Confused About Getting Your Eyeliner Right? So wasn’t I… so while we are offering a special price on Senegence eye products it seemed the right time to offer some advice on how to apply them, try this…
Remember These Basic Rules:
Your goal with lining your eye is to fill in the spaces between your lashes so that your eyes look bigger. Try to get your line as close as possible to your lash line to fill the spaces between the lashes.
When lining the top lid, start a thin line at the inner corner and make the line thicker as you move out. This looks good on nearly everyone.
If you gently pull on the outer part of your eye as you line the inner corner, and let go halfway across your eye, you will prevent getting a rounded look, which can pull the eye down.
Your goal is the same when lining your bottom lid; fill the spaces between the lashes. Place your liner on your lash line and move the product into the spaces between the lashes. The natural arch of your lashes will determine if this is easier to do from the top of the lash, or by going up, underneath the lash. Simply drawing a line below your lashes will not fill in the spaces between your lashes! If you place liner on your lower lashes from the top of your lashes, be careful not to leave product on the “shelf”; the flat space between the lashes and eyeball. Sanitation and hygeine are compromised if you place product there.
If you want to look tired, line the bottom of your eye only.
Next, Determine the shape of your eye. This is easily done by facing a mirror and tracing the shape of your eye onto the mirror with a wax based pencil or lipstick.
The shape of your eye will determine how you apply your liner. By this I mean, thick, thin, finishing up, or down etc.
How Do You Know How to Line Your Eyes?
After you have traced around them in the mirror, step back and look at the shape you drew. Was is round, almond…Find the description of your eye shape below to determine the most flattering look for your eyes.
Round
Those with round eyes can typically carry off intense eye makeup. Feel free to line from corner to corner, al the way around your eyes. For a new look, try drawing the line on your upper lid thick at the inner corner, then thin across the middle, and thick again as you move to the outer corner.
Almond
Just about any look goes for almond eyes. To simply compliment this versatile shape, keep it very thin towards the nose, be sure not to go too thick toward the outer corner, and connect the lines of the upper and lower at the outer corner.
Hooded
A thicker line across the top will show better, as a thin line may disappear altogether with a hooded eye. Be careful not to extend the bottom line past the top line at the outer corner. Hooded eyes pose a special challenge, as the skin on the top may fold onto your liner and cause it to smudge, or vanish completely. Find yourself a good quality, long lasting liner. Don’t worry, they do exist!
Asian
As with the hooded eye, keep the top line thick. Extend your upper line just past the outer corner, but be sure not to take that line down too far.
Small and Narrow
This is the exception to the “thinner toward the inner” rule. Small eyes need a strong line at the inner corner on the top. Never line the inner rim; the flat, shelf-like place that is just above the bottom lash line. Lining
the lower inner rim will make your eyes look smaller. Small eyes pop when you smudge a soft line along the lashes on the bottom.
Close Set
Definitely go thicker toward the outer corners of close set eyes. This will help to pull them apart. Connect the upper and lower lines at the outer corners. Keep the lines very soft toward the nose.
Experiment and remember your goal: to fill the spaces between your lashes.
