Makeup

You know, I’ve been thinking a lot about eyeliner placement lately…because that’s what you do when you’re obsessed with makeup, haha!

No, but seriously, I’ve thinking about other ways to wear it than my usual black tightline/smudgy lower lash line combo.

Here’s something I’ve been experimenting with: placing my liner right along the middle of my lower lash line. It creates an optical illusion that draws attention to that concentration of liner and lashes, and “I think” it makes my eyes look more striking and bigger…which is always a great thing in my book!

And yup, the illusion seems to work regardless of what may or may not be going on along your top lash line. You can leave it unlined, line it — whatever strikes your fancy.

First, start by lining the center portion of your lower lash line, and I sort of use the widest part of my iris as a guide to figure out where to start and stop the lining. Just make it long enough to mostly cover that center portion of your lower lash line.

You can use a pencil liner, or you can load a thin eyeliner brush (like an angled brush) with gel liner, cream liner or powder eyeshadow.

Tip! If you’re using a powder shadow to line and want more intensity, load your brush head with eyeshadow first, then wet it with a makeup setting spray (I’m currently lurving Make Up For Ever Mist + Fix, but MAC Prep + Prime Fix+ also works great) before applying your eyeshadow to your lash line.

Some people like to wet their brush first, then run it across the powder eyeshadow pan, but in my experience that can make the shadow feel harder after it dries.

Next, after you place your liner, use a finger or a Q-tip to smudge the edge.

After that, apply some mascara on your lower lashes, just directly above the liner, being careful to keep your outer and inner lashes mascara-free, and that should put the focus on that center portion of your lower lash line, and make your peepers really pop! 🙂

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Here’s an eye makeup tip to try! Before applying your eyeshadow, curl your eyelashes first, then apply the thinnest layer of your favorite mascara. Now, with your eyes wide open, look straight into a mirror, and notice where the tips of your upper lashes are.

Now here’s the tip: Take your eyeshadow up that far, up to the tips of your lashes.

Voila!

I’ve been doing this the whole week, and it’s been a game changer for me because I tend to take my eyeshadow up really high (like, seriously, almost to my brows!), but when I use my curled lashes as a guide, it’s easy to tell how far up to take my crease colors.

And this tip helps even more if you have hooded eyes or otherwise don’t have a lot of lid space (like moi).

Lastly, when you’re finished applying your eyeshadow, apply a second coat of mascara to cover up any eyeshadow that may have gotten on your lashes.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

P.S. TGIF!!!!!! 🙂