How can I make a cat-eye effect using eyeliner?
I need to know which eyeliner I should use and also the technique for making 1960′s mod cat-eye (think Audrey Heburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s) on my own eyes.
If you think I should use a liquid liner, please recommend a brand for me.
Thanks!
March 11th, 2010 at 6:56 am
I’m no expert but try this out when ur free. Use your eyeliner to make a line as usual on ur eyelids and then a little out of it as well… not too much. You know, paint that line and then continue a little more off your eyelid….. NOT TOO LONG A LINE!!! JUST A LITTLE! please make sure u try it out beforehand to see if u like it… don’t do it at the back of a cab, or at work with no mirror the first time!
March 11th, 2010 at 7:22 am
I personally use a liquid and it doesnt really matter which one you use. I use one my cousin gave me. Ive also used a cake eyeliner..doesnt matter which its left up to preference. You will also need:
Cake eyeliner in Black
Eyeliner brush
Eyeshadow brush
Q-Tips
Chubby pencil in dark shades
Dark color eyeshadow (You don’t want the color to be too matte or too shiny—it just needs a little iridescence. Flat matte colors are too hard and shiny colors are too messy)
Black mascara
One pair (two if you’re daring) of Ardel demi whispies. Individual lashes can be used for a more subtle look, and also to enhance the upper outer lashes to pull your eyes up and open and angle them up for cat-shaped eyes.
A good eyebrow pencil
Highlight shimmer for under the eyebrows
Make sure you’ve applied your foundation, concealer and powder. (Don’t forget to powder your under-eye concealer too!)
Start by using your chubby pencil. Stroke from the front corner to the end of your lash line drawing a soft smudgy line.
With the eyeliner brush apply a dark eyeshadow (like Masquerade) against your smudged line for a soft smoky look.
Moisten your q-tip and gently blend the edges.
For the top eyeliner: Take your eyeliner brush with the cake eyeliner for an awesome cat eye shape or look. Place
your index finger at the end of your eyebrow and gently stroke your eyeliner down towards your lashes, going from
a thicker line at the outer corner and getting thinner as you go inward. Apply line thickness to desired look and
stroke down into your natural lashes.
Take your eyeshadow brush and dip it into shadow. Think of your eye as a picture frame to pop out or enhance your
eye by applying the shadow from the bottom corner continuing up into the top eyeliner, connecting the top and
bottom eyeliners (like a sideways V). Stay in the creases only and go from the outer end of the crease to the inner.
For a super glam look, fill in the whole eyelid with your eyeshadow. Don’t worry if you make a mistake. Q-tips are like erasers.
Curl lashes, then apply a coat of mascara. (ALWAYS use an eyelash curler to curl your eyelashes before applying
mascara.) The trick to the cat eye is to pull everything up and out. If you want even more enhancement, throw on
one pair of lashes—and if you are daring enough throw on a second pair. Do not put another layer of mascara on
top of that. You want the lashes to be fluffy, flirty and sexy.
To polish this look off, draw a nice brow with a little bit of an arch and apply some super shimmer highlight on your
eyebrow bone. You can’t have color and glitter on your eye for a smoky look but you can put some on your brow
bone as an accessory.
March 11th, 2010 at 7:29 am
I really love Almay’s intense i-color The colors available are classic but with a punch. It’s a liquid liner with a small tipped foam applicator that makes applying easy.
For cat eyes, begin at the inner corner with a light touch then as you go along the rest of your eye press a little firmer for a bolder line coming all the way to the end and without stopping sweep upward. Do the same with your bottom lashes just not so bold.Another way to try is to draw with the tip the shape and size you want then fill the rest in when you’re satisfied with the shape.Have fun!
March 11th, 2010 at 8:09 am
Use a liquid eyeliner that comes like a pencil…it will make lining your eyes easier…there’s one by the NYC makeup line…it has a felt tip…but I’ve only seen black in that kind…
March 11th, 2010 at 8:09 am
Smudge, smudge, smudge.
Use a khol pencil and smudge up and to the sides for a sexy, bedroom eye look.
I prefer khol over liquid. Liquid goes everywhere and doesn’t dry quick enough :]