SO I have no power this morning.
Yeah, I’ll survive but as far as witty blog posts goes, this will not be one of them. On the bright side, I now have an amazing excuse to buy coffee AND breakfast at Starbucks this morning so…
Tightlining.
Did you know that you don’t need to have a heavy line on your upper lash line to make your peepers pop? Well you don’t. Tightlining does it all. No extra liner required on those days when you wake up late with no power and you need to finish your blog post.
Sigh.
Tightlining your upper lash line is essentially closing the gap between your lashes and your eyelid skin, giving the illusion of fuller lashes and consequently a more intense eye. Really kick it up a notch and line the bottom waterline for a drama-tastic night time look.
Keep in mind, when you tightline the top lid you run the risk of getting that liner on your moist lower lid (the waterline) and you can let it ride like I did in the pic above or you can use a Q-tip to wipe it away.
Pretty easy, eh? This is a wear and go sort of liner that requires little to no skill.
Step 1
Using a long wear eye crayon, wiggle the pigment in between the lashes, filling the tiny gaps between the lashes and eyelid skin. To increase the intensity you can line the waterline which is the lip of skin that is below the lashes.
Step 2
Blink a few times and allow the residual color to come off as it may. Wipe the bottom waterline with a Q Tip to remove any liner. By drying the bottom like you are reducing the likelihood of excess liner transfer.
That’s that! You can apply this technique to the bottom lash line but know that if you, the result is more or less closing your eye inward and can make small eyes appear smaller. More intense, but smaller.
I always tightline my upper lashes whether I’m doing an above the lash liner or not since it really does make your lashes look more full without overpowering your eyes.
So tightlining. Any takers?
I love tight lining! It makes my lashes look really full without being overpowering! I feel you on the power thing as I’m fighting a summer cold! All kinds of wrong. Need ALL of the zicam! LOL!
Oh no! I hope you get better girl!! Summer colds are the absolute WORST -_-
Thanks, Liz!! Much better now! This one only lasted about 4 days instead of the usual 2 weeks! Hate summer colds too!
I’ve tried this and it does not work for me. No matter what liner I use, it transfers into my eyes and onto my contact lenses. So these days NOTHING goes on either waterline to prevent getting an eye infection.
Probably a good idea! Contact lens wearers have to be especially vigilant about eye care. I wonder if the tightline mascara wands would irritate your eyes? I know that they get very close to the base of the lash without actually placing product on the skin itself. Either way your makeup always looks fab so it’s not like you’re missing out 😉
I recently got too close to my eyes with my regular mascara wand and managed to get product on my lens. It hurt like hell. From then on I always carry a travel size bottle of solution in my bag for emergencies.
I love doing this to my eyes but only when I go out because like you said, it does add a more intense drama factor to the eyes and I’m not trying to seduce NO BODY at work.
Looking good boo boo, more power to you babe!
get it?
😀 😀
Haha yes more power would be nice 😛
I work in an office full of women. They’re nice gals but I’m right there with you…seduction is not necessary haha
Thanks babe <3
Is this accurate? I did not see you with Starbucks in hand! 🙂 However…
I love the look of eye liner. I would love to wear it just as you have portrayed…but I can never get it to look right. Maybe it’s my lack of eyesight when I am not wearing my corrective lenses or maybe I don’t have a steady hand, no clue! But it looks great on you! Woot Woot! 🙂
I love tightlining. It definitely makes the lashes stand out and adds something x
Yes! On the days I forget to tightline I feel like my lids are naked. Too much exposed skin!!! 😉
Well you’ve convinced me. Tightlining is the way to go. Though if I were to ever try it I might have to call it Tightroping because of how close to my eye ball I would get with those tools (makeup items).
If I swayed just one individual with this post then I’m a happy camper. Also, tightroping is a way better make Paul. Let’s go with it 😉
Maybe I can be a beauty blogger. “Tightrope those eyes…” Meh maybe not
I would follow that blog…
“Some people plumply their lashes, today I’ll teach you how to Paulify them”. Yeah I’m done hahaha
Oh Paul, tell me more. The newest trend shall be “Paulified lashes”LOL!
“Do you want your skin to shimmer like a chandelier? Look no further. I introduce to you shining sun skin. It’ll keep you shining even on a cloudy day.”
Liz I need to stop this. Don’t encourage me!
I can’t let you stop when you were clearly born to beauty blog! Chandelier highlight is going to be my next blog post, by the way. Don’t worry, I’ll give you credit.
My initial reaction to this was “how exciting” but I thing I need to (skin) tone it down a bit. Ahhhhh
Congrats! You are now King of the Puns 👌😂