Eyeliner Application Tips

EYELINER
You can line and define your eyes in the number of ways: with pencil, liquid, cake, creme, or powder. Or you can skip this step completely. It's a matter of personal choice.

Pencil eyeliners contain silicone to help the color glide on smoothly and blend easily. Make sure the pencil you use doesn't have too much silicone, or the color will smear and smudge underneath your eyes rather than define them.

To apply pencil liner, begin at the outside corner of your eye and draw small, feather-like strokes, connecting each one as you move toward the inside of the eye. Then blend it with a small brush. using the same brush, apply a powder shadow in a similar color over the pencil to help it look more natural. It softens the pencil line and sets the color. It also helps you correct any mistake you may have made when blending the pencil strokes together.

For nighttime drama, use the pencil underneath the ey and along the upper lashline. Make sure the line gradually grows thicker as it extands toward the outer corner of the eyes. Underneath the eye, you want the color to be the most intense at the outer corner and slowly fading as it reaches the inner corner. Drawing the same thickness all the way across and underneath the eyelids, can close in the eyes and make them appear smaller.

For daytime, Don't use pencil underneath the eye. Instead, you can use eyeshadow and a brush to create a softer, more natural look. If you prefer to wear pencil during the daytime, be sure to soften it by applying powder over it to mke it appear more subtle.

Some women have a more niticeable rim of skin that is visible between the lashes and the eye, depending on their eyeshape. You can darken this erea with a pencil or dark shadow to help your eye color "pop". One of tricks is to take black eyeshadow and carefully push it into the base of the lashes using a fine-tipped brush. This is defines the eye and makes the lashes look thicker without making your eyes appear "lined"