Still clawing and scratching for a way to work more MRRRROW into your huntress cat eyeliner looks? Today might meow your day. 🙂
This is the first installment in a new video series I’m starting called Ask MBB. If you have a question you’d like to see answered in an upcoming installment (of course, Tabs will help), drop it down below in the comments here or on YouTube.
Today’s installment tackles a question about cat liner technique and when to use a gel or liquid to build out your look.
Products mentioned…
- MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack
- NARS Eye Paint in Black Valley
- L’Oreal Infallible Gel Lacquer Liner in Blackest Black
I hope you find it useful. Thank you for watching!
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
With little lid space and semi-deep set eyes I’m never able to pull off a cat eye quite right. Maybe I just need to see a professional!
I’d love to see a tutorial on cat-liner for different eye-types! I’m sure there’s probably one out there, but it just occurred to me when reading this post…
I like cat liner, preferably with liquid, but it’s not something I do particularly often, for some reason.
This is such a great idea, Karen!
This is probably a super basic question, but I’ll ask anyway because I’m curious! How long do you wait to apply your foundation after applying moisturizer and facial primer? I really want to add primer to my daily makeup routine (just bought Mac Prep+Prime Skin Base Visage), but I don’t have a lot of time to get ready in the mornings, so I’m wondering if I’ll even have time to add primer.
Thanks for all of your wonderful blog posts, Karen! I always look forward to reading them!
Love this! I don’t do a lot of cat flicks as I don’t think it’s a great match for my eye shape, but for liner in general I do prefer the control of gel liner over liquids. I totally agree that liquids are less forgiving! Thanks for this, I really enjoy hearing you talk about makeup issues/questions.
First off, you are adorable. Second, I love the fact that Tab’s comes up and corrects you. Hilarious. Keep up Ask MBB! Love it!
Liquid liner is just easier to glide into that cat eye quick and easy. Gel and pencil are good for smudging or just simple lining for me at least;)
I prefer gel. Most liquid liner brushes are too flimsy for me. Gel is the easiest formula for me to work with when it comes to doing a cat eye
Gel eye-liners are way convenient than liquid liners!
I love Tabs’s comments! I don’t do cat eyes as often as I used to, and I used to use liquid pretty much exclusively. However, you do run into the problem of it being less forgiving, definitely. My hands have gotten shaky because of a medication I take, so now gel can definitely be better.
Sephora! I love Sephora, this gift card would not go to waste 🙂
I am trying to figure out which is a good liquid liner to use that is both good and affordable. I currently am using pencil with varying degrees of success. Any one have suggestions? Let me know, I’d appreciate the help.
Maybelline Line Stilleto
I use both!Liquid liner by Marc Jacobs, and the Sephora brand, which I love. They have reformulated the Sephora brand, recently, and I don’t like it anymore, so I bought the Marc Jacobs liquid and pencil that is a gel liner.
I have to say that the gel pencil is absolutely the best! It is super black,smudge-proof, and long lasting. I use UD eye primer, so I am sure that helps!
I can’t do a cat’s eye either. But, my FAVORITE eyeliner is Urban Decay 24/7. I have it in A LOT of colors, and want more, more, more! They glide on so creamy and then become budgeproof. Even swimming! Nothing removes them other than oil base remover! Which I have a ton of too, since I use waterproof mascara, lipstains, and waterproof foundations (Revon Colorstay is my favorite, although I use Estee Lauder Dual Wear and Covergirl too!)
I find liquid quicker and easier as you just have to do a quick flick then glide so it takes less than a minute for each eye.
karen I use the mac fluidline wanted to test this more of nars, will I like?