How is this different from an eye shape test that gives one label?

A single label flattens two things that vary independently: the proportions of the eye opening, and the tilt of the corners. You can have a round opening with downturned corners, or an elongated one with an average lift, and the makeup that flatters each is different. This measures the two separately and reports both, which is why the result is a pair rather than a word.

Why does this compare my tilt to four degrees rather than to level?

Because on almost everyone the outer corner already sits above the inner one, by roughly two to seven degrees. A tool that measures you against a flat line therefore tells about three users in four that their eyes are upturned, which is useless information. We found exactly that in our own engine, confirmed it against 27,343 real analyses on our sibling site, and moved the level band onto the human range where it belongs.

Can it tell me whether my eyes are big or small?

It tells you the half of that question a photo can answer. There is no ruler in a selfie, so nothing here measures your eyes in millimetres. What it measures is the proportion of the opening - how wide it is against how tall - and that is usually what people mean: a round opening is what reads as big eyes, an elongated one as narrow eyes, whatever their actual size. So if you came here asking whether your eyes are big or small, the opening result is your answer, and the makeup notes for it are written for exactly that.

What if my two eyes measure differently?

Almost everyone's do, slightly. The opening ratio and the tilt are both averaged across the two eyes, so the result describes your face rather than whichever eye the photo favoured. A large genuine difference between the two is worth noticing in the drawn overlay, where each eye is marked separately.

Eye shape detector

What is my eye shape?

Upload a front-facing photo. We measure two things independently - how the opening is proportioned, and how much your outer corners lift compared with most people’s - then show the makeup placement that follows from each.

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Front-facing, eyes open and relaxed, no glasses. Your photo is analysed on your own device - nothing is uploaded unless you later buy the full report, with your consent.

Reference

Two measurements, not one label

Most eye-shape quizzes give you a single word. That flattens two independent things: the proportions of the opening, and the tilt of the corners. You can have a round opening with downturned corners, or an elongated one with a typical lift - and the makeup advice for each is different.

The opening

Almond

The opening is wider than it is tall, tapering gently at both corners - the shape most eye-makeup tutorials quietly assume you have.

Round

The opening is tall relative to its width, so more of the iris shows and the eye reads open and awake.

Elongated

The opening is notably wider than it is tall, giving a long, horizontal line across the eye.

The corners

One thing worth knowing before you read these: on almost everyone the outer corner already sits a little above the inner one. A typical lift is around four degrees. So these labels are measured against what is normal, not against a flat line - “downturned” means less lift than most people have, which is why a tool that compares you to zero tells nearly everybody their eyes are upturned.

Upturned

Your outer corners sit noticeably higher than the inner ones - more lift than most people have. A wing that follows the existing angle amplifies the lift. Keeping the outer line horizontal calms it down.

Level

Your outer corners sit a little above the inner ones, by the amount most people's do. Almost everyone has some lift; yours is the usual amount. Nothing here is pulling the eye up or down, so the direction of your liner is a free choice rather than a correction.

Downturned

Your outer corners sit lower than most people's. They may still be very slightly above the inner corners - what matters is that there is less lift than average, which is what reads as a downward line. Lifting the outer line upward counteracts the drop. Following the natural corner emphasises it - some people want exactly that.

Dashed line: the typical amount of lift (2-7°). Almost everyone's outer corner sits above the inner one, so downturned means less lift than average rather than corners that point down.

The honest limit

What about hooded and monolid eyes?

This tool deliberately won’t tell you. Hooded and monolid are descriptions of the eyelid crease, and the face mesh this runs on has no landmark for a crease - there is no point on the model that corresponds to one. A tool that reports them from a photo is inferring, not measuring.

Both are easy to check in a mirror instead. Look straight ahead with your eyes relaxed: if a fold of skin covers part or all of your mobile lid, that’s hooded. If there is no visible crease at all, that’s monolid. Neither changes the measurements above - they sit alongside them.

The cut-offs behind both measurements, and the rest of what this cannot determine from a photo, are on how we measure.

How to work out your eye shape in a mirror

It is the same two comparisons this page measures, and doing them by hand is worth ten minutes because it tells you what the numbers mean. Sit facing a mirror in even light, look straight ahead, and keep your face relaxed - raising your brows changes both answers.

First, the opening. Compare the width of one eye, corner to corner, against its height at the tallest point. Around three times as wide as it is tall is the middle of the range and reads as almond. Noticeably less than that - closer to twice - and the eye reads round. Noticeably more, with the lid line running long and low, and it reads elongated. The test people find easiest: look for white above or below the iris. Visible white under a relaxed gaze usually means a rounder opening.

Then, the corners. Hold a pencil or the edge of a card horizontally so it touches the inner corner of one eye, and see where the outer corner falls against it. Above the line is normal - remember the average lift is around four degrees, not zero. What you are judging is whether the rise is obvious, barely there, or absent. A clear climb is upturned. A slight one is level, which is where most people land. An outer corner sitting on or below the line is genuinely downturned, and that is roughly one person in four rather than the rarity that zero-referenced tools imply.

What each measurement changes about your makeup

The two axes affect different things, which is the practical reason for measuring them separately. The opening decides where shadow and liner should sit; the corners decide which direction everything should travel.

If you measure	What that changes
Almond opening	The proportion most techniques are written for, so instructions tend to work as printed. Shadow in the outer corner and along the crease deepens without closing the eye up, and liner can follow the lash line at an even thickness the whole way.
Round opening	Height is the thing you already have. Pulling colour and liner outward rather than upward lengthens the eye, and keeping the line thin at the inner corner stops it looking rounder still. A wing that climbs steeply works against you here.
Elongated opening	The opposite problem: length is not what you need more of. Concentrating shadow at the centre of the lid and keeping the outer corner soft adds the height the shape is short on, and a liner that thickens in the middle does more than a wing.
Upturned corners	The lift is already there, so anything that adds more tips into a permanent cat-eye. Balancing the lower lash line with a little shadow along its outer third settles the eye without flattening the lift you have.
Level corners	The widest choice of the three, because you are starting from the middle of the range. A wing lifts, a soft smudged lower line rounds, and neither fights the shape you started with.
Downturned corners	Everything wants to travel up and out. Stopping the lower liner short of the outer corner rather than closing the eye off, and lifting the tail of the upper line above where the lash line actually ends, does most of the work.

Read your two results together rather than one at a time. Round and downturned pull in opposite directions and mostly cancel out, so the answer there is a long, thin, lifted outer third and very little else. Elongated and upturned reinforce each other, which is why a heavy wing on those eyes tips quickly from striking into severe.

Almond, round or elongated: the calls people get wrong

Round is not the same as large. This is the most common mistake, and it is a proportion being confused with a size. A big eye that is three times as wide as it is tall is a large almond eye, not a round one, and the makeup that suits it is nothing like the makeup for a round opening. The measurement here is a ratio, so it does not care how big your eyes are relative to your face.

Elongated gets mistaken for hooded. Both make the visible lid look shallow, but for different reasons - an elongated eye is genuinely long and low, while a hooded one is an ordinary opening with a fold resting over it. Check in a mirror which you have, because the fixes are opposites: an elongated eye wants height built at the centre, and a hooded one wants colour placed higher so it clears the fold when your eye is open.

Downturned gets over- diagnosed, and always has. Any tool measuring against a flat line will hand out “upturned” to most people and make genuine downturn look vanishingly rare. Ours did exactly that until we checked it. If a previous quiz told you your eyes turned up and this one says level, that difference is the reference point, not a contradiction.

FAQ

Common questions

How is this different from an eye shape test that gives one label?: A single label flattens two things that vary independently: the proportions of the eye opening, and the tilt of the corners. You can have a round opening with downturned corners, or an elongated one with an average lift, and the makeup that flatters each is different. This measures the two separately and reports both, which is why the result is a pair rather than a word.
Why does this compare my tilt to four degrees rather than to level?: Because on almost everyone the outer corner already sits above the inner one, by roughly two to seven degrees. A tool that measures you against a flat line therefore tells about three users in four that their eyes are upturned, which is useless information. We found exactly that in our own engine, confirmed it against 27,343 real analyses on our sibling site, and moved the level band onto the human range where it belongs.
Can this eye shape finder tell me whether I have hooded eyes?: No, and it says so rather than guessing. Hooded and monolid describe the eyelid crease, and the face mesh this runs on has no landmark for a crease - there is no point on the model that corresponds to one. Any tool reporting them from a photo is inferring. Both are easy to check in a mirror, and neither changes the two measurements here.
Can it tell me whether my eyes are big or small?: It tells you the half of that question a photo can answer. There is no ruler in a selfie, so nothing here measures your eyes in millimetres. What it measures is the proportion of the opening - how wide it is against how tall - and that is usually what people mean: a round opening is what reads as big eyes, an elongated one as narrow eyes, whatever their actual size. So if you came here asking whether your eyes are big or small, the opening result is your answer, and the makeup notes for it are written for exactly that.
What if my two eyes measure differently?: Almost everyone's do, slightly. The opening ratio and the tilt are both averaged across the two eyes, so the result describes your face rather than whichever eye the photo favoured. A large genuine difference between the two is worth noticing in the drawn overlay, where each eye is marked separately.

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