Guest Blogger Christine Mielke From Temptalia - Cat Eyeliner How-To
Today, our super special Total Beauty Guest Blogger is Christine Mielke, founder and editor-in-chief of Temptalia -- a go-to destination for the latest news, reviews, and how-tos on all your favorite beauty products. Here, she gives us advice on how to score the perfect cat eye.
This tutorial is designed to show you step-by-step how to line your upper lash line and wing out the liner subtly, which is typically called a cat-eye. The cat-eye is a great way to wear a retro, matte red lip or really bold, deep lip colors. Bold lips are always amazing when paired with such a neutral, natural eye. Make sure you know basic eyeshadow application tips before you start!
Products Used: Liquid black liner of your choice, wash of a neutral, low-shimmer color of your choice, semi-matte darker brown for the crease, and highlight color of your choice.
Product Suggestions: If you're not a fan of liquid liner, opt for a pencil liner or felt-tip pen liners.
Brushes Used: MAC 239, MAC 219, MAC 266
Click through the gallery for pictures and easy-to-follow steps.
Here are some additional tips for working with liquid liner:
This tutorial is designed to show you step-by-step how to line your upper lash line and wing out the liner subtly, which is typically called a cat-eye. The cat-eye is a great way to wear a retro, matte red lip or really bold, deep lip colors. Bold lips are always amazing when paired with such a neutral, natural eye. Make sure you know basic eyeshadow application tips before you start!
Products Used: Liquid black liner of your choice, wash of a neutral, low-shimmer color of your choice, semi-matte darker brown for the crease, and highlight color of your choice.
Product Suggestions: If you're not a fan of liquid liner, opt for a pencil liner or felt-tip pen liners.
Brushes Used: MAC 239, MAC 219, MAC 266
Click through the gallery for pictures and easy-to-follow steps.
Here are some additional tips for working with liquid liner:
- If you are completely new to liquid lining, don't bother doing it when you've already created a hot eyeshadow look. Work on your liquid lining skills with just a bare eye -- when you've gotten the hang of it, that's when you incorporate it into your looks. It is really hard to correct big mistakes (small ones you can usually cover!), so why ruin a look you have already created?
- Try to rest your elbow onto the countertop so it can help steady your hands.
- Keep cotton swabs and eye makeup remover handy. Dip the cotton swab into the remover, and use it to erase any mistakes and make that line look even.
- Sometimes you may feel better lining in sections (think of three sections -- inner upper lash line, middle upper lash line, and outer upper lash line), because you can slowly go through the process.
- Cheat your way through liquid liner by applying it first (so you can fix it without ruining your eyeshadow), and then putting your eyeshadow on. When you use black liquid liner, it is often quite apparent despite shadow falling on top of it. This way, you can just go back lightly to intensify the color afterwards, but you will have already gotten your perfect shape.
