HOW TO PROPERLY APPLY EYE LINER

• Using either too Little or Too Much Eye Liner – One of the basics on how to apply eye liner is using the right amount of product. By using too little, you won’t be able to get the best effect from your eye liner. On the other hand, too much eye liner will overpower the rest of your eye makeup, and waste your efforts in choosing the right eye shadow and applying your mascara expertly.

• Using Greasy Pencils on Your Lower Lashes – Applying eye liner may seem difficult at times. However, you shouldn’t use a slick pencil just to make your work easy, as you will be cleaning up smeared and smudged eye liner later.

• Lining the Inside Rim of Your Lids and the Area Between Your Lashes – Before, when learning how to apply eye liner, you may have been instructed to make sure that your lids’ inner rim, and the area between your lashes, received a generous amount of product. However, applying it this way will only guarantee you to have perfect eye makeup for a short period of time. Afterwards, your eye liner will smear and deposit into the corner of your eye. Not only does this look unattractive, but it will also affect your cornea in the long run.

• Ignoring Your Eye Size While Applying Eye Liner – You always need to keep in mind your eye size when applying eye liner. Small or close-set eyes, for example, will not benefit from thick eye liner, because, this will make the eye look smaller or closer. So, first, you need to learn how to apply eye liner to suit your eye shape.

• Applying Eye Shadow as Eye Liner without the Proper Instruments – Many guides that teaching how to apply eye liner, recommend using eye shadow instead of pencil or liquid eye liner. However, unless you have the right brush (a small, precise, fine-tipped brush), you should avoid this technique. Besides, it can be a difficult method for those learning how to apply eye liner to attempt.

• Lining Only Your Bottom Lash Line – Some guides recommend using this product only on the bottom lash line. However, if you listen to those, you will end up adding years to your age. Lining your bottom lash line alone will make your eyes seem droopy and heavy, therefore making your face appear older
• Older Women Choosing Stark Eye Liner – Using eye liner that appears stark on your eyelids will make you look older. As it will draw attention to the lines and wrinkles you have around your eyes. So, if you’re above 40 and your skin is starting to develop symptoms of aging, you need to learn how to apply eye liner the conventional way rather than following the trends set by bolder young artists such as Lady Gaga.

• Applying Mascara Before Eye Liner – Some women believe that applying mascara first will allow them to assess how much eye liner they would use. However this is wrong, applying mascara after your eye liner allows you to compensate for any lack of depth or definition you may have caused by applying your eyeliner wrong. In addition, because you are still working on your eyes, you are bound to disturb your mascara causing it to flake.