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"Now for a finishing touch we are going to add a little eyeliner on the top. I like to take make sure you have a sharpen point and I like to just start from the outer edge lifting the eyelid up gently and just a nice soft touch on the eye. Now my absolute favorite are the Armani eyeliners reason being is they never get hard and they never dry out. I don't know if you ever experience eyeliners if you leave the cap off they are dry and then you are tugging on your eye all of that is just going to cause damage. These never dry out they are made from a gel base and they are water resistant which is really nice they stay in place. Just a little bit on the top and I would always use a black unless you want to use just a little pop of color and you can use a dark purple it is kind of pretty. Take the sponge close and you just want to softly smudge it a more dramatic effect of eye would be liquid eyeliner but for daytime this is a great look. Just blending the eyeliner up really nice and soft and open. For a little extra touch put a little underneath. I do not like lining the eye all the way around the bottom it tends to close a eye off. I like to do some just on the corners. Of course if you are going for a smoking night time look then you can most definitely do that. But for daytime just a little bit in the corners softly smudge is perfect. You always want to make sure that you smudge and make it really soft. Take a peak perfection is on it's way."
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