This is how you do your makeup when you wear glasses

A WORLD OPENS UP FOR JOSSELIN

Two weeks ago I got glasses and literally a world has opened up for me. Not only can I read license plates, but there is also a lot that comes with it. It's not easy at all. The glasses fog up with every cup of tea I drink, after a rain shower I arrive soaked and my glasses are so soaked that I can't see anything and makeup is a whole different story. At Christmas, I really put some effort into my makeup, but when I put on my glasses, all that effort seemed insignificant and my face actually looked very tired instead of beautifully made up. I've learned from that, so I'm sharing my learnings with you in case you also want to put on glasses and pamper a pair of eyes behind them with beauty.

If you have glasses with minus lenses, your eyes will appear a little smaller. It's important to accentuate the eyes well so they don't get lost behind the frame. An eyeliner is very important then. With a line above your eyes and a good wing, you create Bambi eyes that are impressive, which is very handy. Eyeliner under the eye or on the inside is not so handy because it actually makes them smaller.

Normally, I was always huge on the naturals, and thank God I still can. I always thought I had to go for intense smokey eyes to bring some contrast, but nothing could be further from the truth. Light shades actually provide calmness and make the eyes stand out beautifully. It can also look a bit dark behind those glasses. If you have plus lenses that magnify, it's better to go for a dark shade of eyeshadow to make your eyes a bit smaller.

There is actually never a reason not to pay attention to your eyelashes. So not with glasses either. If you have extremely long eyelashes, it's just not very handy when those curled things hit the glass. Then an eyelash curler is a great interim solution to get the volume and shape without making them even longer. But further, just three thick layers of mascara that push back against your frame and create a nice balance.

The eyebrow is already the framework of your face and it certainly won't disappear when you wear glasses. Precisely because it is so defining, it's important to put some effort into it. Make them stand out more, keep them in check with a gel, and ensure they still lead.

If you have a dark frame, it naturally stands out a lot on your face. That doesn't mean you suddenly have to give yourself an extremely intense look because that would just be a bit too much. The life lesson ‘less is more’ applies now more than ever. Although I would still embrace the above rules of thumb. Wearing glasses has never been so fun.