![]() Naked eyes with extra glowy skin and red lips is super easy and way more flattering than I expected. While I immediately went back to my usual face once this cat eye makeup detox concluded, I am very excited about the new options I’ve added to my makeup rotation. Maybe he was doing the thing where he said what I wanted to hear, but I decided to believe him. I figured that my hubs would think it was way too much makeup, but he said I looked like a rockstar. ![]() It definitely attracted a lot of attention. I got so many compliments on my makeup all night. (Would I look like The Joker? Mimi from The Drew Carey Show?) But IMO it totally worked. I was especially terrified of pairing the super graphic, winged teal sparkly lid (I used Make Up For Ever Aqua Matic Eye Shadow in Iridescent Turquoise) with my go-to red lip-which is CoverGirl Colorlicious in Hot. I was going to a Cage the Elephant concert with my husband and some friends and I figured if there was ever a time to experiment with color, this was it. This look made me feel a little cray at first but then I looooooved it. That said, the eyeshadow was really sparkly and pretty! If I could've added the liquid, I would've been into it. I'm not used to seeing myself with so little definition in the eye area. Liquid liner creates a strong contrast, so adding that to this gold look would have helped a lot. Ultimately this look was just not for me. I fought the urge to layer a quick sweep of liner along my lashes in the ladies room (yes, I always have two emergency liners in my purse), and decided to just live my life and stop obsessing. It made my fair and pinkish skin look even paler than usual, so I layered on some bronzer and then the bright pink Tara Harper Lip and Cheek Stain. ![]() This was harder to pull off than I expected. One could argue Grande’s eyeliner is just about as recognisable as her signature ponytail.It was about three seconds after saying hi to my buds outside our brunch spot before I blurted out “I’m not wearing liquid liner! It’s for a story! That’s why I look weird!” Issues much? Since the restaurant is pretty casual, I wore a playful lipstick tee with some gold accents on it and thought it would be fun paired with a gold metallic Kat Von D eyeshadow and a few coats of mascara. Who else remembers when the model alongside celebrity makeup artist Patrick Ta broke the Internet with this post-partum cat eye makeup look? Iconic.Īnd we can’t forget to mention Ariana Grande, who’s been rocking a cat eye since the days of her career's inception on Nickelodeon. ![]() We’ve already mused on Lana Condor’s ability to pull off a cat eye like no either (her inky feline wing at the 2021 InStyle Awards gave us chills TBH), so we think it’s only fair she start things off as far as cat eye makeup inspiration is concerned. In the words of Shania Twain: “Let’s go girls”. Heck, we’ll even sweeten the deal and share with you our favourite eyeliners for achieving the wing of your dreams. So, if you too are like us and forgot the staying power of a good cat eye, then join us as we revel in some easy-to-replicate cat eye makeup moments and a few va-va-voom feline flicks (for special occasions, you know?). ![]() There was the ‘ floating liner ’ trend (still going strong in 2021), we’ve dabbled with the ‘ reverse cat eye ’ trend, and we’ve stolen many wishful glances at the excellently executed and ever mounting celebrity eyeliner looks that are constantly infiltrating our social media feeds.īut try as we might, there’s one classic winged eyeliner look that we’ll never quite get over, and that’s cat eye makeup.Ĭall it nostalgia if you must, but cat eye makeup is forever our first love and it’s hard not to reminisce about the classic edge it’s delivered throughout our makeup-wearing lives.įrom our first liquid eyeliner purchase – shout-out to Maybelline Master Precise Liquid Eyeliner ($8.47 at Chemist Warehouse ) – to our adult face painting sessions with slightly exxier options, cat eye makeup has never let us down. In the world of winged eyeliner looks, we’ve had some real doozies. ![]()
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