Photoshop sparkle

Sometimes children are not cooperative or maybe it's the photographer that is too tired... anyway I could not get the shoots I wanted of my daughter in her baptism dress (old familly dress, it's special to us).

So I finally settled on this shot but I felt the eyes were just dull. In an attempt to turn a bad shoot into an acceptable one, I added sparkles in the eyes with Photoshop. The mother and I disagree on whether it was a good idea and I'd like a second (informed) opinion.

What are your thoughts: are the sparkles justified? do they improve the photo? are they done right? I know in an ideal world, I would reshot but this is not an option here.

Below is the original photo and thank you for your time

--ben

Without the fake sparkles...

Nice picture - sparcle or no sparcle. It is quite difficult to compare the two because of the much smaller size but from what I can make out, there is enough bright blue in the eyes to not need sparcle. In any case, both look good. Well done. Just one item of personal taste: I am nut conviced the big wooden fram contribute anything. A drop shadow would have sufficed. Ah well, it's just an opinion you may choose to ignore - just don't ignore the wife, Now that can get you into serious trouble!