How To: Winged Eyeliner

When it comes to winged eyeliner, I'm really not an expert. In fact, I'm actually really bad at it, but I've found a really easy method to help make it a little bit easier as I'm sure we've all had trouble trying to get the perfect flick.

Step 1: The Eyeliner

Trying to do winged liner can be really difficult it the actual product itself isn't very good. I like using felt tip liners at first to get the shape right as they are really easy and precise to use. The one I like is the Collection 24 Hour Felt Tip Liner. I then go in with another Collection eyeliner, it's the Collection a Work the colour Eyeliner. This has a more wet and darker formula and is a bit more messy if you go wrong, which is why I like to use it second.

Step 2: The Flick

The way I acctually do the winged liner, is firstly just draw a fine line very close to your lash line. Then to do the flick you want to picture a line from the end of your eyebrow to the outer edge of you eye. Then just draw a straight line for the flick, but don't make it too long! Keep some cotton buds nearby incase it goes wrong!

Step 3: Connecting the Lines

Right now your eyeliner might not look very smooth and probably quite harsh. You'll want to join up the flick with the fine line along the lash line by creating almost a triangle, I'm not exactly sure how to explain it but hopefully you get the gist. Then just fill it in and you have your winged eyeliner!

It does take a bit of practice (and concentration) to master the winged eyeliner, I definitely haven't mastered it yet! It takes me many tries and a long time to do it. But hopefully these tips helped you! Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed!  

Kylie Jenner Inspired Makeup Look

 

 

 

Products used:

Rimmel Professional Brow Pencil in Balck Brown

Collection 24 Hour Extreme Felt Tip Liner

17 Va Va Voom Mascara

Rimmel Kate Moss Lipstick in 08

I'm a huge fan of Kylie Jenner, especially her makeup. I am so jealous of her lips, MAC velvet teddy is definitely on my wishlist (apparently that's the lipstick she uses.) Today I did a makeup look inspired by Kylie Jenner, mainly the picture she posted on instagram about 30 weeks ago, I didn't base it on her recent selfies mainly because I didn't want to wear eyeshadow and I wanted to do a winged eyeliner.

For the lips I used Rimmel Kate Moss lipstick in 08 which is the closest colour I have to Kylie's lips. She likes to wear a mauvey brown nude and the Rimmel lipstick is a great alternative. I did apply it a bit further than my lip line to make my lips fuller. Unfortunately the lipstick I used isn't matte, so what I did was dust some translucent powder on top to give it a matte finish!

On my eyes I used the Collection 24 Hour Extreme Felt Tip Liner to create a winged look. I then filled in my brows with the Rimmel Professions Brow Pencil in Black Brown.

So that is all I did to create a similar look to Kylie Jenner. Obviously I don't look like her! That's not what I'm trying to say haha, I mean I just recreated the same makeup look she did but I know I don't look like her haha. This is just my take on her makeup! I hope you enjoyed it, thanks for reading!

Maybelline Lasting Drama Gel Eyeliner Review

 

Hey beauties! Today I am going to review the Maybelline Lasting Drama Gel Eyeliner. This is a gel eyeliner but in a pot. I have the black colour but I think they also come in brown and purple, I'm sure they have other colours as well. 

 

I like using this to just line my eyes and define them a bit more. It is really easy to apply and glides on very nicely. It has a matte finish which I like because it looks slightly more natural and subtle. Pigmentation-wise I would give this a 8/10 because sometimes I have to keep going over to create a smooth and even line. But sometimes if you want a softer look it is nice that the colour isn't so jet black. The formula of this is really nice though and I really like this.

 

It does come with a small brush which is helpful if you don't already have one. But personally I don't use it as it is very hard and feels sharp on my eyes. Also it goes even harder if you do not wash it after every time you use it when, let's be honest, you can't always be bothered to wash it. Especially if you use it everyday. I prefer to use the Real Techniques Fine Liner Brush or the Brow Brush. But you could always use any brush you prefer.

 

Overall this product is really nice and I really like it. It lasts a very long time and does not smudge or budge at all. It is even quite difficult for me to remove at the end of the day. Therefore I erally recommend this and you can pick this up from Boots or Superdrug. Thanks for reading and have a nice day! Bye!