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Summary: Want a new eyeliner look? Learn tips for applying eyeliner close to your eyes in this free makeup lesson from a professional makeup artist.
Amanda Backensto has been a freelance makeup artist in Los Angeles for the past 15 years. She has worked at celebrity events such as the Oscars, Emmys, and the Golden Globes. She has...read more
"Now moving into the tight liner just to thicken the lash line for the day time without making it look over dramatic. As you can see on Carrie's skin tone as she opens her eyes she got a beautiful hazel green eye. Her inner circle is hazel and her outer circle is a beautiful green and as you notice in my application of her crease color I use a beautiful mustard green and a beautiful soft brown. Why did I do so? Cause I knew that the her skin would warm up and it would blend the color down just so perfectly to compliment the beautiful green in her eyes. So I want to focus more on the green in her eyes to give her a beautiful beautiful natural look focusing on the eye color. So now I'm going to move in to a tight liner and we are going to just gently pull up the eye area using the Channel eyeliner for the inside. We want to work right in the eyelash right in the eyelash line. Okay giving the client a moment to blink, moving again right into that lash line not in the membrane cause you don't want the product to move into the eye. I will do one eye to show you just this little tiny touch opens up the eyes dramatically and thickens up that lash line. Again doing the same on the other eye working tightly on the lash line not on the membrane with a water proof pencil of you can also damping the brush a beautiful flat brush for powder and just dab the powder again in the lash line creating a thicker lash for the day. "
eHow Article: How to Apply Eyeliner Close to Eyes