Love the way your black liquid liner looks winged out as it elongates and makes your eye shape appear bigger and almond-like? But, not sure of wearing it every day as it gives you that feeling of sporting a 1960’s Bollywood eye makeup look? No worries as today’s makeup lesson will help you achieve a softer winged eye liner look. Now you needn’t compromise with the winged look, yet make it look soft at the same time! Here’s our DIY makeup hack that will help you carry the beautiful classic winged eye liner shape, but with a softer finish, making it totally appropriate for daytime, college, office or just for a delicate eye makeup look.
Let’s make a list of the products that are needed for this DIY makeup hack:
Read on to know the steps to achieve that soft and sharp liquid eyeliner look:
Hydration is the basic step we need to follow before applying any kind of makeup. The same principle also applies to eye makeup! Gently pat your favorite under-eye cream to moisturize the delicate area and to relieve the dryness. Even a little dryness can make your makeup appear unattractive.
Start by applying and blending it gently with your ring finger till it blends into the skin. People with darker and pigmented eyelids can use salmon or orange color corrector before applying the concealer. Doing this will hide the dark circles, and also create an even base for the eye makeup. Finally, set it with a compact powder to stop creasing of the products applied.
Now apply your favorite eye shadow to the eyelid area of your eyes. Load the eye shadow on a flat brush and softly pat the color over the moving eyelid area.
I picked a gorgeous light champagne gold satiny eye shadow color for this tutorial to clearly reflect the effect of the soft winged eye liner look. Now, take a black liquid eye liner and you can do a dramatic winged eye liner look like you usually do — thick or thin, totally depending upon your preference.
Now, wait a few seconds for the formula to set and completely dry. Then, take a clean cotton swab and gently run it along the outer edge of your winged eye liner. Swap the cotton bud along the outer edges only, and do not bring it near the upper lash line area. The idea behind this step is to soften the outer sharp edge of our winged eye liner, but you should also remember not to remove the pigmentation of the liquid eyeliner as it might make your eye makeup appear worn out and faded.
Gently press and softly run to and fro motions on the outer edges of the winged eye liner. Remember not to pull the eye liner over the upper lash line of the eyelid area as it will give a faded and messy appearance, which will not look good even for the casual everyday look.
Now, take a matte black eye shadow on a thin angled eye shadow brush and gently push it on your upper lash line, just above the winged eye liner. This step is optional, and if you are in a hurry, you can totally skip it. I recommend that to do, if you have a few extra minutes in hand as it will increase the longevity of your eye makeup and also reduce the sharp liquid eye liner look.
And, you are done! There you have the soft, yet elongated winged eye liner look.
Try it and let us know in the comments section below.