How To Recreate Bambi Eyes At Home

What are Bambi eyes? Simply put, they're having large eyes that stand out, just like the Disney deer that so many of us have fallen in love with throughout the years. While there might not be much we can do to alter the shape of our eyes without having surgery, there is a magic tool that many of us have up our sleeve: makeup.

Want to learn how to recreate Bambi eyes at home? You're not alone, and thankfully it might not be as tough as it seems. All we need are a few tips and tricks up our sleeves, and it might not be long before we have the animated-inspired eyes of our dreams.

1. Start by defining a straight eyebrow

One of the biggest things about creating Bambi eyes isn't to do with the eyes themselves, but it's all about what's around them. That's right; creating a straight eyebrow instead of one with a prominent arch is the best place to begin. Start by combing through your eyebrows with a spoolie until they are lying relatively flat and in a straighter line. From there, use your usual pencil or other eyebrow products to fill in the arch and create a straighter look to the end of your eyebrow tail. You can also use a full-coverage concealer to hide any unwanted hairs at the top of your arch if they're particularly prominent.

2. Use eyeshadow to create the ideal eye shape

Eyeshadow is a wonderful tool and one that can help to change the shape of our eyes with ease. All you need are three varying shades of a similar color - neutrals are best. Start with the darkest of your three shadows and use a large brush at the outside corner of your lash line. From there, draw up toward the end of your eyebrow in s line until around half an inch away from the hairs. Come back down with the color and continue along your lash line before taking a more precise brush for your middle shade. Use this to go along the same line, but keep things closer to the lashes for a more defined shape. Finally, use the lightest shade to tap into the inner corner of your eye and across the lid before blending them together with a large fluffy brush.

3. Use eyeliner to make a dramatic extended shape

Once you have the eyeshadow down, take your liquid eyeliner and get to work creating an even more defined shape. This means starting a little back from the inner corner of your eye and as close to the lash line as possible. Take this along the top of your lids before reaching the end and flicking things up toward the tail of your eyebrow. Go back and fill in any parts that might need a little extra attention, being careful not to make the line too thick.

4. Finish your Bambi eyes by cleaning up the lines

Once everything else is done, the final step is to go back in and clean up your lines. A concealer is perfect for this and is best applied with a precision brush. Take a little on your brush and use it to touch up anything that needs to be concealed under your eye. Once that's done, use a little more to go along the underneath of your eyeliner wing to make it as crisp as possible before setting it all with a little dusting of powder to make it last all day.

Learning how to recreate Bambi eyes at home doesn't have to be as tough as it sounds. The best bit? Plenty of us already have all we need to bring the trend to life, and it might not be long before we have the biggest-looking eyes of our lives.