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The truth about eyelashes
Mar. 6th, 2010 09:32 pmHeh, thanks everyone for the compliments on my legs. :) I've been interested lately in a few things that are, well, visual, which probably tied in to my photography choices. So let's keep it superficial here -- I want to ask about your eyelashes.
[Poll #1534801]
See, I have chaotic lashes. With that plus my light skin, I could never wear eyeliner -- I used to try, but it would make a dark line about 2mm away from the edge of my very pale eyelid and just look retarded. Then I learned a fantastic tip from someone over on![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
silentq's blog... it's possible to use a tiny little angled brush, and dark powder, to tap color all the way down into the lash line. I accosted two very light blondes who wear a lot of eye makeup (not strangers, but not my bestest friends either) and dorkily asked them if they knew the secret of the angled brush, and they both said YES. So I got an angled brush last week and started practicing, and the results were very pleasing. When I've used the brush (and how accurate the term "face painting" suddenly seems), it looks a lot like I'm wearing mascara but is a lot less messy.
Still, all the eyeliner tutorials on YouTube refer to "the lash line". And they all show the angled brush brushing sideways above the tops of the lashes, which on me results only in That Dorky Look. The only way I've gotten this to work is to tap upwards with the brush, from under the lashes, where I can tap the powder past at least the lowest line of the thicket. None of this is important, but it does make me wonder if my lashes are remotely normal... luckily for me, LJ polls know everything. So vote, please.
[Poll #1534801]
See, I have chaotic lashes. With that plus my light skin, I could never wear eyeliner -- I used to try, but it would make a dark line about 2mm away from the edge of my very pale eyelid and just look retarded. Then I learned a fantastic tip from someone over on
silentq's blog... it's possible to use a tiny little angled brush, and dark powder, to tap color all the way down into the lash line. I accosted two very light blondes who wear a lot of eye makeup (not strangers, but not my bestest friends either) and dorkily asked them if they knew the secret of the angled brush, and they both said YES. So I got an angled brush last week and started practicing, and the results were very pleasing. When I've used the brush (and how accurate the term "face painting" suddenly seems), it looks a lot like I'm wearing mascara but is a lot less messy.Still, all the eyeliner tutorials on YouTube refer to "the lash line". And they all show the angled brush brushing sideways above the tops of the lashes, which on me results only in That Dorky Look. The only way I've gotten this to work is to tap upwards with the brush, from under the lashes, where I can tap the powder past at least the lowest line of the thicket. None of this is important, but it does make me wonder if my lashes are remotely normal... luckily for me, LJ polls know everything. So vote, please.
