How to: Winged Eyeliner
Winged eyeliner is a classic make up trend. Here are some tips to perfect your look:
1. Hold the brush, keep your hand steady by resting it on your chin.
2. Look straight ahead into mirror tilt head back slightly rather than pulling your eye.
3. Start from outer corner of eye where upper and lower lash line meets and create a small flick.
4. Taper the line-it should be very thin from the inner corner and get thicker in the middle then thin again before the flick.
5. Depending on how thick you want the liner start thin and build on that for more control.
6. For a more modern look (see closed eye pic above) draw the liner straight and extend out from the outer corner rather than flicking up. An angled brush works best for this.
7. For very dramatic eyeliner (Amy Winehouse) mark out the lines in pencil to achieve the correct symmetry. Then fill in with liquid eyeliner.
8. A gel based eyeliner like MAC Fluidline, and a thin tapered brush are easier to control than traditional liquid eyeliner.
9. The tapered brush can be laid flat on it’s side and pulled across the lash line.
10. A felt tip pen eyeliner is easy to use, and more convenient than having a liner and a brush. Try Armani Maestro Liquid Eyeliner
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