Liner Schminer, 3 Ways to Smudge Your Way to Beauty

Makeup changes profoundly with the whisk of a brush and a tiny stroke here and there.The remarkable difference is in the details. Every era has it's own set of rules and moods, creating a magical, nuanced beauty with eyeliner that changes through the ages. Here are my favorite eyeliner tips for makeup from the forties, sixties and eighties: 3 ways to smudge your way to beauty like a pro.

#1 classic eyeliner

When you are busy playing up ruby, pouty or supermatte lips you may wonder what’s the best solution for eyes. We like a sultry look of the forties with a classic subtle shadow liner; think Casablanca, put on a silky attitude and try a medium tan powder under center lower lashes paired with a dark inner rim on top and an extra sweep of mascara.

#2 daring eyeliner

The eighties gave us some haute beauty tips and wide leg pantsuits we like to pull out for nights on the town just to wear a daring eyeliner made with a dark charcoal powder wing that blends and connects to lower outer third under eyeliner - then sweeps up, up, up back into the crease with a look that’s perfect for day too, when crease shadow is toned down and tapered into a soft red brown or mauve.

#3 playful eyeliner

Nostalgia begs for sixties pastels to brighten up a sharp liquid strong but playful liner. Use a pastel or frost along the top lid under a black liner in a pale blue, silver or violet for a pow, bam zap! Using a light pencil topped with same color powder helps for staying power, but you knew that.

Now really, what else do you need to know.