So fellow girls, I have a question for you? How do I use Eyeliner? I tried several approaches so far and it ended up looking like shit every time, so instead of trying to figure it out myself I just gonna ask you.
If you’re willing to share a pic of your current eyeliner attempts, I could take a look and provide some tips for improvement.
But generally, decide what you’re lining - top lash line is most common; I think bottom liner might still be out of style? (I don’t care, I still rock it anyway, but it’s something you might want to check on.) You could also tightline, which is using eyeliner on your upper and/or lower waterline (the thin part of your eyelid between the lashes and eyeball).
Assuming you’re doing top and/or bottom loner: start with a sharp eye pencil and draw the line as thin as you can to start out. This will give you a sketch to build on. Try to hug the lash line as much as possible - make sure you can’t see skin between your lash line and eyeliner. Avoid lining the inner corner of your eye (it can look weird; usually I save that for a more editorial look).
Once you’ve done this with both eyes, compare them and make any adjustments needed until the shape and line width are the same. Then you can dull the tip of your eye pencil (try tapping it gently against your palm a couple of times) and start building the line up to your preferred width. Go slow and switch back and forth between your eyes as you go to make it as symmetric as possible.
The kind of eye pencil you use will make a huge difference. You want one that’s got a nice creamy formula because those are easier to work with. I’m a fan of the Urban Decay 24/7 liners - they come in loads of colors and last a long time. Almost any color is fine to start with except Perversion - that one has a more difficult formula. If you want black, try Zero -
- or for a nice soft grey-brown shimmer, my favorite is Mushroom!
Generally when you’re starting out, don’t go for something more complicated like winged liner until you’re confident with basic liner. And when you’re ready to try wings, you can get liquid eyeliner wing stamps (search on Amazon, there are a ton), or you can try with eyeshadow and an angled brush (much more forgiving than a pen!).
Another piece of advice: YouTube has loads of makeup tutorials, so you might want to look for a basic eyeliner tutorial there.
Good luck!
So today I tried out some eyeliner / eye makeup in general and got it to look like this:
That’s a really pretty eyeshadow, especially with your eye color! And it goes nicely with the eyeliner color too.
You did a great job with the bottom liner - you have a good shape and stayed close to the lash line. For the top, it looks like maybe you had a hard time getting the eyeliner to make an even line, or maybe it wore off in a couple of places? Either way an eye primer might help. I use this one but any basic eye primer should do the trick. It’ll make your eye makeup go on more smoothly and stay in place longer (especially if you have oily eyelids like I do!). And I would recommend maybe using a little more pressure when you do your top liner - it’ll help make a more defined, even line without skips. It shouldn’t hurt obviously but it does take some getting used to the feeling of pressure on your eyeball when you do your liner!
I hope this helps :)
Thanks for your feedback :3
Best thing I found was a soft pen eyeliner, because fuck pencils.
Also, always use loads. Worst case scenario is you’ll look like a heroin addict, so people won’t bother you. Best case scenario, you look badass.
I really like a smudgy, smoky look, so my method is applying pencil liberally and maybe not carefully, then rubbing my eyes with fingertips to smudge it, then using makeup remover to shape it up. Bonus: I don’t need eyeshadow
