The Casual Cat Eye

The lovely, talented and gracious Hayley Rose Maurer gave me another lesson in beauty last weekend. I am a sucker for anything related to the 1960's, so my questions regarded how to achieve the signature 'cat eye.' Her bestowal of wisdom is as follows :

         1. Start out with a preferably waterproof cream or liquid liner. (A pen is significantly easier to do on yourself.)

     
         2. Use a neutral eye shadow to contour the crease of your eyelids with a slightly darker shadow than used on upper eyebrow area. (This makes your eyes look more open.)
     
        3. Take your pen and line from the inside to the middle of your eyelid. (Try to stay as close to the lash line as possible.)
     
        4.  Then draw from outer curve of your eye to the middle of your lash line.
     
        5.  Add the signature ‘swoop’ at the end to create the ‘60’s cat eye. You can then go over the line again if a more dramatic look is desired.  (The key is to not go further than your eyelashes when drawing the ‘swoop’ so that you don’t look like Elizabeth Taylor from Cleopatra. We want to hint at the style, not be ready to step out under stage lights.)
     
        6. Mascara. Always mascara.
     
        7. Practice makes perfect!

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