Category — Eye Liner tips

Eye liner is an essential makeup product for most of us. It helps to create a defined eye that can either stand out boldly or be soft and natural looking. Knowing what look you desire will help you choose the product and decide how to apply it.

For a more natural look, use an eyeliner pencil in a softer shade like charcoal or brown. Sharpen the pencil, and then light lightly touch the point against your hand. Apply the eyeliner using either small dots as close to the lashes as possible. Line both the upper and lower lashes. Using a small brush or sponge tip applicator, blend the dots into the lash line.

For a more dramatic look, use a liquid eyeliner in a bold color or jet black. The dot method can be used for this application as well but will need to be repeated after the first blending. Using a solid line from corner to corner creates a more defined look, but still needs to be blended into the last line. Once the liner has been applied, try blending with a little bit of eye shadow. This will help keep the liner from smudging and adds more color and definition to the eye.

With so many new products to choose from, creating dramatic eyes like the classic Cat Eyes is easier than ever and more fun.  Celebrity Emma Stone looks beautiful here with her cat eye liner look.  The  current cateye look is dramatic so play around with the look and the products to create show-stopping eyes of your own.

For the traditional cat eye, place the liner at the inner corner of the eye and start tracing the lash line with a slight upward angle. Keep going just past the outer corner of the eye. Go back and fill in the space between the liner and the lashes on the inner third to half of your eye depending on the drama you want to create. A stiffer brush with a liquid liner will work best for this look.

For a heavier look, use a thick brush like CoverGirl’s Line Exact Liquid liner. Starting at the inner corner of the eye, cover the entire lower lid and finish with an upsweep starting at the outer corner and ending at the outer edge of the eyebrow. Only line the center third of the bottom lash line with a very fine line.

These looks do not require any blending but can be enhanced with shimmery shadows and mascara. Be sure to apply the mascara more heavily at the out corners of the lashes.

When choosing an eye liner, there are several options. There is the standard pencil, liquid liners, and gel liners. It depends on your own style and comfort. While liquid liners might provide a more dramatic look, gel liners are typically easier to apply accurately. The eye pencil is also easy to control but may fade or smudge throughout the day. Using a bit of eye shadow can help the staying power of any eye liner. MAC carries several eye liners in liquid, gel, and pencil form that have been rated as some of the best at fairly reasonable prices.

There are also some great options at your local drugstore for a good price such as Maybelline?s Eyestudio Lasting Drama Gel Eyeliner and Wet ?n? Wild?s Megaliner. Once you have decided on the type of liner you prefer, experiment with different colors for different occasions. For daytime at work or home, taupe and brown tend to be more natural looking and create definition for the eye without looking overdrawn. At night, black and bold colors like purple and blue create a dramatic effect that really stands out in a crowd. As always, play around with your makeup and see what you like the best!

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Are you brand new to wearing makeup, or do you have a daughter who is about to embark on her makeup journey?  With the start of another school year under out belt, it’s time to arm my girls with the proper tools to put their best faces forward. Deciding when to start wearing makeup is a discussion that many moms have had, but no matter when you and your daughter decide to start wearing makeup, help her by providing quality products and education about good skin care.

A wonderful and fairly new line of products on the market are by Simple. The line claims to be the sensitive skin experts and so far, it’s doing a great job. The line includes cleansing wipes, makeup removers, cleansers, toners, and moisturizers. The products contain pro-vitamin B5 that helps to restore skins nature softness and smoothness. It is definitely a product worth trying, especially for younger skin. Instilling the importance of a healthy beauty routine will help to keep our daughters looking young and beautiful throughout their lives. When it comes to makeup supplies, younger girls (teenagers and tweeners) should keep it simple and light.

Choosing natural colors that enhance their natural beauty is a great idea. Shimmers and sparkles can also be fun and come in some beautiful shades of peach, pink, and taupe. Most girls can start with a few basic products like powder, eye shadow, mascara, and lip gloss. A great option for younger girls ready to experiment with their eye makeup is clear mascara. They can learn how to properly apply the product, add shine to their own eyelashes, and not create that raccoon look with all of the black encircling their eyes. Many of the clear mascaras also come with vitamins and nutrients that help condition lashes.

Lip glosses come is so many different shades and styles now, so this can be an inexpensive way to play with colors and see what you and your daughter like best. No matter what route you take with makeup or when the journey starts, be sure to keep the lines of communication open and have fun together!

Keeping your eyebrows neat is an essential part of a well-put-together look. Finding the right shape and technique to do this can be difficult…and painful. Start by choosing the shape that will best suit your features.

If you have a square or heart-shaped face, go with a soft, round eyebrow. Create some angled brows to minimize the roundness of your face. To widen a longer or thinner face, use a horizontal brow. Once you know the look you’re going to create, the next question is how. There are several options including tweezing, waxing, and threading.

Regardless of the method you choose, start with quality tools, get your hair out of your face so you have a clear view of the working area, and then cleanse the face with warm water to help relax those follicles. Using a stencil and a white pencil will help you to keep focused on the desired shape and guide you in the process of removing the unwanted hairs. Start the removal process at the arches and work your way out. When you think the majority of the work has been done, step away from the mirror and access the situation.

Then take a minute or two to go back and fine tune the look. After you have achieved your new look, apply some aloe or after-wax lotion to help soothe the skin and reduce any redness. Always remember though… Don’t go overboard or you’ll be stenciling back on some new eyebrows!

Any makeup is incomplete without a little attention to the eyes. A clever eye makeup not only makes you look like a million bucks, but also eliminates problem areas like thin lashes and dark circles. Eyeliners and false eyelashes accentuate the eyes and make it fuller. Big, small, wide, or hooded, these two pieces in your makeup kit can significantly add oodles of glamor to your look.

The one common concern many face is, what goes first – eyelash or the liner. Here are simple and easy-to-follow tips that will help you with this makeup mystery:

Invest in a good quality eyeliner –- liquid or pencil. While the former gives a clean finish, and is perfect if you have steady hands for application; the latter works well for beginners and for those who find it hard to finish with a clean line. Pick from solids or colors like green, blue, brown, silver, and so on depending on the occasion.

The other must-have is a pair of false eyelashes. Many leading brands offer a variety of shapes and colors to choose from, pick one that suits you the best. These eyelashes come with glue or you can scout local stores for ready-to-use variants.

If your false eyelash is wide, cut is slowly, one lash at a time. You can do the same to trim the length of the lashes. This will ensure that the lash looks natural and blended.

Follow it up with a gentle squeeze of glue on to the width of the band behind the eyelash, and spread it evenly. Don’t forget to wipe out the runny glue.

Now, pick the lash with tweezers and place it on your eye’s lash line. Don’t worry if you have not managed to get it right. Do it again, you will get better with practice. Once you have placed it, press and hold it for a few seconds till you’re sure it won’t come off. Use a mascara and comb out the lashes gently. This will blend the natural and false eyelashes and hold them together.

To finish the look, apply a soft coat of eyeliner to fill the gaps between the false lashes. Avoid applying a thick coat as this may reveal the false eyelash band. Draw a line along the outer rim of the eyelid. Try funky eyeliners or a winged eyeliner look to draw attention away from the false lashes.

The results are best when you follow these steps after a basic eye makeup. Now you are set to dazzle with a twinkle in your eyes!

To make the most of your eye shape, pay attention to the colors you choose and the application method you rely on. Try some of these tips to get the most out of your shape:

For Asian Eyes – Use black or black/brown eye liner to create a thick line along the top lashes. Blend gently for a smoky look and then apply a thinner line under the bottom lashes.

For Wide Eyes – Apply deeper shadows to the inner half of the lid and a lighter shades on the outer half. Then blend for a subtle transition between colors.

For Close Eyes – Go the opposite of the Wide Eye folks and apply the lighter shades to the inner half of the lid and the darker shades to the outer half. Always remember to blend!

For the Four-Eyed – Use a black, perhaps shimmering, mascara to really play up your eyes and bring them out from behind the glasses. Be sure to use an eyelash curler and two coats of mascara. Allow a few seconds for the mascara to dry completely before putting the glasses back on.

No matter what your eye shape, remember to play up the color as much as possible and use proper application techniques to make the most of your eyes.

Nothing is quite as frustrating as achieving the perfect look and then watching it fade throughout the day.  From eye liner to lip stick and everything in between seems to fall victim to midday smudging or fading.

If you find that your eyeliner and/or mascara smudges or runs halfway through the day, try reducing the amount of eye cream used in the mornings by half or leave a little space between where the eye cream is applied and where the eye makeup goes.

If your blush seems to disappear throughout the day, put a very thin layer of cream blush under your finishing powder and then top it off with a powder blush.

To keep lips in place and avoid feathering, always start with a lip liner.  Apply lip color, blot, lightly dust with face powder and finish with a gloss to add extra shine and moisture.

Trying these quick and easy tips will help keep that perfectly applied face in place all the live-long day.

All of us possess a natural beauty.  Some of us just take a little more effort to enhance it certain days.

To create a natural yet striking look for your eyes, start by applying a bronze eye shadow over the entire lid to the brow bone.  Once you have your bronze base down, go back over the area with a color that complements your eye color.  The bronze eye shadow will create warm, golden undertones that create a naturally flattering look for all of us.

Choosing eye shadows that are natural and light will help this look, but don’t feel limited to those colors.  Apply an eye liner that is just a shade or two darker than the eye shadow color you have chosen.  Be sure to smudge the eye liner just a bit to soften the look.  There is nothing natural about hard lines.  Finish with two coats of volumizing mascara that matches the eye liner, but only on the top lashes.

This year, many of us are trying to achieve that ever-popular smoky eyes look.  We see it in multitudes of commercials and all over the red carpet.  How do you create that smoldering look at home?  Easy!  Start by blending a light shade of eye shadow across the entire lid from the lash line to the brow bone.

Next, apply a darker eye shadow to the outer corners of the lids and along the lower lash line forming a sideways V shape.  To create an even more dramatic effect, use darker shades of blues and purples (as long as they complement your natural eye color).  After applying eye liner to the upper and lower lash lines, start smudging.  Smudge it good!

Don’t go too crazy smudging though or you will to look like a raccoon.  Finish off this dramatic look with a couple of coats of mascara to the top and bottom lashes.  You’ll be smokin’!