Sorry I don’t have cleavage shots for you guys today. Clearly, that was the highlight of my last entry. Clearly, I was doing this whole blogging thing all wrong and I should include more boob-shots next time. You vulgar animals, you, rowr!
Basically, this is how I wear eyeliner for just about every FOTD now:
If you want the step-by-step breakdown, please keep reading. If you have too much time on your hands, keep reading.
You will find that I don’t rely on eyeliner alone to achieve a well-lined eye. It is important to highlight and blend properly.
When reading this, please keep the following in mind:
- This tutorial is only for the eyeliner. The reader is supposed to assume that I will be applying this look with a complete application of eye shadows. I omitted the eye shadows so you can see the eyeliner better. Otherwise, this is exactly how I have applied eyeliner for most of my FOTDs, including the most recent smoky eyes.
- The desired effect I am trying to achieve here is not to make my eyeliner show but to make my eyes stand out more.
- You can extend the eyeliner to any length you desire. For this look, I made my eyeliner tail rather short.
- You will never see me wearing harsh thick eyeliner that look like elf eyes got painted on my closed eyelids. I respect anyone who prefers that technique but I don’t like the technique itself.
- The tutorial I am about to post is not the one and only technique out there for monolids. Don’t ever believe what others say about how there is only one right way to do makeup for single eyelids. Same with color choices. Bright pastel colors may be harder to apply without making our eyelids look puffy, but you can remedy that with the right application of contouring colors.
- I like English muffins. I’m serious. Keep that in mind.
Believe it or not, just about all my recent EOTDs have been done using the same technique, with maybe slight variation in thickness and tail-length of the eyeliner. Just add eye shadow.
Now, then. Read on if you want to know how you can get from here:
before eye makeup
to here:
after eye liner, but no eye shadow... and obviously a mascara that needs discarding
My bulgy flat unimpressive monolid eye. If you ever doubted my eyelids of being crease-less, then these pictures must surely be enough evidence. By modern Asian social standards, my eyes would be considered quite unattractive and in need of cosmetic alteration. This is why I almost called my blog “the Monolid Rebellion”. I don’t have to be proud of my monolids, but I sure as hell don’t need to hate them either.
can you tell i cleaned up my brows since the last time? Now that the full moon is over, maybe the hair won’t grow back so fast cuz I am apparently a fucking werewolf… or just a werewolf… that doesn’t fuck… ok, shut up, Alienman
REMINDER:
Remember, I have omitted eye shadows so you can get a better look at the eyeliner. I would not wear this alone without wearing some eye shadow to blend it in more. Just like you wouldn’t wear a perfect bra without a top over it… or would you? If you would, don’t tell me about it.
Contouring: Apply a dark eye pencil or eye shadow to the outer edges of both upper and lower lash lines, then blend.
using NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Slate and a cotton swab
Should look like this:
Lining: Start at the outer third of your upper lash line, just before the point where it would not get swallowed up by your eyelid. I have been doing it this way for almost all my FOTDs, including the two most recent smoky eye looks.
You can extend the end to any length and thickness you desire, so long as it follows the contours of your eye shape, but make sure you always start at the outer third of the lash line. Now that I think about it, I guess I should have made it longer here to show better.
Lower lash line: Line only the outer third. I also shifted down a bit from my lash line, which is not necessary but still effective in widening your eyes. This is a technique I picked up from browsing Japanese gyaru magazines. You have to be really careful and subtle about this for a daytime look, though. Sometimes, I fail miserably and walk around looking like I forgot to remove all my Pierrot makeup. Yet, here I am, with a makeup blog, talking like I know shit.
using: angled stiff liner brush with MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack
If you get a messy line like I did, just smudge it out with a cotton swab and go over it again, like I did. Then blend in that harsh line with the same contouring color you used for the first step.
Optional step that I left out: use a white kohl pencil to line your waterline and make your eyes look wider
Highlight: Use a silver or gold shimmer or pearlescent color to highlight the inner lower lash line.
Using: NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Cottage Cheese. Don’t forget to blend, blend, blend!
Curl lashes and apply mascara. Don’t use old clumpy mascara like I did. Holy crap, my lashes look awful HAHAHA. I wonder if Velcro balls would stick to them…
So, there you have it. This is me with just the eyeliner technique and no eye shadow.
i wonder if anyone has noticed i’ve been doing this same exact face and pose for all my recent FOTDs. crap, maybe i shouldn’t be writing this down and making you notice but my fingers! they keep typing!! i will be the next “same face in every picture” girl.
do I smell FOOD?! applied NYX Round Lipstick in Circe and NYX Mega Lipgloss in Crystal Soda
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oh stupid white tshirt. why can’t you just take it off?? oops.. was that too forward?
i’ve never thought to just like the top outer end… this is a very interesting method that i must try soon.
has anyone told you your lips look very…. suckable? OMG THIS SOUNDS LIKE pr0n. but true, they’re so pouty and.. yay for zacky!
i learned something new today….
*mumbles english muffins…. *mumbles*
Ah, you’re just being too sensitive about your eyes. I think they look pretty, even without eye makeup. Anywaiz, I learned the same eye lining technique for the upper lashes from that book “How not to look old”. The lower lash one is new to me. I’m glad you bring this up as a lot of people think that they need to line their lashes very dark to be visible or something.
great tutorial, thanks! clear, easy to follow, and funny!
You know, you’re really cute with or without makeup.
I do a similar thing, except I fill in a little triangle at the tail end of the the wing instead of just a line. I tend to look silly with just a little line poking out, and the way my eyelid folds, it ends up looking like a regular wing anyway.
I love your monolids. It’s very unique, and makes one stand out from the crowd. I think it’s hot. The American supermodels like Hye Park have monolids, and she is so gorgeous!!! (: monolid sisters unite!! =P
“I don’t have to be proud of my monolids, but I sure as hell don’t need to hate them either. ”
You said it lady!! More then half of the monolid-ed girls I knew from highschool have gotten surgery after graduating/going to college. Sad sight.
No cleavage shots? Damn! I was looking forward to them.
Anyway, I don’t like the thick eyeliner method either… I think it looks weird on me. I’ve gotta try this method though!
Yeah true, thick eyeliner is not a MUST, just because we are monolid-ed, hehe…
The ways you line your eyes is super flattering for your eyeshape!
I also do my winged eye-liner the way May described above (with the triangle filled in) but I have a double eye lid. It might be a bit overwhelming for monolids; you did yours nicely!
Your complexion looks so nice right now! Do you think it’s due to the blueberry smoothies or have you changed your skin care regimen at all?
Also, I found the Sigur Ros video I was asking you about before (it’s Untitled #1).
how come circe looks peachy on you? it just looks beige on me. D:
thank you, everyone, for your support
especially your kind comments about my take on monolids.
and yes… no cleavage this time LOL but i’ll try my best to include boob shots for you in the future for a small membership fee lawl
jen: circe by itself is peachy and unflattering on me, so i coated it with crystal soda which is a peachy pink.
mary: i think this is actually my first time seeing that video but i’m so glad you mentioned it b/c i really like it! <3 sigur ros. thank you!! i'm so excited that explosions in the sky are playing in portland. i hope i can go to their show! and my skin did get a bit better thanks to the blueberries and, i think, the fish oil, but without the makeup it's still not that great-looking. the camera and lighting have been quite good to me, to be honest.
and to you and may: yea, i sometimes fill in the triangle, too
but i'd like to see how you guys do it!! c'mon share some techniques
dao: i think you misread what i wrote, lol. i wasn't criticizing my own eyes. i was criticizing modern asian societal standards of beauty for its rigid definition of beauty. but thank you for saying they're pretty!! you're the sweetest, as always!
NO matter how I try to line my eyes it’s a FAIL!! Cuz my damn hooded lids are shit!!
You on the other had very pretty eyes!!
Seriously!! Great lining tut! I will have to try & see if it works for me. Talk shit like you know shit! LOL! And hey I’m a werewolf right there with ya! I should get my brows done this week but I’m lazy. Maybe I’ll do it myself again.. hrmm.. but when I tried that 3 wks ago, I gave me a bit of a bald spot… oh well..
Aww shucks no CLEAVAGE SHOTS?! LOL!! next time!! And I love your face!! I don’t care if the pose is the same everytime!! That’s how my pics are too! LOL!
I love the way you line your eyes, it makes them really pop I on the other hand am terrible with eyeliner, it always looks like someone took permanent marker and drew a big fat line across my eyelids. I have random creases on my eyes that make it difficult for me to wear eyeliner, it always seems to disappear towards the inner part of my eyelids! Ugh I hate it…
Btw I think you have beautiful eyes and I also think Asian beauty standards are fucked up!
Omg talk about run on sentences! Lol that’s what happens when you write comments on your phone!
You are a monolid rembrandt!! FANTASTIC!
I like your way of lining, its very subtle but still defines your eyes. I actually have that dilemma because one of my friends has monolids like that, and I didn’t know what to do in terms of liner when I was giving her a makeover. Now I know
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nice tutorial! my lids like to switch from being monolids to sort of folding to one lid folding and the other sitting there all crazy-like (wth? i give up on eye makeup those days). this reminds me that I need to get a white eyeliner again…I ended up using my old one to mark a pair of pants that I had to cut & hem cause I ran out of that chalk…lol
Awesome tutorial, thanks! I’ve always admired the winged-eyeliner look, but lining my entire eye just made my already puffy eyelids look even puffier.
I’m glad you guys like this tutorial! I really do hope it serves as an alternative to the thick eyeliner look that many MUAs resort to because they simply don’t know how to do monolid makeup. I also hope that this becomes only one of many alternatives that monolids will come across in the future!
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I love your monolids. It's very unique, and makes one stand out from the crowd. I think it's hot. The American supermodels like Hye Park have monolids, and she is so gorgeous!!! (: monolid sisters unite!! =P
love this! what i do is i use a eyeliner brush (the angled ones) and i apply a smokey gray/black shadow in a thick line close to my lashline. the thickness should show up when you open your eyes. then i just line close to my lashline with a black liner (that actually shows up! lol) on the top, and line the outer third of my lower lashline with black. then i do what you do with the sparkly white and stuff. it really makes a difference!
jackie: I like to do the dark shadow on my lashline, too.
Hi would like to know how i can make my eyes look rounder with eyeliner? Thanks
You genius, you. This is awesome.
thx for the info…. n i hav hav monolids… sometimes my frens wud be lik do u have eyelashes cuz of ma monolids….. i doe particularly love or hate them…. but i certainly don’t want to change them… that’s how i was born with n i rather not change cuz the ppl say its unattractive or w/e