Comments on: How to Wear Bright Eyeliner

By: Emma

Emma — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 14:59:21 +0000

I was just shopping at Walgreens and bought a blue, a purple, and a green eyeliner. I’ve been wearing blue for a while now, on the underneath of the lashes and on my waterline. Would green and purple be the same look? Would green look funny on my blue eyes?

By: Jemma

Jemma — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 06:12:35 +0000

Karen, I love your tutorials especially this one.

Now all I have to do is practise!

By: Carla

Carla — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:57:49 +0000

I like to use a gold body shop eyeliner, its gold but is also glittery looking. i have blue eyes so it works better for me than a blue liquid liner. i also love this electric looking teal liner i got from No7. we have no sephora in england!! or makeupforever!!! totally love your blog karen, thank you so much! xxx

By: lyn

lyn — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:19:28 +0000

the teal looks gorgeous on your skin tone!

i’m a big fan of jewel-toned blues and greens – favs include urban decay graffiti, which is a beautiful grass-green, and makeup forever majorelle blue, the prettiest royal blue ever.

some of my (asian) friends who don’t have double eyelids like to use their normal black eyeliner on the top lid to open up their eyes, then a swipe of bright color on the lower lid. it’s a really neat, unexpected technique and a lot of fun.

By: Solé

Solé — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:58:11 +0000

Hi Karen!

I’m getting excited just reading this post. I love bright eyeliners! I have like five shades of bright sparkly teal ranging from sky blue to dark peacock. I have other brights that I enjoy wearing but for some reason I just love the blue-greens. I also love those Urban Decay 24/7 pencils – they are awesome! In winter I wear a lot of smoky eyes and darker colors – what I like to think of as grown up makeup – but in spring/summer, I break out with all the fun bright colors and just go wild.

This is how I do it: I usually just use a sheer wash of neutral (yet slightly shimmery) shadow on the entire lid. Then I line both the top and bottom lid with the bright color. If I’m going for an extra special look, I’ll line the inner corner of my eyes with a frosty white, silver, or a pale frosty variation of the same shade as the bright liner.

Ooh, I can’t wait for spring!