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 Let's look at scissors and combs!

      
Curved face scissors are used to trim the eyelids and ear tips but you must be SHOWN how to do this.  It is very dangerous to do without assistance from an experienced show groomer.  Never trim the ear tuffs, only the hair on the very tips of the ears.    

Eye care should be done on a daily basis by simply wiping the area around the eye with saline solution placed on a cotton beauty pad such as the ones shown in the photo above.  A generic brand of saline solution is very inexpensive and works great.  Daily care helps prevent eye staining which can be a problem when showing bicolors or whites.   Boric acid solution can be placed on a cotton pad and the stained area can be gently wiped.  There are solutions made especially to remove eye stains as pictured above, ERASE and CRYSTAL EYE, and there are many others.  Again, see what works best for your cat.  Always be careful not to get any product in your cats eyes that isn't specifically designed for that use.  While at the show hall a small amount of boric acid powder, corn starch, or Eye and Wound powder can be used by dabbing the powder gently into the stained area and then using the fine teeth on a face comb to gently comb it out.  Sometimes it's necessary to use eye drops such as Clear Eyes, Baush & Laumb, or saline solution directly in the eye if they have become irritated from grooming.