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Tips for eyeliner?

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could someone give me some advice on how best to apply eye liner and which are the best brand? i only started wearing make up when i was in my early twenties, had no female relatives who wore make up so had no one to ask about or to dip in make up bags when younger to experiment. i seemed to get the hang of it for a while or so i thought. but i still found my eyes looked like little piggie ones so thought maybe upper lids to would help but didnt really get to master that. stopped wearing it then for last 5 years and only now have decided to start wearing it again now, think i need all the help i can now 45!! have bought both cheap and expensive ones and dont see much difference. obviously now will need to throw away most of what i have now anyway as i remember reading somewhere it has limited shelf life. also not sure on colours i have brown hair with with highlights of very light brown with quite a sallow complexion. never look really white am lucky that tan lasts all year around. also am considering the permanent eye liner but not sure how i go about finding the best one. after all it is a tattoo at the end of the day and quite an expensive one at that so want to go to the right one. sorry if i have rambled have bad habit of writing as i speak. note to self to work on that lol
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I have been wearing eye liner or rather eye pencils for years like Egyptians do.
Because I'm now in my 40's I have decided to scrap the pencils because they are beginning to drag my skin.
So I would advise you to invest in an eye liner brush (MAC 210 is good) and I'm currently using Smashbox - different colours- blue, brown, green and black ( from a palette ), Laura Geller Eye Rimz ( brown ) and Kajal ( black - kohl ). The kajal I purchased from ebay very cheaply indeed.
You can apply it different ways. For example, just over the whole of your top lash, half way along to the end and likewise with your lower lash. Or you can do an Liz Taylor - like I do- all the way round and add some kohl in your inner rim.
It does take some practise to keep a steady hand and I use my LH to apply the left lid and RH to apply the right lid.
If you go on youtube and search for enkore he has loads of make up hints.
Can't help you with liquid liner and I find it creates a very harsh line.0 -
why not look on www.youtube.com lots of advice there.:D0
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Ive been told the urban decay eye pencils are very good. They go on very easy - no effort needed.Waterproof too. I am going to be buying them next week so i'll let you know what there likeNew York ♥..........These street will make you feel brand new, Big lights will inspire you.
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Cotton buds dipped in nail varnish remover to neaten up wobbly lines while you get the hang of it work wonders. I tended to do lots of very short lines that joined up (and neaten up the mess with the aforementioned cotton buds) until I got the hang of one long straight line - and I'm a liquid eyeliner junkie so mistakes don't half show up!Little miracle born April 2012, 33 weeks gestation and a little toughie!0
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dizziblonde wrote: »Cotton buds dipped in nail varnish remover to neaten up wobbly lines while you get the hang of it work wonders.
Nail varnish remover on your eyes???0 -
Well I wear my eyeliner very thickly anyway - but because of my style I can get away with it.
I work as a make-up artist at the moment and I can recommend Revlon colour stay products. Their eyeliners (both liquid and pencil) are my favourites to work with except really expensive theater make up which glides on like a dream.
The only wisdom I can provide for you is that you can get away with black, but your best friend is probably brown (you never mentioned your eye colour). I wouldn't go for grey at all unless you have very blue eyes.
To help put your eyeliner on your top lid, draw a dot in the middle of your lash line close to how thick you want the line to be and draw from the dot to your outer eye, then from the dot to your inner eye.
As people have also said there are many helpful tutorials on YouTube so you should definitely check them out if you have time!
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Eye makeup remover obviously - oh's been at the nail varnish remover to get junk off his clothes again and I was distracted... been a long week!Little miracle born April 2012, 33 weeks gestation and a little toughie!0
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dizziblonde wrote: »Eye makeup remover obviously - oh's been at the nail varnish remover to get junk off his clothes again and I was distracted... been a long week!
No problem
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I'm quite cack handed, the easiest I've found to use are 'Avon Glimmersticks' - they're a pencil but they're quite soft so don't drag across your skin, plus they're wind up so you don't have to faff with sharpeners.0
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I'm rubbish at applying a straight line so I draw my line under my upper lashes.
I use a Lavera pencil which is the best one I've found so far, doesn't drag the skin either.
HTH0
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