Until this blog was well into it's second year of life, I was a certified liner noob. My attempts at winged liner left me with giant black eyelids or wonky flicks, and generally by the end of the day my eyeliner had migrated to either my browbone, or my cheeks. Not a good look, I assure you.
As I've gotten more beauty-wise (as in, older. I'm old now. Sob), I'm much more liner-savvy. I know more of what works for me and my eye shape, and I've arranged an army of products that help me get the job done. I've got three go-to liner looks, they aren't original by any means, but I don't look like I fell down into a puddle of petrol. So little victories.
Number One: The Clean Cut Wing.
This one is pretty much the classic really, isn't it? I've only recently mastered this, and that's entirely creditable to two things. One, the Kat Von D Tattoo Liner In Trooper, which makes light work of winged liner. And Two, Sellotape. I put sellotape on my face. Yup. From the end of my brow down to the outer corner of my lash line. It's by no means a perfect scenario, but it gives me a line to follow, and since I've been doing this, my wings have been (mostly) straight. I go for winged liner for bold lip days, and when I'm feeling sassy. Obviously.
Number Two: The Lived In Pencil Smudge.
Again, I'll win no awards for ingenuity with this one. I take a creamy formulated kohl pencil, normally black but I'm also fond of brown and navy for this look, messily scribble it along my lashline, and then use a brush with coarse hairs to blend it out. The end result is a smudgy, messy, daytime version of Taylor Momsen. I like this for when I don't have time to faff with my eye makeup, but I want something dark. You can make this as tame or as intense as you want, and I'm all about variety, especially when it's this easy.
Number Three: The Lash Thickening Powder Trick.
As the not particularly snappy name of this one would suggest, this is what I go for when I want my lashes to little more volumised and oomphed. Normally when I'm rocking a smokey eye, and I just want a little more lashline definition. For this I just use a small angled brush and a dark eyeshadow, I take it right across the upper lashline, and a little in the outer corner of my lower lashline, and then smudge it all out with a fluffy brush. I particularly like doing this with the shade Blackheart from the Naked 3 Palette, it just gives so much dimension to an eye look.
See, easy peasy! If I can do it, you can too!
What are your go to liner looks?
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