How To Apply Eye Liner

Eyeliner is one of the vital cosmetics used in outlining, defining and beautifying the eyes as desired. The eyeliner market is tremendously flooded with numerous brands that offer ranges of options in terms of color, type and texture.

Most cosmetic companies offer liquid, pencil, cake and felt tip eyeliners. Because the tissue of the eye area is particularly delicate, choosing the best eyeliner pencil that is very soft enough to slide along easily is very important.

There are numerous tips and guidelines with which you can beautify your eyes. While choosing eyeliners, be sure to select those that are matching for your eye color. According to the eye color, you can choose brown, navy and charcoal liners that give gorgeous beauty on light colored eyes while brown and plum shades offer awesome effect on dark brown and black eyes.

While silvers and charcoal hues of eyeliners are most excellent on blue and green eyes; rich red browns are ideal for blue eyes and golds are best for green eyes. You should also make sure that your eye liner goes together with the color of your shadow too.

Choosing of eyeliner also depends on the type of look you require. Pencil eyeliner offers soft definition to your eyes, while liquid versions of eye liners proffer precision and drama. You can also apply your eyes with a small flat brush of liner to moisten dark eye shadow.

If you prefer to use pencil eyeliner, then you should first make preparation before applying them to your eyes. You should sharpen the end of the pencil adequately as well as warm and soften the tip by heating them with hot zap using a hair dryer. This will help to make smoother outlining. When using liquid eye liners you should check for the possible clumps or excess. When using a cake liner, make sure to apply little amount of water to the brush before applying to your eyes. Sharpen the tips of the line sufficiently and glide the wet end from beneath your eyes by holding them as you hold a pen.

For perfect angle of application, titling the head backward while bringing the eyes to a half-open state is important. Then slowly draw an outline across your upper lid from the inside corner to the outside corner of your eyes. When using liquid eye liner, give time for it to dry by not opening your eye completely as the color may spread into and outside the eyes. Smudging the line with your brush, a cotton swab or finger helps in softening the looks of the eyeliner. You can line the lower lids similarly by gliding from outside to inward, making the lines at the outside corner appear outside than inside. Liquid liner should be applied in a smooth stroke.