vertically, in contrast to the pointed, sensual shape of siren eyes, which lengthen and raise the corners of the eyes. It gives the illusion of vitality and sweetness.

You may produce this impression with the correct methods and tools, regardless of your natural eye shape. Placement, color, and a little glow are crucial.

How To Create the Doe Eyes Look: Step-by-Step Guide

This is a step-by-step makeup tutorial for doe eyes that you can master using tools you probably already own.

Makeup for doe eyes: What you’ll need

• Eyeshadow primer
• Neutral matte eyeshadow
• Shimmery eyeshadow
• White or nude eyeliner
• Highlighter
• Lash curler
• Volumizing mascara
• Optional: False lashes

Step 1: Prime the lids and apply a neutral base

Preparing your eyelids with an eyeshadow primer can help keep everything in place for the ideal doe eye makeup look. A smooth base keeps colors from creasing during the day and makes them stand out.

Next, cover your eyelids with a matte, neutral-toned eyeshadow. This delicately outlines your eye shape and helps create an even canvas.

Step 2: Add a center lid highlight

Put a little shimmer in the middle of your lids to pull the center of your eyes forward and give them the open, rounded appearance that doe eyes are known for. For a gentle, diffused effect, simply apply the L’Oréal Paris Paradise Le Shadow Stick in Twinkly Rose to the center of your lids and pat it out with your fingertip. To reflect even more light, you can also tap a small amount of the same hue beneath your lower lash line.

Step 3: Define with eyeliner

It’s time to apply eyeliner now, but where you apply it matters. Instead of being harsh and defined, doe eye eyeliner should be smooth and diffused. Draw a thin line down your top lash line that gently dips downward at the outer corners, rather than winging it out like you would for a cat eye appearance. Next, use a brush to gently smudge the liner for a smooth, shadow-like finish. Because it has an included smudger, the L’Oréal Paris Grip Mechanical Gel Eyeliner is a fantastic choice for this phase.

Step 4: Brighten the waterline

Next, to make your eyes appear larger and more awake right away, add a nude or white eyeliner to your lower waterline. With its creamy, waterproof formula that won’t move for up to 24 hours, the L’Oréal Paris Infallible Pro-Last Waterproof Up To 24HR Pencil Eyeliner in Nude is a fantastic choice for this stage. The doe-eyed look can be significantly improved with only this one method.

Step 5: Highlight key areas

Next, brighten your inner corners, brow bones, and the area directly beneath your pupil on the lower lash line using a creamy highlighter, such as the L’Oréal Paris Lumi Le Glass Highlighter Stick. By capturing light, these touches aid in further “opening up” the eye region.

Step 6: Curl lashes and add mascara

You can go to your lashes, which we would argue are the focal point of this look, after applying your eyeshadow, eyeliner, and highlighter. Start by gently curling your lashes, paying particular attention to raising the middle of your lashes. Then, to accentuate the round-eyed form, apply mascara, focusing once more on the central lashes.

Your unique requirements and tastes should determine the mascara you select. We recommend the L’Oréal Paris Telescopic Original Mascara if you want your lashes to appear longer. The L’Oréal Paris Voluminous Panorama Waterproof Mascara is the best option for volume and definition that seem natural. Apply two coats of anything you choose, allowing the first to dry before applying the second.

Optional add-ons to elevate the doe eye look

Add individual lashes to the center

The round, wide-eyed impression can be immediately improved by applying a few individual false lashes in the middle of your upper lash line. By highlighting the center of the eye, this method makes it seem more open and doe-like. To keep the impression delicate and fluttery, use shorter, more realistic-looking clusters.

Use brown eyeliner for a softer look

For a more delicate, romantic version of doe eyes, use a deep brown eyeliner if black eyeliner seems too harsh. Your eyes are still defined, but the contrast is softer and warmer. Those with lighter skin tones will find this particularly attractive (or for a more daytime-friendly look).

Try a small inner wing

Your eyes’ rounded form might be accentuated with a little inner corner wing. This technique imitates the naive appearance frequently connected to eyes in the style of cartoons or anime. To preserve that innocent, wide-eyed expression, keep the line brief, gentle, and pointed slightly downward.

Doe Eyes Makeup Tips for Different Eye Shapes

With a few modifications based on your eye shape, doe eye makeup is suitable for all.

Hooded eyes

A fantastic approach to make your lashes appear thicker without taking up important lid area is to tightline your top waterline. To give the appearance of a higher crease and a little lift, try applying a matte eyeshadow just above your natural crease.

Monolids

Use a gradient makeup method, which runs from darker near the lashes to lighter toward the brow bone, to help give monolid eyes more depth. To prevent the eye from seeming visually closed off, keep your eyeliner extremely thin and tight to the lashes. Your eyes will stand out with a nice lash curl and a little highlight in the middle of the lid.

Almond eyes

The key is to accentuate the natural form of almond eyes, which are already exquisitely balanced. To create an open, doe-eyed look, concentrate your shimmer and mascara in the middle of the eyes. You can quickly make your eyes appear fuller and more alert by applying a nude eyeliner to your lower waterline.

Downturned eyes

If your eyes are downturned, keep your eyeliner near the lashes and slightly lift the outer border for a delicate upward look rather than dragging it outward. This maintains a gentle, rounded form while assisting in lifting the eyes. A splash of highlighter in the inner corners enhances your entire doe-eyes look appearance and brings attention to the center.