#eye liner tutorial

This is my video tutorial on how I do winged eye liner!! (And yes I am wrapped up in a blanket in this video.) 

With my almondy hooded eyes, I like to do a more tilted UP wing, to give my eyes more of a lift, and a more awake look!!

So I start on the corner where my lower lashline and end of my upper lashline meet, And I do a line straight UP there.

Then I go to the tip of the line, and then twist my pen eye liner around, and do a line DOWN connecting my point to my upper lashline!!

Then I’m left with a empty wing!! I then go to my inner corner, where on my more hooded eye/where my skin naturally folds over my inner corner, I make the line thicker there, and do little strokes bringing it back to connect to the blank wing!!

From there, I just do strokes to fill everything in!

I recommend for beginners:

The pen liner I used, it’s physicians formula eye booster. It’s a BRUSH tip, NOT a felt tip. And it’s very tapered so It’s SO easy to get nice small little flicks with it!!

I recommend working in small strokes when you’re a beginner too. So there’s LESS to clean up if you have a hand tremor and make a mistake!!

I also STRONGLY recommend for fellow hooded eye’d peeps to look STRAIGHT at the mirror. Don’t tilt your head up or down!! this way you wont end up with a SUPER thick line that covers all of your hard work on your eye shadow.

Also, I find it A LOT easier to apply eye liner AFTER I do mascara!! I can’t really explain WHY or HOW. It’s just easier for my brush to get behind and not tangled in my lashes I guess!!

I also say this in the video, but I like to rest my pinky on my cheek bone, so give support for my shaky ass hands!!

Lush Green: "Ombre" Glitter Liner

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So little work, so much impact.

The best kinda makeup tutorial, no?

Rainbow liners are quite popular, but I haven't found them to be all that wearable for daily life. Now, this is a rather coordinated and low-key way to add some bling to your look and still get long-lasting drama.

You'll need:

Black pencil

Colored pencil (I used a deep teal green from Bourjois 87 Vert Eclatant)

A medium sage green shadow (L'oreal Infallible Shadow in Permanent Kaki)

Liner sealant (long-lasting) or eye drops (less durable); MAC Fix+ would work like the eye drops

A deeper green micro-glitter (get super-fine ones from Coastal Scents, TKB Trading, and other makeup stores)

Black mascara or false lashes

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Step 1: Definition. I used black pencil to just darken the upper lash line. I applied it very close to the roots from the top, and then ran the pencil along the water line (below the lashes) as well.

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Step 2: Now with your colored pencil (you can use gel liner, liquid liner, anything you want), you want to lay down the basic shape and base color of the line. Obviously, your liner should more or less correspond to the glitter and shadow color you are using.

I applied it out along the upper lash line, thick and getting thicker at the outer corners, until I pull it up and out in a short wing. If you want maximum drama, you can draw the line REALLY far out.

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Step 3: Along the inner half of the colored liner, you want to use a flat brush to carefully pat on a coat of the softer green shadow. You want the drama to be on the outer halves, so the shade on the inside should be lighter or softer.

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Step 4: Now along the outer half of the lids, I dampen a flat brush in eyeliner sealant (Ben Nye, Mehron, etc all have affordable versions), coat the damp brush with glitter, and then press everything lightly along the outer half of the pencil. Just go over a few times until you build up a nice coat of sparkle.

The pencil below will stop things from looking patchy or uneven, so you don't need to spend a whole lot of time on this.

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Step 5: Everything should dry and set very quickly, and then you can curl lashes and apply mascara to finish the look. If there's any glitter fallout or smudging on the other portions of your skin, simply clean up with a Q-tip.

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