Talk to me about eyeliner

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melmos75

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So, I'm not big into wearing eyeliner. Main reason is because I feel like I look like a racoon while wearing it. On the rare occasion that I do wear it I use a black eyeliner - so maybe it is the color. One of my resolutions this year is to look a little less "let go" when I am out in public so I want to try and make a better effort on my make-up.

My question is - what color eyeliner do you wear and what brand do you like the best?
 
Black....always black!

I wear Urban Decay Black Lava. It's kind of "shiny" and super black. Another I love love love is Smashbox cream liner. It comes in a little tub and you apply it with a brush. Trickier to do...but it's great stuff. Lola makes a good one that is really skinny so you get a thinner line and don't clump on so much.

I used to run a cosmetics store :) I can give you the scoop on all of em!
 
I love plum for me :) I also wear plum colored glasses though. I have auburn hair and green eyes. I also wear brown though.

I wear Maybelline liquid liner.
 
I wear MAC eyeliner the color is called Teddy. It is a slightly shimmery brown...I have hazel eye color too. This is one of my faves.
 
I use Mary Kay pencil eye liner. Mostly because it doesn't need sharpening! Maybe start with mascara. That can brighten your eyes up too.
 
I would try plum.
Maybeline has one that doesn't smudge. That helps with the racoon effect. But any raisin color would be great with hazel eyes. just make sure when you buy, that it doesn't have an eraser thing on the other end. That is to help smudge the eyeliner, which means it will.
 
:] yay my favorite topic.

you have the same colour eyes as me.. (the green.. hazel.. thing :] ) anyway.. black is really not that great on green eyes-- I mean, lest yer going emo (seeeeeee traci LOL).

my main eyeliner is a drk brown. plum looks great with green eyes too. I'm a layerer though.. LOL I also like turquoise :p and bright purple ^_^ .. but I don't really suggest those. A good earthy cozy brown is awesome.
 
Because I'm a total spaz with pencils, I use Bare Essentials black powder liner and apply it wtih a brush. I have hazely green eyes. If I wear brown shadow, I do the black liner. Occasionally I wear various shades of purple shadow to bring out the green, and then I wear a deep purple liner, again from BE and applied with a brush.
 
I'm glow in the dark white with blonde lashes and brows so black is out for me. I usually wear a brown, bronze or purple (that's my fave). I have blah grey/blue/green eyes. I rarely line the bottom and that helps avoid the raccoon thing and still gives them a bit of ooomph.
 
black or dark brown like la suggested. use very little. very close to the lash line. smudge it in for a smokey nonacoon look. :D
 
p.s. eyeliner is sexy. you'll get used to it once you figure out how you like to wear it. it supposed to thicken the lash line. nothing more. HTH. i should do a make-up tut. excuse the thinkin' out loud.
 
my eyeliner is not about emphasizing my lashes :p LOL .. but I do my make up a wee differently than you fizzster hahaha
 
I use a "charcoal" color... but don't know if it's good or bad for my eyes, that's just always what I've used! I don't even know the brand (sad I Know)... maybe cover girl. Anyway, it's super cool, it's not liquid or a pencil... it twists up and it's super easy to apply and "erase" if it's wrong. but I am so so so far from a make-up expert.
 
I use Maybeline black eyeliner. The one in the red pen. I've been using it for almost 30 years now (though not the same pen). Sometimes I venture out and buy Maybelline plum or green eyeliner, for when I get 'fancy' with my makeup. :)
 
I also have hazel/green eyes and I use a brown eyeliner. I love the Organics line from Boots. You can get it at Target. It goes on so easily.....soft and smooth and doesn't bleed down my face by the end of the day.

Susan
 
An add-on to this - how close do you get to the corner of your eye when you apply liner (top & bottom)? My bottom lashes are pretty sparse as they go to toward the corner of my eye. I too am terrible with liner and it always looks horrendous when I do it.....

Stephanie
 
some people suggest no liner on the bottom.. I am not those people though :p LOL I go allll the way across but REALLY thin on the bottom (I use liquid liner for my brown) and of course I go all the way across on the top (but thicker)
 
i have almond shaped eyes and lashes that extend the length of them so i go all the way out on the bottom. sometimes when i wanna be really cool, i'll put it right inside my eyelid too and all the way around the inside of my eye towards my nose. i actually rarely wear it on top.
 
i don't do eyeliner much. i'm big on mascara though! i have long lashes, but they're a light brown at the tips so when i wear black mascara they stand out better. i ALWAYS wear mascara. i don't do much with makeup. i wear almay smart shade foundation. (love it. its really light) powder if i have it, though it makes my skin dry, and usually a brown or plummy brown eyshadow. i have dark blue eyes. i have no idea what i'm doing usually, lol.
 
I have blue eyes and I usually go for the black, from Avon. But I also have another one from Avon, but it's purple.

If you're not comfortable with the eyeliner, you can try an angle brush and use an eye shadow whose color is the oposite of your eyes. You can try a gold one, a lilac one... It's like eyeliner and you can still smoke the eye :)
 
I'm not big on eyeliner either, but when I do wear it, I use either brown or reddish-brown...I have reddish hair that turns more golden in the summer and more brownish in the winter...I guess depends on how much time I spend outside. I can't handle the hard pencils or liquid stuff...I use the 'crayons'. They are easier for me to control for whatever reason.
 
I have Hazel eyes, dark hair and fair skin... and the one I like best on me for everyday is Almay #04 Raisin Quartz. It's kindof a brownish plum color and it really brings out the green in my eyes.

One of the secrets for me to NOT look like a racoon is, on the bottom, don't put the liner all the way to the inside corner... just go from the outside corner to about 1/3 of the way in.
 
i'm very light on the makeup, I don't usually do my eyes or lipstick unless I'm going out somewhere very nice. When I wanna "dress up" a bit (aka makeup for the mall vs. the grocery store, LOL) I'll put just a little hint of liner in the bottom outer corner of my eye. It is just enough to give my eyes a little more presence and I don't feel all racooney.
 
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