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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Lottie Winter

Makeup for Hooded Eyes: The Subtle Tweaks That Change Everything

Makeup for hooded eyes Greta Ferro wears shoulder-length wavy dark brown hair with a side part, a sheer teal organza long-sleeve top layered over an opaque structured teal bustier with a sweetheart neckline, dramatic flared organza trumpet sleeves, a peplum-style waist composed of opaque and sheer organza panels, outside Zimmermann, during Paris Fashion Week - Womenswear Spring Summer 2026,.

Anyone with hooded eyes will understand the struggle of applying eye makeup. Whether your eyeliner disappears the second you open your eyes or your carefully blended shadow smudges into the crease by midday, mastering makeup on this particular eye shape can be tricky.

“Hooded eyes are basically a fold of skin that droops over the eye crease and that makes the eyelid appear a bit smaller or completely hidden when the eyes are open,” explains Marco Antonio, makeup artist and Chanel Beauty Ambassador. “For that reason it creates less visible lid space and most of the time can make eye makeup trickier to apply.“

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