Eyeliner

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Firstly, which You lovely board members prefer: liquid or pencil?

Secondly (and I feel a bit embarassed asking) can anyone give me any tips on applying liquid eyeliner?

Thanks.

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I use liquid.

I would suggest wiping the applicator on a bit of tissue before you apply it so that it doesnt drip all over the place then just apply as close to the lashes as possible

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Pencil/khol. Liquid is shit for smudging (obviously), and very few people can pull off solid lines even although a shitload of people seem to think they can.

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I think its one of things that is trial and error really

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I use pencil/kohl or even eyeshadow as eyeliner.

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Pencil, fuck that liquid shit, it goes wrong for me and i get mad.

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Soft pencil or whatever you call it, kohl I guss from reading this. CG makes a really cheap eyeliner with a smudger on the other end thats real good.

And :yes: to Lea uk and the eyeshadow. You can get so many different colors too then without having to buy anything extra

Bunnie

kohl.

I dont like the look liquid gives me, mainly as it is one bit squiggly line!

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I use a pencil Barry M do a good one and it's quite soft

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liquid on top , kohl on the bottom. a good tip for liquid is don't worry if it goes squiggly on top , just concentrate on geting it close enough to the lashes then use a damp cotton bud to wipe off the mistakes and leave a nice line.

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i use pencil most of the time on the inner eyelid. if i want a more dramatic look i use liquid on the upperlid too, but i cant be arsed most days to do that

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pencil

i never put it on my inner eye, makes them look much smaller

always do it on top and just outside on the bottom

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I wear liquid liner on top, and pencil on the inner rim of my eyelid, which eyeshadow around the edges for a smokey look. That's my day and evening face.

Liquid eyeliner is the best thing since sliced bread.

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Ilora-Danon wrote: »

I wear liquid liner on top, and pencil on the inner rim of my eyelid, which eyeshadow around the edges for a smokey look. That's my day and evening face.

Liquid eyeliner is the best thing since sliced bread.

can u show me a pic of your eyes?

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GhostGirl wrote: »

can u show me a pic of your eyes?

Yep... my eyes look like this. I wear a light grey/silver in the day, then use more chocolate browns and gunmetals for the evening.

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I use a cake liner applied with a brush, which i guess is like a liquid liner. And I like the day eyes Ilora.

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Ilora-Danon wrote: »

Yep... my eyes look like this. I wear a light grey/silver in the day, then use more chocolate browns and gunmetals for the evening.

Thats lovely.

I wish i could use liquid properly.

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lea_uk wrote: »

I use pencil/kohl or even eyeshadow as eyeliner.

same as

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Ilora-Danon wrote: »

Yep... my eyes look like this. I wear a light grey/silver in the day, then use more chocolate browns and gunmetals for the evening.

I'm impressed, that looks good!

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Pencil...I'm allergic to liquid and just end up with streaming eyes from the minute the applicator gets within about 5cm's of me.

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Pencil! Always looks ace all smudged.

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Ilora-Danon wrote: »

Yep... my eyes look like this. I wear a light grey/silver in the day, then use more chocolate browns and gunmetals for the evening.

Illora you wear it really well! Wish I could do that

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Ilora-Danon wrote: »

Yep... my eyes look like this. I wear a light grey/silver in the day, then use more chocolate browns and gunmetals for the evening.

That looks great but with my application it will never look that good hehe.

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Best khol is a white pencil with Onyx on the side by Benefit. Blackest of the black!

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I change depending on what kind of a mood i'm in - but if you want a good liquid one that you don't need a degree in A-level art to apply i reccomend Lancome's Art Liner its lurrrvely.

I also have a random No7 pencil i bought as a joke to wear with a fancy dress outfit - which actually is amazingly good - i was very suprised and has this cool smudgy bit on it

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I hate liquid eyeliner with a passion, black kohl does the job for me everytime!

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Wyetry wrote: »

I change depending on what kind of a mood i'm in - but if you want a good liquid one that you don't need a degree in A-level art to apply i reccomend Lancome's Art Liner its lurrrvely.

I bought that about a year ago because someone said the exact same thing as you. But i just cant use it, I find the regular ones easier to apply.

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After discovering that those felt-tip like liquid eyeliners are approximately 1000% easier to use than the brush ones, I now use both.

Trying to cut down on my overall eyeliner use in the day though, to minimise the drag queen look.

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Amira wrote: »

I bought that about a year ago because someone said the exact same thing as you. But i just cant use it, I find the regular ones easier to apply.

It was probably me - i've been addicted to it since i was about 14

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I use pencil on the inner rims of my eyelids (top and bottom), then liquid above my top eyelashes and below my bottom ones (only about halfway though). I can never get it nice and smooth though really.

I did buy some of this yesterday and omg it's so good. And it smudges really well and it's just awesome.

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"Trying to cut down on my overall eyeliner use in the day though, to minimise the drag queen look." --Kaffrin

Haha the drag queen look is me! :flirt:
I usually prefer kohl for black eyeliner, and liquid for coloured. I don't like it when my coloured eyeliner smudges.