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A: 'Sparkly' will depend whether your happy inside, and eat/live a healthy life style..or are in love! Bigger can be done. start watching 'WHAT NOT TO WEAR", Carmandy is the best makeup artist i know of, and she explains things. So basically, your eyeshadow depends on the colour of your eyes..opposite colours will make them look bigger.. so if their blue, use browns and choclates, if green, plums, violets, purple, and if brown..the world is your oyster baby, because you can where any of them! Even a rainbow effect if you like, i mix gold, with red(I have dyed fire engine red hair and black hair underneath), and may add a tinge of blue..i have bllue/grey/circle of gold..get's tricky! Always match your eyeshadow with your skin tone, if pale, for a day look, stick with peaches or pinks, if your dark skin,avoid pastels, etc. Get a professional(or 2) to give you a proper make-over, i say more than 1, as some are more talented than others, and if they are real cosmeticians all the more skillls..you needn't buy anything, just say your allergic to some makeups, so you want to try it out before purchasing, give her a lovely smile, thank her and your gone! You could even take a photo, if there is 1 look you love..use the photo to pick cheaper products..use see the way it goes..is that the expensive companies(Lancome, Christian Dior, etc.) also own cheap drug store lines(revlon, covergirl, etc.) so your paying for packaging..refer to a book called "DON'T GO TO THE DRUG STORE WITHOUT ME!..she explains the ingredients are exactly the same, the difference in packaging, name and price!..getting too detailed here..sorry! Next, your eyebrows frame your face, get a professional(well known) to pluck, wax or thread your eyebrows(they use a thread to pull the hair follicle out..then maintain the shape yourself..even make a stencil of it, then use a white line to show the hairs to keep..it is rarely necessary, and often detrimental to pluck above your eyebrow. Next important is 'hi-lights'..so, (like on "What not to Wear', you take a white, white/slightly pink pencil(that stays on!), most drug stores,etc. know the products what not to wear uses, or go to their web site(the person gets a total make over..hair cut and makeup, and 5,000.00 worth of clothes! place it just under your eyelids to make(or use a white shimmer) your eyes bigger, than place it on the inner side of your eyes by your nose..aim for the tear duct, and and slightly then slightly(1/4 cm, along the bottom..this pops the white in your eyes, making them look even whiter! Lastly, get a white, shimmery white powder, and preferably a fan brush(buy em at art supply stores, they are used by the japanese, and 'fan out the colour'..place it starting on the outside of your temple, and bring it down below you eyes"(not immediately below..a quarter " maybe, this will give you a glow, add blush under it?"(on your cheek bones(feel them with your fingers), and never, never go too heavy, and always sweep it out to the temple..DON'T go too low, and draw a straight line! Eye shadow is contingent on your iris colour..if blue-brown's, sparkly choclates. if green plums, purples, violet, lilac, and if brown-you can pick anything! it will all work..never wear the same colour as your eyes, the eyeshadow competes for attention, and metalics or dark colours will when everytime, so that we're not seeing your eyes first, we're seeing your make-up! Lastly, (I put my foundation on first..a transluscent one, and while in the store, will ask if i can see it outside in the sunlight..usually they take 2-3 shades and apply them to the right of the chin line..the one that disapears, is the best one for you..anyway, after all if done, i put on a body shop product, you can get it elsewhere, but it is called 'tinted glow enhancer. Well, i overdid it and probably overwhelmed you..seriously watch that show, it's on twice a day in canada, with marathons on friday nights on tlc(34). hope this helps..i mean bottom line, just to the white accents, blush, gloss, eyeliner?(right into the roots of the lashes) and mascara..ready to go..i do the works in alittle over 5 minutes!