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mz.shanzie · Kenneth Cole

Eyeliner help..

LRae9107 · Nine West

Do you just line the top of your eyes? I have brown eyes, too. Dark brown pencil liner on only the top lids looks best on me.

Kitty · Hermes

I only line the top lid w/ black liner (and even then, I'm just using black shadow w/ an angle brush and adding a little water). Then, I "line" the bottom (only the outside half) with an angle brush and a softer color (usually whatever color eyeshadow I'm wearing). I don't think a hard line of black eyeliner all across the bottom of the eye flatters anyone.

Kelly · Hermes

I always put my darker eyeliner on the top of my lid smudged into my lash line - not the "rim". I line the bottom "rim" with white eyeliner, and it really makes your eyes pop and look bigger.

HTH.

Dizzy · Marc Jacobs

This used to happen to me, and it was because I was putting a heavy, defined line on the top. I learned to get the line RIGHT into the eyelashes, not above. And to smudge it. Then soften the line with a top layer of eye shadow. It helped a lot. Now I like to either dot a liquid liner along the top lid only, then blur the line with eye shadow so it's not too harsh. Or to rub the inside lower rim with a soft brown shadow, up into the corners. And top the upper lid with a shadow used wet as a liner (draw it on with a brush). But I have the stila smudge pot on teh way from Sephora this week, so I'm excited to try that...

XtinaStyles · Marc Jacobs

Why don't you try a pencil formula? I think the cream/liquid liners are best when doing a "cat eye". Line your eye from the inside out (top only) and make sure you extend just a tad past your natural eye. Use a q-tip, fingertip, or smudge brush to blend the line and make it look more natural. I searched for about 45 mins to find an illustration of what I meant and this is the best I could come up with:

mz.shanzie · Kenneth Cole

Thanks ladies! I think I am going to go to Sephora online and just drool over all the eyeliners until I find a lighter color I can play with. i appreciate all the advice!!!

mz.shanzie · Kenneth Cole

Thanks ladies! I think I am going to go to Sephora online and just drool over all the eyeliners until I find a lighter color I can play with. i appreciate all the advice!!!