This eye makeup map shows the different areas of the eye where eye shadow (and eye liner) can be applied.
I took a picture of my eye without any makeup and used Photoshop to paint in the areas of the eye that I refer to in my Looks and Techniques pages.
For the lid section, it refers to the entire lid area colored in light pink (it can also extend to the outer V area). Sometimes I have looks where I apply one color to the “center lid” only, which is also called the “ball of the eye”. If you look straight in the mirror, the center lid will be as wide as your iris (the colored part of your eye).
For several of my looks, when I apply a color to the outer V, I usually blend the same color inwards along the contour/crease with a fluffy blending brush.
The sections labeled upper lashline, waterline, and lower lashline are areas where you can line your eye with an eye pencil, gel liner, or even eye shadow.
The inner corner and tear duct are great places to put a white shimmery color to brighten up the eyes.
Study this map and learn the different terms, and it’ll be easy to follow along with the Looks I post on this site!


hi wycee , i really love your site… mwahh
thanks!
i love your eyes blue color .. it goes beautiful with the different eyeshadows
Thanks Kiti! Welcome to my site!
I’d like to know how I can purchase the grey shadow!
This map is so helpful
i just discovered your site and LOVE it. this map is SO helpful. you don’t know how many times i’ve struggled with my outer-V and trying to get it just right but never being happy with it. thank you! =)
Hi Annie! Thanks, and welcome to my site!
Hey Wycee! I came across your site when googling how to nose contour… But I stayed for your awesome techniques! Keep up the great work! *subscribes*
Hi Nila! Thanks! Glad you like my techniques!
hi wycee i love your site … it is so helpful..
Thanks Ana Mae!
This is extremely helpful, I was always confused on what the lid was. I thought it was the whole eye part that wasn’t the crease, and I thought the crease was the lid. D:
Hi Diary of a Beauty Junkie,
I’m glad you found this helpful! Sometimes in my Look posts I refer to the lid as “lower lid”, meaning the bottom half of the entire eye area (that includes the highlight/brow bone). “Lid” or “lower lid” is just the area under the crease. When I apply eye primer, I usually just say that I put it on my “entire lid”, which just means I put it on the entire eye area including the highlight/brow bone.
Wow Wycee! I approach across your site when googling how to nose contour… But I stayed for your awesome technique! Keep up the great work.
Thank you!
Your site is fabulous!!! As a fellow makeup junkie I am constantly in search of fun informative makeup sites and I’m so glad I found yours. The step by step pictures and techniques are awesome as well as the Eye Makeup Map.You make it easy for anyone to recreate the looks. Love it!!! Def a fan.
Aww thanks Melissa!!!
Love this site! and I love that you have monolids! I am always searching for makeup tutorials on monolid eyes and the girls are never monolids! Thank you! thank you! I can now use eyeshadow without looking cray cray! hahaha
I am 42 years old and of mixed Filipina-Puerto Rican descent so my skin is medium olive. Doing eye make-up more complicated than eyeliner and mascara has always been a mystery to me, but your map FINALLY helps me to understand where to put eyeshadow to use some more creativity! Thank you!
I love your site! I needed help with The Naked Palette and you were a big help.
Thanks Kiere!
Hi, Wycee
Your site is awesome and u r doing great job Keep It Up Dear
Thank you, Mahi!