Modification Modding necessary for more visible eyes?

She looks really cute! I think she might benefit from a different pair of eyes, maybe with a higher dome. Her current ones seem to have a very low/flat dome, which can make it harder to catch the light. Also, the same pair of eyes can look drastically different in a different doll, so before deciding on a mod I'd recommend playing with some other eyes for your girl until you find the perfect look. I hope this helps!

 

Eyes can be really tricky. I think that editing the eyes of dolls in pictures to look more evenly illuminated may have been a practice more common than you'd think (?) - I have never done this but I have heard others seeming to consider it a basic edit.
Before modding, have you tried any difference eyes in her? Eyes come in different dome shapes and most dolls wear a certain kind of eye better than others. Trying to figure out which one is Best can get expensive and frustrating. Ideally you just want the eye that best forms to the eyewell shape and gets that iris nice and close to the front.
As for whether eyelashes are mandatory, that's a matter of opinion and totally up to you! I'm team no-eyelashes anytime it makes my life easier.

 

A beveler as already mentioned can help to thin the eye well and allow the eyeball to sit flush closer to the opening. Having said that, eyelashes do add a lot of shadow, I personally love eyelashes on dolls with replaceable eyes, but they add a lot of extra shade. Which helps (in my opinion), to avoid the always surprised-look. By having that extra shade soften the glaring right at you stare.

Lower domed eyes will help in how well the eye sit in narrow eye-shapes. I own mostly narrow eyed dolls, high domes always leave gaps and create even more shadow, due to the negative space, in narrow-shaped-eyed-dolls. Lighter eye colors also help.

Eyelashes are definitely a personal choice, it's not a necessary feature. I feel opened eyed dolls look bald-eyed without them, but that's again, personal preference. Lighting from different angles also help to avoid how dark the eyelashes create shadows. As well as lash placement. I suck at both placing lashes and setting lights, so I won't pretend to give you any suggestions. Hope that helps you some, and good luck. (:

 

Agreed that you just need to find the right eyes for a better fit. Ashuradark offers a kit of resin blanks with different sizes and shapes, not sure if it's still available but something like this could help you try different options easily?