What to do about Hooded Eyes
It’s an excess of skin that causes hooded eyes. It’s not an unusual problem — some glamorous women have them, like Claudia Schiffer, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Renée Zellweger. These are not old women, and they know how to use makeup so that their hooded eyes are less noticeable. But hooded eyes can be caused by ageing. It happens when tissue loses elasticity and the skin starts to hang.
Hooded eyes look much better with concealer in the outer corner of the eye where the hanging skin causes a shadow that makes the eyes look as though they slope downwardly. Another trick is to wear dark eyeshadow on the eyelids. Another one is to darken the crease of the eye if you can find it.
But the best thing to do is use a cream as soon as the eyes start to develop hoods, or before. A good one is Alistin by Clinique.
If the eyes get so hooded that they’re almost covered by the hanging skin, the only thing to do is get plastic surgery. The excess skin is cut away and gone forever. It’s expensive, though, so better to use cream before it happens.
And, as I say, some beautiful women have hooded eyes, so it’s nothing to worry about.