Ergonomic makeup shield for applying eye makeup and methods of using the same

A method of using an ergonomic makeup shield to apply eye makeup to a face comprising the steps of:

• providing a makeup shield comprising a generally planar body being at least semi-rigid and having a top surface and a bottom surface, the body further comprising at least four straight sides, with adjacent said straight sides being connected by curved corners and said straight sides being oriented relative to each other to provide angles between adjacent said straight sides wherein at least two of said angles are acute angles and at least two of said angles are obtuse angles, and wherein the top surface has a perimeter and the bottom surface has a perimeter, wherein the perimeter of the top surface is smaller than the perimeter of the bottom surface and the top surface is connected to the bottom surface by a generally beveled edge extending around all of said curved corners and along all of said straight sides therebetween, wherein scale indicia is provided along at least two of said straight sides;
• holding the makeup shield in a position against the face that locates the generally beveled edge opposite the face and with a first of the at least two of said straight sides having scale indicia being disposed adjacent a first eye;
• applying eye makeup to the face adjacent the first eye and along the first of the at least two said straight sides having scale indicia to a point;
• moving the makeup shield away from the face;
• holding the makeup shield in a position against the face that locates the generally beveled edge opposite the face and with a second of the at least two of said straight sides having scale indicia being disposed adjacent a second eye;
• applying eye makeup to the face adjacent the second eye and along the second of the at least two said straight sides having scale indicia to a point;
• and
• moving the makeup shield away from the face.