There are several Eyeliner colour options available in the market – Black, Green, Blue, Gold, Red, Pink, Silver, Brown and more! Oh and they all look very alluring. However when we try to experiment with different colours of liners, we fail to show case our eyes with the desired effect. Still it’s not surprising to see celebs pull them off so brilliantly. So you might want to ask yourself if there is really some magic involved. Or is it just the understanding of colours and how to use them right?
The answer to this question lies in understanding the tones of the colours and their rules of application. So read more to know about eyeliner makeup.
Today I will show you three basic eyeliner shades for application viz. Green, Brown and Black.
A. Green Eyeliner:
This is a subtle colour but can come in a variety of shades. You can take a dark green, a light green or even a moss green. It is best to go for pencil liners for the upper rim when you’re aiming for a smudged and sultry look. And if it is summer, you should go for pencil liners for the lower rim too! You don’t want to end up with makeup dripping off your face.
Follow these simple steps:
1. Start from the corner of the eye near the nose. Do not make any extensions there. Move in a broad fashion to cover perfectly along the rim such that there are no gaps between the lashes and the liner. After reaching the outer corner, swing the liner towards the top and extend a bit in a tail. Green liners look best in the tail forms.
Now for the lower rim – start from one corner and move along the line below the lower lash line. Do not use on the lower rim line or water line. Many use colour on water liner too but it makes eyes look too flat and pale. I personally do not prefer this. If however your liner is dark green, then you can directly use on the water line.
Extend the end of the lower liner in a tail as shown in the picture
Use a brown liner on the water line. This contrasts with the green liner used just below the water line. I will not suggest using black here.
Take a Shadow applicator and smudge the top rim liner a bit to blend in with the shadow. Green liner goes very well with bronze or orange shadow which I have used on my lid.
Here is the final look. It can be really nice for a summer day out or for an autumn day time eye makeup. It’s light and fresh. A Light blue eye liner can be used in a similar way as green.
[ Read: How To Apply Black Eye Makeup ]
B. Brown:
Brown colour liner has to be used very carefully otherwise it can close the look of the lids. Your eyes may appear smaller. For using brown liner perfectly, do not join the lines from the upper and lower rim at the exteriors. This is true if you are using a pencil and a lighter shade of brown. This is however not the case in case of real dark brown ( near to black ) liquid liners.
Follow these simple steps:
1. Draw a broad line perfectly following the upper lash line and keeping in mind that there should be no extensions near the nose. See that there is no gap between the lashes and the liner.
When you reach the outer end of the lid, swing the liner upwards just a tiny bit. Do not extend. Brown liners with tail extensions do not look good. However if you can pull off a retro extension like that of Hema Malini, it can work.
2. For the lower rim line, draw on to the water line and also below the water line. When you reach the outer edge, swing the liner a little down making sure that there is nice separation between the top and lower extensions.
Here is the final look. Brown liners look best when not smudged and on light pinkish base, it just brings out the whole colour.
[ Read: Blue Eye Makeup Tutorial ]
C. Black:
Black liners are the most common type of liners. I love using black liquid liners the most. It gives me much needed precision for drawing different types of winged extensions. Black liners need not be smudged at all. For beginners however, you can use very well sharpened and pointed tipped black liner pencil.
I’ve used a metallic copper shade on the lids.
Look 1:
A lining without any extensions. Just follow the rim line. For lower rim you can use a pencil liner or kajal or the liquid liner itself.
Look 2:
Here you extend the top liner both ways without extending the lower rim lining. A classic look to try.
Look 3:
Here you extend and the lower rim lining meets the upper lash lining at the inner end of the nose and outer end of the eye in a classic winged form.
Look 4:
Here the meeting of the liner on the inner side of the nose is evident but the lining on the outer end swings away from the upper lash lining and you get an elegant duo tailed liner look.
Hope you enjoyed the article on eyeliner tips. Which of these looks do you like the most?
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