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Curious about the "Ocean Eyes" trend on TikTok? If you're a Billie Eilish fan, you may have seen this trend being used to showcase someone's eyes or eye makeup. This trend involves covering your eyes partially with your fingers, then syncing the reveal to Billie Eilish's song, Ocean Eyes. Here's how to do the Ocean Eyes trend on TikTok.
Ocean Eyes TikTok Trend
TikTok's "Ocean Eyes" transition trend lets you showcase your eyes along to Billie Eilish's song of the same name. To do this trend, record yourself an arm's length away, pinch your fingers together over the camera, put your face close to the camera, and then open your fingers to reveal your eyes.
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How to Do the Ocean Eyes Trend
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Find a place with the right lighting. This trend involves recording your face from far away, then strategically hiding the camera to get a dramatic close-up of your eyes. You can use your natural eyes, or you can create an ocean-inspired makeup look (like this one shared by TikTok user @bluesuarez) for a more dramatic reveal.- The time of day can also affect the lighting. If you have a window nearby, or if you're filming outside, wait for golden hour. This is when the sun gives a warm light, and it's great for taking photographs.
- The morning golden hour occurs right after sunrise, and the evening golden hour occurs before sunset.[1]
- If you don't have natural lighting, you can use artificial lighting from warm lamps or lightboxes.
- The time of day can also affect the lighting. If you have a window nearby, or if you're filming outside, wait for golden hour. This is when the sun gives a warm light, and it's great for taking photographs.
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Open TikTok and add the Ocean Eyes sound. When you start recording your video, the sound will play in the background for you. To find the sound, do the following:- Tap the search icon in the top-right corner.
- Enter "ocean eyes" and tap search.
- Tap the Sounds tab.
- Select "ocean eyes" at the top. This should have over 2 million videos under the sound.
- You can use any sound that includes the Ocean Eyes song, but you'll need to edit the placement of the song yourself.
- Tap Use sound. This is the red button on the sound page. You'll be redirected to the creation screen.[2]
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Get in position. If you have shaky hands, you can prop your phone on a desk or table at eye level. Otherwise, hold your phone in front of you.- Make sure the camera is set to the front view so you can see the recording.
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Start recording and follow the movements. Hold down the red recording circle. The song will begin playing. It may take a few tries to get the timing right, but do the following actions:- Record yourself looking at the camera.
- Reach out towards the camera with two fingers (similar to a pinching motion) and cover it.
- With the camera still covered, move close to your camera so your eyes take up most of the screen. This creates a transition effect.
- Open your two fingers to reveal your eyes between them.
- Your fingers should be open by the time the song reaches the words "ocean eyes".
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Post your Ocean Eyes video. Once you've properly matched up the lyrics with the actions, you're ready to post your Ocean Eyes trend. Tap Next to continue, and then add any captions or tags you want.- You can add #oceaneyes or #oceaneyestrend for more reach. You can also tag any other creators in your caption to challenge them to participate as well!
- If you want to post this video on Instagram, make sure you save the video to your device first. You can tap More options and toggle on Save to device.
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"Ocean eyes" doesn't necessarily mean light blue eyes. Many users are showcasing their eye colors from blue to green to brown.Thanks
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Give your TikTok caption the Ocean Eyes vibe with these aesthetic emojis: 🌊🧿🪼🧜♀️👁️⚓🐚✨Thanks
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