Eyeliner is a beauty product that is in every cosmetic bag. Women began to use it a long time ago, when there was still not such a wide variety of cosmetics, and despite the fact that now the situation has fundamentally changed, this lifesaver is still in trend. In order to make the make-up complete and expressive, you should definitely bring your eyes with a pencil. This can be done deliberately brightly or discreetly and imperceptibly. In this article, we will consider what techniques exist for working out the eyes with a pencil, as well as what nuances are important depending on one or another of their shapes.
Small introduction
Despite the fact that almost all modern women are familiar with the basics of makeup, the question remains open for them about how to bring their eyes in pencil. Photos of models, actresses and other celebrities beckon with their attractiveness and literacy make-up, and all because the eyes are well designed. Is it possible to achieve a similar effect, going to work in the morning? You can, of course. The most important thing is to find the type of eyeliner that will be in harmony with the shape of your eyes. For some women, arrows are an ideal solution, for others, completely invisible lines along the cilia, for others, graphic stripes. Therefore, first of all, you should familiarize yourself with the varieties of techniques for summing up the eyes, and then carefully study the shape of your own.
Below will be presented various variations of this technique, as well as instructions on how to bring eyes with a pencil. For beginners, this lesson will also be extremely useful, since, in addition to the stroke process itself, we will discuss the accompanying points, which are the basics of competent makeup.
Preliminary preparation
To apply a highlighter or bronzer to the cheekbones, you should treat the entire face with a tonal agent. To color the eyes, it is necessary to apply a base under the shadows on the eyelids. This step should never be missed, since any dye, whether it is a shadow, eyeliner or a pencil applied to bare skin, will begin to smear, get dirty and leak. Therefore, after you have washed, applied cream and primer to your face and just started to start eye makeup, immediately treat the eyelids with a base. Her tone should match the shade of your skin or be half a lighter. After the base is absorbed, both the upper eyelid (completely) and the lower one are painted over with body shadows without sparkles or with a simple mineral powder (thin layer). Such manipulations guarantee that during the day the pencil in your eyes will hold firmly, will not gather in folds and will not crumble.
Delicate work
You can draw gas with a pencil in such a way that no one will guess that you have resorted to this technique at all, but your makeup will become more expressive and your look deeper. This type of eyeliner is called inter-eyeliner, it is most often performed to create a working or light romantic image.
Well, now let's take it step by step. We draw our eyes in pencil, starting from the upper eyelid, moving from the inner corner of the eye to the outer. We paint over all the empty spaces between the cilia, we do not try to make the line graphic - we just darken the roots of the hairs as much as possible. As a result, the eyes will become more expressive and wide, and mascara will help strengthen this effect.
Draw arrows
If you are used to wearing arrows, but eyeliner for working everyday life is too much, then a pencil will perfectly replace it. You can bring your eyes both with a thin and clear line, and with a wider arrow, which will emphasize the interval between the upper and lower eyelids. The most important thing is to choose the shape of the arrow that will look perfect before your eyes.
So, to get the perfect arrows, how to bring your eyes with a pencil? The step-by-step photo below gives a clear explanation. To begin with, we blur the inter-eyelash space and then draw a clear line along the growth of the eyelashes. Then we bring the tail out, lifting it as much as you need. Now slightly thicken this ponytail and make it graphic.
Draw in a circle
If you decide to bring your eyes up with a pencil using this technology, be prepared for the fact that the result will be much brighter than you expect. Black contours drawn along the mucous membranes and along the edge of the skin will make the look at the same time impudent and languid, bright and mysterious. This makeup option is definitely not suitable for daytime wear, but it will come in handy at an evening event.
It is worth starting the procedure with staining the inter-ciliary space, and in this case not only the upper, but also the lower. Then we draw clear lines along the mucous membrane - above and below. The next stage is to completely circle the eye under the lower eyelashes and above the upper ones. Do not try to make the line perfectly clear - it will be shaded in the future. But make sure that the strip is not too wide. Next, using the shadows, blend the pencil line and color the cilia densely.
Basic rules and tricks
Whatever type of design you choose from the above ones, the question remains how to bring your eyes beautifully with a pencil so that they look neat, well-groomed, correctly designed and completed. Beauticians shared some of their secrets in this regard:
- Do not draw straight and clear lines in one fell swoop. Work as an impressionist painter - apply small strokes one after another, layering, somewhere make the arrow brighter, gradually reducing it to nothing. So the result will look neat and harmonious.
- Spaces are not allowed. Therefore, all the distances between the cilia must be carefully worked out, sometimes even two or three times.
- An ideal arrow will turn out when you mark its tip with a dot. Two points must be symmetrically placed on two eyes. Now just draw a line to it.
- Too wide arrows can be diluted with shimmering shadows. Just “powder” with them a pencil-shaded area of the eyelid.
- To make the pencil denser lay, pull the eyelid slightly.
- You can bring one upper eyelid, but to bring one lower eyelid is not allowed.
- If the line is slightly uneven, you can tweak it with a cotton swab. This is a pencil, not a waterproof eyeliner.
Putting your eyes with a pencil is literally beautiful - half the work. But it is equally important to choose the type of stroke that will match the shape of the eye.
Small eyes
To visually open the eye and make it larger, draw a thin arrow with an elongated tail over the upper cilia. You do not need to paint the lower eyelid with dark color. But the mucous membrane from below should be emphasized using a milk or white pencil. So the eye will become larger and the look deeper. Do not forget to fix the cilia with forceps and paint them with thick mascara.
Big eyes
In general, making large eyes visually smaller is blasphemy. They themselves, even without make-up, attract attention, make the image more expressive and vibrant. You can make this shape of the eyes by painting only the top row of cilia, without making an arrow. This will be a great option for office makeup. To enter the light, you can use the circular type of stroke. Outline the eye with a black pencil, and then shade the clear lines with dark shadows of any shade.
Round eyes
The number one task in this case is to make the eyelid narrower and elongated. Without experience and skills, it will be difficult to achieve the desired result, so if you have not previously adjusted your appearance, you will have to train for a long time. Fill in all the empty spaces between the upper cilia and draw a thin arrow over them. Her tail should only be slightly upward, otherwise the effect will be reversed. We emphasize the mucous membrane of the lower eyelid with a black pencil and, as it were, connect it with the base of the arrow.
Close set eyes
This "problem" is often found in many women. Visually, I want to make my eyes more predatory, to “open my eyes”, and they naturally stretch towards each other. Well, arrows and white shadows will help fix this. We will work only with the upper eyelid. We draw a thin arrow above the cilia, slightly raising its tail and leading it towards the temple. In this case, it is worth starting to draw it not from the inner corner of the eye, but from the middle, as if rising from the eyelashes. The inner corner of the eye is worked out by white shadows.
Conclusion
From this article we learned what makeup can be, with which you can make your look more expressive and how to properly bring your eyes in pencil. Photos of examples make it clear that the results, while observing all the rules, are excellent. The main thing is to choose your type of stroke and get used to doing it quickly and efficiently.