The secret is.... eye liner! LOL It's probably not a well kept secret .. everyone knows!
but, how do you use eyeliner to achieve the look you want and not over or under do it? What are some of the good liner products out on the market? What type of liner is good for what look? QB will break it down by looks and products for you!
All in all, there are 4 types of liners: pencil, powder/ powder gel (I will explain what this is later), gel and liquid:
Some examples for each from top down on the picture above
Lancome Le Crayon khol
Makeup Forever kohl pencil
Urban Decay Shadow/Liner
Urban Decay eyeliner
Clinique liquid eyeliner
Tricks on how to use each type of liner mentioned above:
1. For beginner, I recommend using eyeliner pencil.
- You can begin with the middle of eyelid and draw to either direction.
- Make sure your pencil is sharp and you draw as close to the roots of the lashes as possible
Lancome Le Crayon khol (bottom left) is smooth and rich, so it's easy to apply. Good for beginner and any level trying to achieve an effortless look. Recommend using it with light make-up.
Makeup Forever Kohl is darker and richer in color, it's better for a more dramatic look. (bottom right)
2. When you are out or on a trip, you want to pack as less as possible, you can choose to use Shadow/Powder type liner. You can use it for smoky eyes look and as liner if you wish.
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- You need a good brush for powder liner, like this below (This is a retractable one, you don't necessary need this, but this type of angled brush is best for applying powder type liner)
- Start from the outer most point of your eyelid, begin drawing inward at the root of the lashes toward the inner point of the eyelid.
- Other than the Urban Decay product I showed above. You can try the Bare Mineral products below. Use the liner seal on the left side on top of the powder liner to ensure it last longer.
3. Eyeliner gel is a liner product that got very popular in the past few years.
The #1 product in eyeliner gel is Bobbie Brown. I recommend people with more experience in using liner to try the liner gel. It really define the eyes very well, but it does require a set of steady hands.
The picture below is the bobbie brown eyeliner gel set. Good purchase for experienced QBs. You can get it at Duty free for 20% less than retail price. I always pick up a set when I travel aboard.
- You need to make sure your liner brush is clean. Please do not use your liner brush without washing it. The gel from last time will get dried and completely change the texture of the brush. You have to wash it to get the brush back to where it was.
- Don't get too much gel on the brush as once, and make sure it is even on the brush.
- Start with inner point of the eyelid, and draw toward outer point of the eyelid. Do it in one shot (one stroke), otherwise, it will look too thick, too dark or uneven.
4. Last and the most famous one - liquid liner. It is slowly fading in the popularity contest as eyeliner gel becoming more popular. But in liquid liner's defense, it can create a type mysterious and sexy look that other type of liner can't.
- Like eyeliner gel, you need to start with inner point of the eyelid.
- Feel free to draw it upward at the outer most point of your eyelid and extend your liner out a bit more to get a sexier look.
I also looked up some tutorials on how to apply eyeliner on the video bar~
Enjoy~
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