Victoria Beckham’s Genius Makeup Trick to Making Your Eyes Look Bigger

As veteran on the red carpet, Victoria Beckham‘s worked with some of the finest makeup artists in the biz for the past two decades—so clearly, she’s picked up some tricks along the way. The 43-year-old fashion designer spread her knowledge in a new video for Estée Lauder, in which she broke down her two-minute eye makeup routine and revealed her genius trick to making your eyes look bigger.

To get the mom of four’s iconic smoky London eye, Beckham began with Estée Lauder’s Eye Palette in Blanc, Noir, Gris, and Bordeaux. After smudging a white and gray shadow on her eyelid with her finger, the former Spice Girl took the black and smudged it on her hand with a brush to build up the color. Here’s where her secret comes in: Instead of swiping a straight line under her eye with the brush, Beckham draws a dip, following the natural curve beneath her eye.

“Rather than having a straight line, I think it’s nice if you have a little bit of a dip,” Beckham said. “I think that opens out the eye even more.”

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Another trick Beckham uses to make her eyes look bigger is by taking a slightly larger brush and dusting the palette’s medium gray on the crease of her eye, near the brow bone. “This really gives an intense look, but without closing up the eye,” Beckham said.

To finish off her look, Beckham ran Estée Lauder’s Smudgy Matte Eyeliner in Graphite under her eye before working it in with her finger. After adding touching up the corners with the company’s Eye Kajal in Black Saffron Vanille with Sharpener, Beckham topped the whole thing off with the Eye Ink Mascara in Blackest.

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And voilà! There you have it. To keep things organized, Beckham packaged the entire look on her website. But, of course, getting eyes like Victoria Beckham’s don’t come cheap. Her “London Look” package costs a hefty £258, which roughly equates to $334. Her advice on how to make your eyes look bigger, however, Beckham gave 100-percent cost-free.