How to Create the Doe Eye Makeup Look

Doe eyes are about lifting and elongating the eye shape with strategic shadow placement, winged liner, and false lashes focused on the outer corners.

Doe eyes only work if you commit to the geometry—half the liner extension and you just look like you missed your eye.

1. Prime and set the base. Apply eyeshadow primer from lash line to brow bone. Set with a light, matte shade that matches your skin tone. This prevents creasing and gives you a clean canvas to work with.
2. Map your eye shape. Place a fluffy brush vertically against the outer corner of your nose, extending up past your eye. This marks where your outer shadow should end to create the lifted effect. The goal is to extend beyond your natural eye shape.
3. Build the gradient. Start with a medium brown in the outer third of your lid, blending upward and outward past your natural crease. Layer a darker shade in the very outer corner, pulling it up toward your temple to create that elongated shape.
4. Line and lift. Draw eyeliner starting thin at the inner corner, thickening as you reach the outer third. Extend the line past your eye in an upward flick, following the angle you created with your eyeshadow. Keep the lower lash line bare or use just a hint of the same brown shade.
5. Focus the lashes. Apply mascara heavily to upper lashes, or add strip lashes that are longer on the outer edges. Skip lower lashes entirely or use just a light coat. The contrast makes your eyes appear larger and more lifted.