How to get The Cat Eye.

Cat eyes are not for the girl who is looking for a day-time look, nor is this a look for a girl who is afraid to add some drama. This is for the girl who WANTS to be noticed. Note: These instructions are VERY detailed because every eye shape can achieve the cat eye.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Things You’ll Need:

• Black liquid eyeliner
• Gold highlighter (lid color)
• Dark brown or black matte eyeshadow
• White highlighting powder (for browbone and cheekbones)
• Angled eyeshadow brush.
• Cotton swabs
• Eyelash curler.
• Lengthening and thickening mascara.

1. First add the liquid eye liner. This is where the cat eye base is achieved:
   A. Grab your eyebrow brush with the hand you will NOT be using to draw your liquid line with. With one end of your brush make a line from the bottom of your nostril, closest to the eye you are working on, and the outer corner of the eyebrow of the eye: this is the angle you are going to use to draw your line.
   B. Still holding the brush to create your angle, think about how high and tilted you want your cat eye to look. A great trick is to imagine how long your lashes will be and start the line at the same height (or slightly higher). This will make your eyes look more tilted at the outer corners. ALWAYS LINE YOUR EYE STARTING AT THE TIP AND DRAW THE LINE IN. This is important to keep both eyes looking uniform.
   C. Now create your line, pretending that you are drawing a strait line. do not be upset if you mess up a little, cotton swabs can be dampened and will allow you to clean up your line easily enough.
   
   Note: if you have small eyes, do NOT line all the way towards your nose. Stop the line at where your eye makes it's curve. The harder line will close your eye and make the eye look more piggish than pretty.
2. Now that you have your line, everything else is cake! Grab your dark brown or black matte eye-shadow (do not use shimmer or you will look harsh and the look will not mesh with the highlighting you will be doing later) Now dip your angled eye-shadow brush into the shadow pot.
   A. with your face perfectly faced front, place the angled brush so that it is slightly on the liner. NEVER GO UNDER THE LINE, OR YOU WILL NO LONGER HAVE A CAT EYE!!! You would have a messy eye.
   B. With a straight angle, eyes ALWAYS OPEN. Brush the color toward your eye until it gets to the pupil. Once you get to the pupil, STOP. Tilt your head sideways and see if your eye looks like it is tilted like a cat. You may have to blend so that you do not have over harsh raccoon eyes or even the dreaded "wing" effect of the abruptly ended dark eye-shadow- to- flesh effect. The blending is key.
   C. Now you will line under your eye using your dark shadow. This is where the difference in one's eye shape can affect how much is lined.
   i. For average to large- sized eyes: Angle your brush the same angle as your eye liner, but only at the tip of the brush for your line should only be about 1/8" Line all the way to the inner corner of your lower lid. Now, dip a dampened cotton swab in the golden highlighter and make a few small dots of highlighter at the inner corner. This will make light drawn to this spot. Now BLEND LIGHTLY so that the highlighter does not completely disappear, yet does not look like you made a mistake in putting it there.
   ii. For smaller eyes: Line the 1/8" line only to your pupil when your eye is looking straight. Use the highlighter, but sweep it so that it kisses , just a bit, at the edge of the line where it stops at the pupil
   D. Dip your brush into the golden highlighter and dab it on your lids where the dark shadow is not. Do not color higher than the angled tilt, or, again, you will ruin your cat eye effect.
3. This is where we go a bit retro. This is a trick that Hollywood rarely mentions in it's beauty books, but which we see on almost all models and actresses: The cheekbone and eye highlight!
   To have an effective cat eye, you simply MUST have the cheekbone angle to sport it.
   A. With a cotton swab, dab into your white highlighter and flick off the excess. Stipple a bit under your eyebrows, on the outer browbone. do not go any lower or you will have a puffy eye look. Also, do not go too far into the inner portion of the eye or your cat eyes will make your eyes look too widely spaced.
   B. Now, with another cotton swab, dip into the white highlighter again. Shake off the excess. Grab your eye-shadow brush again and make the same line you made before. Instead of Drawing in a line above this line, you will now use this line as a guide to highlight your cheeks and eyes! At the same height as your cat line started dab the highlighter down the side at the same angle as the brush. Once you hit your cheekbone angle your finger so that you are Now pulling the highlighter color in, toward the bridge of the nose. Remove the brush and highlight the top of your cheekbone so that it stops at- you guessed it, the pupil. Blend this VERY well. Move your head at an angle. You should see a shimmery highlight that gives the impression that your cheekbones are at a 45 degree angle, like a model. If this is not the case, you will need to adjust the angle of the highlighter slightly, using the angled profile as a guide.
4. Finally the easy part! Use your lash curler to curl your lashes. Hold the "crimp" for about 10 seconds. Now uses two coats of mascara. Remember, one coat is ONLY about 16 strokes, and use vertical sweeps on the outer lashes to get that "wide eye" effect.

Tips & Warnings

• Have fun
• Be bold
• Experiment with color
• Do not worry if it does not look perfect the first time.
• Do not fret if your lines are not perfect at first. Rememebr, it is only makeup!