My eyes are very deeply set and slightly hooded (it will get more pronounced as I age). Generally I like it, because it means that I have a natural demarcation line above my mobile lid that makes bold eyeshadow looks crispy and overall more wearable, I think. However, this means that I can’t wear a traditional winged eyeliner, because my crease gets in the way.
There are two ways to work around this: I can do a “full lid” wing (I’ll show you next week, I can’t really do it with the products I have chosen this time around), or I can take a page from the Korean book and go with something less feline.
The puppy eye is a style of eyeliner application in which the liner, instead of winging upwards, extends downwards following the natural slope of the eye. The orthodox version also includes appropriate shading of the lower lid, which I skipped.
First of all, I applied a bit of base and some eyeshadow primer (all around the eye).
Then I curled my lashes using this technique, but got carried away and gave them too much of a curl/lift. They touched my brow bone and looked really stupid, so I had to later bring them down with my mascara. This is not a problem I have often.
Using my eye pencil, I tightlined, lined and drew the downward sloping “wing”. I then used an eyeliner brush to set and soften the lines using the dark brown shade. Then there was a sorry attempt at an aegyo-sal, which involves shading and highlighting the under-eye area to simulate youthful plumpness. I tried, but you can’t really do it without a creamy highlighting product, and the eyebrow pencil I used for the fake crease is not the right shade for the job. After blending, it all pretty much disappeared, and it was probably for the best.
My eyebrows have a pretty angular upper cusp naturally and there’s little I could have done about it with the products I have, but I tried to make them look straighter by filling in the (not very pronounced to begin with) arch underneath. If I use my finger to cover the little angular part at the top, they look quite on trend by Korean standards! It’s something.
Lips: I applied the color to the center of my lips only, using my fingertip. It’s perfectly undetectable in the main picture, so I attached a dedicated photo. I inclued a hint of nostril, mostly because I thought it looked slightly less creepy than the cropped version, but I am not so sure anymore. I’d like to hear your thoughts on this. Also yes, I think that’s a mustache.
Finally, I stippled some of the lip tint onto the very apples of my cheek. It didn’t really show, but I know it’s there.
Products used (see this week’s Products post for my reviews):
Sephora Colorguard Eyeshadow Primer 12 HR
Venus Magia di Venus BB Compact Cream Idratante
Chanel Paris Le Crayon Kohl 61 Noir
Rimmel London Colour Rush Trio Eye Shadow in 624 Lynx
Maybelline New York The Colossal Volum’Express Smoky Eyes
Rimmel Professional Eyebrow Pencil in 002 Hazel
Lip Pen by H&M in Cherry Lips
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