Using an eyelash curler, cur! the upper lashes.

This only takes a second, but it has a great eye-opening effect.

For applying eye shadow, use a soft eye make-up brush, exerting the least possible pressure on the delicate skin around the eyes.

For general use, apply eye shadow on the lower part of the lid, close to the upper lashes. Eye shadows that are grey, grey-brown, or grey-blue look more natural than emerald lids. Unless you want to be dramatic, stick to these colors,

Make sure your eye-lashes are dry before applying mascara, which is always applied after using shadow.

Apply mascara thinly from roots to tips in upward strokes. Coat each eye-lash and give an extra coat to the lashes at the outside corner of the eye. Apply one coat, allow it to dry, then apply a second coat.

If mascara seems too thick after application, wash the mascara brush, shake dry and 'comb-out' lashes.

Remember that it is your eye-lashes that actually reflect color into the eyes themselves. Eye shadows only define and dramatize your eyes.