eyeliner

[justafewchickens]

Just a funny story here...in 8th grade, no makeup experience at all, I applied liquid eyeliner inside my eyes. The thin strip of skin when you press your skin out. I thought that's where it went. As soon as I let go, only inky black in my eyes. I did that for weeks! I dont use eyeliner anymore. Too many bad memories...OF STUPIDITY!

 

[debilorrah]

I use the non-smear stuff by Revlon on the outer lid top and bottom. If you boo-boo it is easily wiped away. I am so not a makeup kind of a person, but I choose not to scare small children so I slap it on every morning M-F. Weekends? Heck no!!!!

 

[SourRoses]

I had to learn to use most make-up on my own... not having sisters or anything. I never tried any until I was 20 or so... anyway, I got pretty good at it fairly quickly, so have no fear, you can do it too.
I had to do my eyes a certain way when I was a flight attendant too, they had make-up rules. It had to be there, but not tooo obvious.

I do something everyone else avoids doing. When people leave that gap between the eyelined area and the actual eye.. it always stands out too much to me, especially if it's pink from irritation or just a naturally brighter color or something. So I line as close to my eye as I can get without the color actually getting in my eye when I'm done. If the color never touches the eyeball, no watery eye or irritaion occurs, and no big gap either.

You should experiment with this, and any other make-up, at home when you have nothing much to do or places to go. The first few times you need to take your time, and if you make a mistake, be able to just go wash it off and let your eyes calm down in peace. After you've applied eyeliner a few times, your eye is less prone to get irritated and water profusely.

So... most importantly, Never pull on your eye skin to apply liner. This will give you wrinkles and your eyes will water and mess up the make-up. Plus you won't have a good enough idea of where your eye naturally contacts your under-eye skin. Instead, set your hand applying the liner on your cheekbone area.
It does take a little practice.

You want a soft liner! Don't get one of those hard pencils... no matter how good someone claims they are.. they will tug and pull and make you miserable, plus wrinkles later. Soft liners can be hard to pick... some packages say they are soft but aren't. One that unscrews out is going to be nice and soft. Some that you can sharpen are nicely soft, but it's hard to tell the difference and you can't pull them out of the package to check

I actually use one made by NYC. You can find it in walmart or any drugstore. It's actually in a little tiny jar and it has a tiny, thin brush for applying.
It's liquid soft and less likely to wear off as power based liners. Plus I find using the brush a bit easier than a long pencil. And I would rather stab myself in the eye with a brush than with a pencil, who knows why.


When applying... get close to the mirror.. and focus in on the exact area you are coloring. Don't look at the brush, don't look at your face, look in the mirror and zero in on that thin line you want to make.

Start from the outside corners of your eye. The side of your palm rests on your cheekbone... play around with it a bit until you find the position that gives you the steadiest hand. Use your right hand to do your left eye, left hand for right eye.

You aren't going to line your whole under-eye in one sweep.. little increments are what you want. Line a small increment, and pull your hand away.. evaluate how it's going so far and how you are going to adjust the line when you do the next increment. Don't hurry.

At the outside corner of your eye, make the color as thick or as subtle as you want it to be. You can always do it differently next time. I like to make my line medium-thick at the very outermost corner.. then gradually thin it down.. so by the middle of my eye, it's a thin line.. as I get towards the inside of my eye, I make it super thin and light.. and then I stop before I get to the part that makes water (LOL). I don't go past the natural under-eye area. I don't do the top line because it looks too much to me.

So try it out at home... and then don't worry if you don't get it right the first time... just try it again, experiment with color in different ways and find what works the best for you.

I spent so much time learning to put on make-up in the car, then in planes and crazily driven airport shuttles first thing in the morning. Everyone always asked me how I didn't poke my eye you while we were careening around corners

My hand just knew when changes were coming before the rest of my brain did

So don't worry... your hand will get the hang of it too... soon enough you can put on liner without really thinking about it... and no more worrying about poking out your eyeball

 

[stoopid]

The best way for eyeliner is to have a jar of makeup remover, a mirror, and the eyeliner.
Do it on a day you don't have to be anywhere (read that, nobody will see you)
And go to town. After a few attempts, you will see what you like and don't like, and you can perfect those looks another day.
Depends on how sensitive your eyes are.
Have fun!

 

[CupOJoe42]

I make my own eye makeup remover by mixing water with Johnson's Baby Shampoo. It's cheaper, and easier on my eyes. No more tears!!

If you're new to eye liner, don't use liquid eye liner. You need a really steady hand for it. Remember, a little goes a long way!

 

[tay_boe]

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I use baby shampoo too. My eye dr told me it's better than most eye makeup removers.

Also my FAVE eye liner is Loreal. It's so soft and goes on super easy. If it gets hard in cold weather ( when I leave it in my car) just warm it up a bit with the car heater or hold it near your mouth and breathe on it. It always makes it easier to put on for me.

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

I'll wear it once in a while. Either black on the top and bottom lids, right near the lash line. Or a shimmery white, on the waterline (I guess thats what is called). Don't remember what brand I have, but its the kind that clicks up, so you don't have to sharpen it.

 

[manybirds]

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what shades do u use??

LOL i didn't relized asking on a chicken forum about makeup would get me this many reply's! it's helping though that i don't go out in public looking like well like i don't know how to put eyeliner on!

 

[manybirds]

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u look like aaaaaaaaa i can't think of his name................ i'll try to remember but u really remind me of some movie star hahaha.

 

[manybirds]

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i've got a really soft pencil one rite now. it's black, not sure what brand