![]() You can also make a little wing to give your eyes more oomph! Good news for monolidders! Not only does eyeliner give your eyes amazing definition, you can usually get away with using more than our counterparts with a prominent crease!įor my lower lash lines, I use either a gel liner or a pencil, but for my upper lash lines, I only use gels, because once they’re on, they’re loyal till the end! You can also tightline with them, lining right on the lash line to fill in the gaps, making your lashes appear more voluminous, which already makes quite a difference. I think it does show, however, that it is possible to define your outer v with the right kind of brush and a light hand, without “working it into your crease.” ![]() This step is entirely optional, and I rarely do it (or seldom use a shade as dark as Blackout luckily, it is very blendable). Here, I dipped the tip of my MAC 217 Blending Brush into Urban Decay Blackout and used that to define my outer v. While it’s not impossible to emphasize the outer v and bring a bit of the color into our (imaginary) crease, I try to do it with an easily blendable color using a blending brush instead of a pencil brush otherwise, it can take a looong time to blend the harsh line out afterwards! If you don’t have one, why fight it? I know that dramatic cut-crease looks are gorgeous on our double-lidded counterparts, but if we’re not careful, they can easily look overdone, and dare I say it, a little fake. Personally, I think that once the eyeshadows have been blended, they appear more natural, and add more dimension to the look than a simple patch of color.īlended eyeshadow Tip 2: (Don’t) work it into your crease In the picture below, I’m wearing Urban Decay Verve on the inner half of my eye and Busted on the outer. The MAC 217 Blending Brush Tip 1: Blend, blend, blend!Īs important as blending is when it comes to eyeshadow application, I think it’s even more important for those of us with monolids, because we lack a natural demarcation between our eyes and brow bones, so if we apply a patch of color right on top of our eyes without blending, it can look a bit unnatural. I know that many readers who come across this post might not have monolids themselves, but why not keep these tips in mind for a friend who does? The following tips are just some things that have worked well for me. In general, I don’t believe in hard and fast rules when it comes to makeup, and I think you should do whatever you’re most comfortable with. Nowadays, there are even eyelid tapes and glues available to create a crease, if you think it helps you apply makeup, and some even find that applying false lashes gives their eyelids a fold.
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