HOW TO ACHIEVE THE PERFECT WINGED LINER

The winged liner has been a staple look of mine for a few years now. Even still with all that practice I have good liner days and questionable liner days. The following photo guidelines tend to be more on the shaky questionable side, but you'll get the gist!

When I first started trialling this look I was using a large crayon-like black eyeliner pencil, while today I swear by Rimmel's Glam'Eyes Professional Liquid Liner (NOT to be confused by Rimmel's Exaggerate Eye Liner- there IS a difference ladies and the result is not pretty). This particular liner has a fine brush rather than a firmer sponge and I find the brush much easier to use and it creates a sharper finish. You could use a combination of the two; the pencil/crayon liner to get the bulk of your shape and a liquid to sharpen.

If you are trying out this look with not a lot of practice under your belt I am going to recommend starting out with a soft pencil. Try to find a softer crayon like consistency that will glide on. LOréal Paris Superliner Silissime Eyeliner in 006 Seductive Black might be a good one to start with.

There are plenty of tips and tutorials out there on the big wide web demonstrating techniques to achieve the perfect liner; some might work better for you than others.

I break up my application into 3 sections and finish off the liner 'flick' last.

1. I begin by lining the centre part of my eyelid. I apply it to the thickness I want the liner to go, keeping in mind that the centre of my eyelid will have the highest eyeliner line...if that makes sense? (I want the liner to taper out at the ends of my eye into a finer, sharp line, and the inner corner of my eyelids to be tapered into a narrow line also.)

2. I then take the liner to the inner corner of my eye, narrowing the line as I go. 

3. I continue by taking the liner to the outer corner (narrowing as I go again), stopping short of the very end before I create the flick.

4. I start my flick by drawing a line that follows my lower lash water line in the direction of the end of my brow.

5. I then join my liner to this line and finish by filling in the gap. 

The best example of what I personally do, I found on Pinterest:

Obviously practice makes perfect with this kind of makeup technique. A pencil will make it easier to smudge out the line if your not quite down with perfect precision yet. It creates a softer look but still deepens and defines your eye makeup a little more.

You can purchase Rimmel Glam'eyes liquid eyeliner at virtually any supermarket, chemist or pharmacy for around $10.