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You really only need to know a handful of eye liner techniques
to create great eye makeup styles...Most of the techniques you see out are
there are modifications of the following techniques.
The
role of eye liners
in general, is to thicken the look of lashes and define the eye area. The thickness of those lines,
and placement will generate different degrees of
drama and create different looks.
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There
are a number of types of eye makeup used to define the eye;
All come in a great variety of colors.
With the exception of the pencil, (which needs to be kept sharp by the
way), using the right application tools WILL
MAKE
ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD. Using the right tools will also
allow you to tap into a wide range of styles.
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No matter
what your style is, this eye makeup tip can't be skipped,
for more 'sparkle' in your eyes, whiten your teeth...
According
to a national study conducted by Harris Interactive Nasdaq (global
leader in marketing research) , the number
one thing people notice first upon meeting someone was their smile (94% !).
This study also revealed that the majority of us believe an attractive
smile is paramount to your professional life success, making friends and
finding a mate.
The
Essential
Tools To Great Eye Liner Techniques:
Learning a few great eye liner
techniques and having the right makeup and
quality tools, will have you armed and dangerously ready to create some of
your favorite eye makeup styles.
Eye
liner strategies for different styles...
PLACEMENT,
THICK-THIN, CRISP-SMUDGED, COLOR ETC ARE ALL EYELINER QUALITIES THAT CAN
BE ADJUSTED TO ALTER A MAKEUP STYLE.
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Classic clean... |
Fresh soft... |
Glamorous
playful... |
Chic Edge... |
Eye liner
techniques & makeup mediums...
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Clean Thin
Precision
Makeup option #1  Pencil -easiest tool
Take a sharpened dark neutral pencil, and use short angled strokes
tightly place at the lash line and in between the lashes.
Take an angled brush and sweep
along the liner, as close to lash line as possible, and work the
strokes together until they appear to be a single precise softened
line at lash line (there should be no patches of bare skin between
line and lashes). FOR STAYING POWER...
Set liner with dark shadow, using the angled liner brush by
pressing it and shifting along lash line. Favorites:
MAC Technakohl Liner, NARS Eye Liner Pencil, Lancome Le Crayon KholMakeup
option #2 Gel -reasonable skill
Take fine liner brush (it is the key to your success), and dip it carefully into product ( a little
goes a very long way). You can place it as you would a pencil
liner, then blend it together with the same brush (see above
diagram)...BONUS wet rich look and longer wearing, PLUS you can also
use it like an eyeshadow (great for smoky eye style).
Favorites: MAC Fluidline, Bobbi Brown Gel
Eye Liner, Stila Smudgepots Makeup
option #3 Liquid -takes some practice
Ultra fine dramatic effect, but not as forgiving as gel and pencil
to use. Usually the format is tube with wand (like mascara
format except the wand has a tiny fine point brush).
1. With the wand and a steady hand, work from the outer corner
in using a smooth steady horizontal strokes as tight to the lash
line as possible. It may help to gently pull up on lid at
outer brow to access the space at your upper lash line (depending on
how your eyes are set).
2. If you end up with a bare patch between line and lashes,
'dab'- patch it. Favorites:
Lancome ARTLINER, Make Up Forever
Makeup
option #4 Eye
Shadow-reasonable skill Using
an angled liner brush sweep across your shadow of choice, tap of
excess shadow powder, and with smooth horizontal movement,
press/stroke tightly to lash line. Some
shadows can work wet as well so you can wet your brush with water and
dab in shadow for a more liquid effect (their are even special liquids
designed to facilitate this use...try Paul Dorf Transformer) Favorites:
MAC Eyeshadow, Cargo, Dior, NARS Eye Liner
Techniques continued...
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Lines...
Your
eye makeup style preferences will determine how thick the line
will be and there is great range in this category. The
thicker the greater the definition ( and drama). Another
element contributing to definition and drama is color.
Makeup?
I think for thicker lining of the eyes, the best makeup medium
is the combination of eye liner pencil
and powder eye shadow (very versatile makeup for
very thin and thick).
An
exception to this would be in creating highly stylized, very
specific and precise eye designs.
Technique?
Smudging isn't just for 'smoky' style...
Regardless
of your style, you should always soften the lines you make by gently
smudging them (very rarely does the clearly identifiable line of
a pencil, encircling the eye, look great). The tool for
smudging should be in relation to the size of the line desired;
an angled liner or smudge brush covers the range of thickness
in most cases (the head of a Q-tip also can work in a pinch).
Style
Results...
Different
lines, different colors and different combination strategies can
create a lot of different looks...compare the above images.
'Fresh
& soft' has slightly thicker line than 'Classic clean' but
color and smudging has created a softer definition. 'Chic
edge' under the has placed a lot of drama under the lower
lash line with a thick smudged smoky black line (plus inner rim)
and balanced the drama on the upper lid with dramatic color and
subtle lining.
There
is lots of creative license when it comes to eye lining, just
remember these two points; BLENDING &
BALANCE.
Speaking
of creative license with eye liner techniques...
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'Smoky'
Eye Liner...
There
are a lot of techniques used to create this look and definitely
a lot of range in the level of drama created, BUT there are THREE
KEY ELEMENTS that categorize it as 'SMOKY':
- dark
thick smudged upper lash line
- slightly
thick to very thick smudged line under lower lashes (
a variety of colors can be used)
- dark
lined inner rim of lower lash line
AND
FIVE KEY PIECES OF MAKEUP & TOOLS:
- black
eye pencil
- 2-3
eye shadow shades in grays, plums, browns etc.
- smudge
brush
- eye
lash curler
- black
mascara
Here
is just ONE of the many ways to
create a Smoky Eye Makeup Style:
Eye Liner
Techniques continued...
Stylized Designs
| Fine point
pencil or brush will give the high precision needed for design
creation. Full artistic license is in play here since the idea is far
from subtle or low key definition with eye liner. In fact, its just
the opposite. Here are a few liner ideas seen out there
recently. The ideal makeup is gel liner applied with a fine liner
brush.
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