5 Must Follow Tips to Get the Perfect Cat Eye

Start with the Tightline Technique and connect roots of lashes

Tilt head pretty far back and have your eyes gaze down into a mirror Below your chin. The mirror needs to be right under your chin and apply liner with eyes open in order to get the roots of the lashes. You can easily use a vanity mirror and tilt it so it’s perpendicular. Secure elbow holding liner on a flat surface and rest hand face for support. Use other hand to gently press on the eyelid exposing the roots of lashes and holding the lash line a little taught. press and wiggle a little gel eyeliner into roots using a flat eyeliner brush *

*dip your favorite square eyeliner brush into a potted gel eyeliner. Use a very dark brown or extreme black. Remove excess on the back of hand. See pic.

Connect the Roots of Lashes with Pencil

Start by using a freshly sharpened pencil, or my preferred option gel eyeliner like Inglot Gel Eyeliner In Black $18

The key here is to get all the little spaces in between the lashes filled in with liner. BEFORE you attempt the winged liner. OR

Tightline the lashes with a gel liner and square brush.

If you skip this technique, you will get your liner too thick, and the cat eyeliner will float too high above the lash line and make the eye look smaller. The Key is to connect the lashes together from the root but not inside the water line. The worst thing to do is have a thick line floating above the lash line.

CATEYE WITH FELTIP LINER

Tap the felt tip liner on the back of your hand to start the flow of the product at a 45 degree angle.

Start liner at outermost 3/4ths of the corner of your eye. Use very small tiny brush like strokes keeping the felt tip liner horizontal. Place the liner tip as close to lash line as possible.

Stop short of the outer lash line and don't follow it all the way down.

Continue it in a straight horizontal line just short of the end of outer lash line.

Imagine a straighter across flick of the brush.

When you're looking straight ahead, the angle of the flick should be the right shape for your eye.

Apply more pressure to create a thicker line.

The inner corner can be connected after. Be sure its thinner on the inner corner. Dip a cotton swab in makeup remover to touch up any imperfections.

PRO TIPS: If you can't master the outer flick of the corner, you can always use a pencil liner or eyeshadow and smudge to get it how you like it and trace over it once you get the desired shape.

If you want to add some fun color, take a bright blue liner and apply it very thinly on the inner corner fading into the thicker outer corner.

For Green eyes, layer a plum liner on top of black liner to brighten the eyes and bring out the color.

If you get transfer or smudge in your crease from humidity you may want to take the liner a little thinner and use a little translucent powder on the lids to absorb excess oils.

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