Miu Miu eye me x

Refined, bold, edgy, kitty-cat flirty – liquid liners reign supreme this fall, uniquely offsetting matte, nude skin and champagne tinged lips.

From Amy Winehouse thick to “is-that-a-long-eyelash?” thin, this was one fall runway trend I was intent on playing into my daily makeup routine.

Night – liquid line dramatically flipped up, up and away at the corners of eyes and smudged with smoky shadows with nude lipstick, defined brows

Day – slightly uplifted thin flick of liner for the day with earthy brown palettes to subtly enhance the eye area, pink lip gloss, lengthening mascara

Got the formula down squat by beginning of August but until then, Q-tips were an absolute necessity – the litter box quickly filled with liner-dabbed white sticks from my countless attempts to keep my liner from looking too geisha-like or overwhelming my Asian eyes which tend to be smaller than Gemma, Amy W, advertisement models and not to mention yes, the general public.

Because it’s mid-August now – tata, the formula to make the Fall ’07 eyeliner look work for your eye shape:

Thin → thick → thin → dip and flick up

Explanation to above:

1. Start with a thin brush tip or extremely thin felt tip black liquid liner as Rimmel Underground Get in Line or Wet ‘n Wild Liquid Eyeliner in black

Note: With liquid eyeliners, the cheap work just as well as the hefty

2. Lightly wipe off excess formula off the brush on the edge of the container opening or a piece of paper

Note: Tissue tends to take too much off when it comes to liquid liner so refrain

3. Hold brush so that the tip is almost horizontal to the eye so that the pen is not pointing straight at your eye vertically

4. Start with the inside corner of the eye on the upper lid and with a slow and steady hand, draw a thin line until you get to the area right above the edge of your pupil

Note: Don’t use liquid liners on the bottom lid – use kohl liner instead for a less harsh line – unless you’re a makeup artist putting it on another person’s face!

5. Press the brush slightly stronger so that the brush flattens out and draws a thicker line. Make the line a little thicker for the area above the pupil – this makes the pupil look rounder, bigger which in turn, gives a wide and bright-eyed open look

6. As soon as you pass the area above the pupil, lighten the pressure to continue with a thin line until the outer edges of the eye

7. Then, dip the line at the outer corner edge ever so slightly to “conclude” framing the eye the flick up, up and away from the eye in the direction of the temples

8. The flick can be a flirty, curved, short line that looks almost like a longer eye lash at the edge of the eye (daytime, wearable look) or it can be a longer, somewhat straighter, bolder line that set the eye trend for this season (night kitten look)

And lastly – mascara, strong brows and darker smokey shadows are a yes for this look but skip the other fall trend – glamourous red lipsticks – for this look…unless you’re going to be a geisha for Halloween and by that time, the flicked eye look might be too old anyway!?

xxx