How to do a winged eyeliner

Winged eyeliner is a challenge everybody seems to face. There is nothing more annoying than spending ages on redoing your flick or trying to match both sides. I do struggle with it everytime i try to do a winged eyeliner, but one technique helped me to downsize the amount of time i spend on doing a decent eyeliner.

You can use this technique with any type of eyeliner. Eyeshadow or gel liners are probably the best ones to use but it works with an eyeliner pen too.

So first you draw a line in your mind from the end of your eyebrow to the outer corner of your eye. Then you place your brush/pen on the line at the point you want your eyeliner flick to end and then draw the line down to the outer corner of your eye.

I like to do this on the other eye right afterwards and compare the two to make sure they are similar.

Now you can do your eyeliner line along your lashline until you reach the outer corner of your eye.

Last but not least you connect the two lines and you can make the part between the beginning of your flick and the line along your lashline as thin or as thick as you want. Depending on the look you are going for.

This technique took my eyeliner flicking (is that even a word?) from over 30 minute application and a lot of correcting and removing to a maximum of 15 minutes and a perfect result.

Do you have any tips on applying winged eyeliner?

Which eyeliner is good for what

When it comes to eyeliner there is not only a lot of brands to choose from, there are also all different types of formulas, ways and products. So in today's post i want to talk about which eyeliner formula and which way is good for achieving what kind of look.

Personally i am either using a brush or an eyeliner pen to do my eyeliner because i never really got along with liquid eyeliners.

GEL EYELINER

Gel eyeliner can be a bit tricky, but ones you are used to it they are amazing. Lasts long, no smudging and you can apply it with a brush. Every look you want to go for is possible whether it's a thin line along the lashline or a big one. Best tool to apply gel eyeliner (or eyeshadow eyeliner, more about that later) with is a thin angled brush, like the Zoeva 317 wing liner. When it comes to the formula the brand you choose is key. There are great gel eyeliners out there, but also not so nice ones. The Bobbi Brown gel eyeliners are some you can trust will be good. From the drugstore i use the Maybelline Eyestudio Gel Liner.

EYESHADOW WET OR DRY

This is my most used method to do my eyeliner, because i am best at applying my eyeliner with a brush. Plus i can use every eyeshadow i have there are no limits and i am able to match the color of my eyeliner to the rest of my eye makeup. You can use it either wet or dry. With dry eyeshadow it's possible to achieve a soft and more subtle look while the wet applied eyeshadow is more opaque and sharp. Which technique you use depends on the look you are going for. The wet method lasts longer on the eyelid without smudging or disappearing. You can either use water or (what i prefer) a setting spray.

EYELINER PEN

There are felt tip pens and those which have a real brushhair tip. Personally i prefer the ones with the brush kind of tip because the felt tip ones tend to go less opaque during application. It's not fun if you are done with the one eye and then have to wait ten minutes until the ink is back in the tip. That's really annoying. The Kat von D Tattoo Liner is a nice example for the brush tip liner type.

I like to use the eyeliner pen either for a really bold eyeliner, a glossy black result or a quick application. The eyeliner pens are your best friend for big or "normal" sized eyeliner lines, but it can be hard to do a really thin line though. A drugstore option is the L'oreal Super Liner.

Which products and ways do you prefer, when doing your eyeliner?