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You know what I'm incredibly bad at?..Winging eyeliner

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You know what I'm incredibly bad at?..Winging eyeliner

Postby koyfishie1 on Fri Dec 23, 2011 7:42 am

How the heck do you guys do it? I can't flick it and when I do it become asymmetrical.
What's the trick?
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Re: You know what I'm incredibly bad at?..Winging eyeliner

Postby glammy_girl on Fri Dec 23, 2011 8:43 am

Hey der! I know exactly what u mean, I couldn't do it either but since I watched a you tube video on it, I've gotten really good at winging eyeliner. You have to check out xxsgtigressxx, she has a video on how to use eyeliner and wing it out. Hope that helps! :D good luck!
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Re: You know what I'm incredibly bad at?..Winging eyeliner

Postby megz196 on Fri Dec 23, 2011 9:43 am

I hear ya, I'm not good at it either... I think my main problem is that my eyes are shaped differently, so even when I use the same technique for both, they don't match... I have found that using a black shadow lately (MUG Corrupt, cuz it's super-black) and a very small angled brush (Sigma E65) have made it a little easier, although I'm still not doing very dramatic wings just yet... Guess I'll build up to it!
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Re: You know what I'm incredibly bad at?..Winging eyeliner

Postby Lysette on Fri Dec 23, 2011 10:58 pm

Mine never completely match because my eyes also have different shapes. One lid is flat and the other one is more round. :( The only trick I use is to draw the line from the outer corner of the eye and point it towards end of my eyebrow, and always after my eyebrows are filled in.
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Re: You know what I'm incredibly bad at?..Winging eyeliner

Postby koyfishie1 on Sun Dec 25, 2011 10:51 am

Ladies, thank you so much!
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Re: You know what I'm incredibly bad at?..Winging eyeliner

Postby yara on Tue Dec 27, 2011 12:00 am

Maybe try to make a line with the pencil first. I guess, the pencil should not be very dark, too.
This video helped me to achieve precise perfect wings of an eyeliner...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPTJp4LpcB0
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Re: You know what I'm incredibly bad at?..Winging eyeliner

Postby Bookbillie on Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:02 pm

You could try the tape trick, and if you don't really want the line to stay super-defined you can smudge it out a bit. Most of the time I've seen it in tutorials, it's to do a really defined cat-eye, but it helps me stay symmetrical even doing a slightly winged look.
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