Look in the mirror straight ahead of you when doing the wings, if you’re looking at any angle or half closing your eyes or anything you’ll always end up with wonky wings and weird shapes. This is especially important if you have hooded or uneven eyes!

When I started I literally used tape to get a clean wing (be careful with the angle LOL, I messed up a lot)

Now i follow my eye shape and do a straighter wing instead of a very high one. I'm Asian so I find it to be more flattering for my eye shape.

I personally use Maybelline's liner express but it's not the thinnest tip.

it's literally just practice, when i wore eyeliner every day it took me about 30 seconds now that I don't it takes longer

Practice. Took me 15 years lmao.

Eyeshadow for the outline/angle if the wing.

• Look straight ahead in a mirror and completely relax your face - no raised eyebrows, no pulling at the skin, no squinting.
• Now use an angled brush dipped into eyeshadow and, WHILE KEEPING YOUR FACE COMPLETELY RELAXED, stamp on the angle of the wing.

Eyeshadow is the easiest to wipe away and fix using a clean brush/cotton tip with some moisturizer (cleans and preps all in one).

• once you have the trajectory of the wing even you can now connect it to the lashline. Again an angled brush is very handy as you don’t actually have to draw on the skin, you can just stamp the line on.

• an uneven line can easily be fixed with a sharp edged brush dipped into a bit of moisturizer.

• once you have a shape that you‘re happy with you can go over it with liquid liner or gel liner or just wet eyeshadow for a crisper line.

Edit for additional advice: tenacity and patience are key ingredients when doing liner. I used to practice just before hopping in the shower so it doesn’t matter if I fuck up.

Life changing tip I got a few days ago; if you have hooded eyes, apply the wing while looking forward. The strokes will overlap the fold of skin and give you a happy, straight wing instead of a sad, partially hidden one. edit- I've been using nyx epic liner and I absolutely love it

This girl needs some better eyeliner. All the skipping makes it a lot harder to get a good wing

I like the eyeliner stamp, i ordered it off wish. Perfect, even wings every time.

My one tip for getting good eyeliner... is not to be scared because it does sense fear ��

1 pc charming cat eye seal stamp eyeliner... wish names are just all the tags they can think of so it might be hard to find but different stores will sell the same ones. I got the "thin" one, it gives a nice modest flick and the other end is a felt tip eyeliner!! Did not bother my eyes either.

I rock it back and forth to get more ink off of it. Sometimes the whole wing doesnt come out, but the outline is still there, so you can fill it in w the pen. I noticed storing it facing down usually prevents this. Very happy w the stamp! Heres a pic the first time i used it http://imgur.com/gallery/RBts5DE

I just use scotch tape. It's idiot proof.

I use winged eyeliner stamps because I couldn’t get it either. I literally swear by the stamps. They’re so easy to use and I got them off amazon

Practice!! Also, I have one hooded eye which messes up my wings so I learned this new technique from Katie Jane Hughes for winged eyeliner!! You can find a detailed video on her Instagram, but basically she suggests drawing the shape with your eyes open so that it suits the shape of your eye perfectly. It’s really helped my wings. Another thing is finding the right sort of eyeliner for you—it’s different for everyone. I hate the pen brush sorts—can barely draw a straight line with them. I can only use the very liquid kind that comes in a pot with a brush. So experiment!!

Honestly just practice every night before bed so that you can get the hang of it and don't have the pressure of needing it to be perfect because you have somewhere to be. Then you can just wash it off after!

Do you have hooded eyes? It took me years to figure out that's why my wings were straight with my eyes closed and mysteriously distorted when I opened them.

Depending on where your crease falls you may be able to just avoid it when drawing your wing, staying under it. If it's too low for that, the trick is to draw across it really carefully in small strokes and keep opening your eye to look straight at the mirror so you can see what it looks like with your eyes open.

Here are a couple tutorials that might help! The second one isn't specifically for hooded eyes, but her technique avoids the crease and it helps me.

Good luck! You'll get it to work eventually :)

https://youtu.be/lv04ZmFAz4k

https://youtu.be/RVXP_EFHEQM

Don’t be afraid to try different angles it took me a while to find the right angled wing. Try one pointed to the tail of the brow and one straight towards the temple etc

I’m ok with the liner, it’s putting on lashes I can’t do no matter what I try!

another good trick I always use is to stabilize your elbow of the hand you're doing the winged eyeliner with on a flat surface!

I've completely given up trying! I'm super happy for you, though. It is truly a skill.

Robert Welsh has great tips

If there were skill badges for things learned while in quarantine, learning to do wings would certainly be one of them!

Wings are an art to themselves, but yours look great! Check out some tutorials on wings for hooded eyes, that may give you a little guidance.

YES! nailed it!

Bot removed my comment for containing youtube link, so here we go again lol. Look up Crystal Lindy's tutorial for winged liner on hooded eyes, it's awesome! Simple but works very well.

Rosa Does Makeup has a YouTube video called “Must See Eyeliner Tutorial for Hooded, Droopy eyes”. She has a different technique to any of the others I’ve seen. Personally I’ve found that doing my eyeshadow then using Maybelline’s Eraser Eye Concealer in either brightening or highlighter ( I can’t tell which, the writing has rubbed off!) to draw a line at an angle I want my shadow to go inand blend it out underneath. It creates a nice contrast without using a liner, or it helps create a defined line to follow.

Alissa Ashley has some tutorials on makeup for hooded eyes, including at least two(?) on just eyeliner. Def recommend her YouTube channel!

Every makeup tutorial ever will tell you define your crease and put shimmer on your lid. Fuck that. Place that shit higher up to fake more eyelid space. Put a blinding inner corner highlight and don’t be afraid to drag it up and down to really make your eye bigger.

Yes! First, as someone else mentioned, keep your eyes open. Not just that, but make sure you’re looking straight ahead in a neutral gaze (as in, not tilting your head up or down, not raising eyebrows). This is the position I make my initial line in. I also don’t follow that “angle up to the end of your eyebrow” piece of advice. This gets tricky with hooded eyes. I draw somewhere between flat out vertical and the eyebrow angle.

Two other things: I don’t do that cut out shape because my hood isn’t that prominent and because I was blessed with big lashes that I always play up so it’s not super noticeable. Also, if you’re nervous about that initial line, you can always keep that same gaze in the mirror and instead mark out your angle with a piece of scotch tape—I would do this all the time when I was starting out.

Hope this helps!

Look up hooded eyeliner videos on YouTube they have specific methods for getting a good winged eye without it disappearing whenever you open your eyes

Hello dear, when your eyelid is drooping you have to do it with your eye open and looking in front of the eyeliner, mark the line, and then if with the eyelid closed fill in the gaps

https://preview.redd.it/guzw1mi5dqgf1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=55b7352704ee60b0b2b6e89871a7b022fe363e27

Practice it until you have something like this left🖤

Also just keep practicing because it looks like you were sacred to add too much liner and mess it up 😭😭 get a nice gel liner that glides no liquid or pencils

look up risa does makeup on youtube she can help! also tight lining the top eye lid makes a big difference.

Tight lining the waterline, not the eyelid to leave space. And if you want a wing try doing a more horizontal line just enough to avoid the crease.

I think this look is going to take a steady hand and practice. I love that look, but I always have trouble with my eyes watering and ruining eye liner. I love a winged liner and I want it to be the darkest shade of black possible!

E.L.F makes a great eyeline that is like a maker. You can use it to make really crisp lines.

I’m probably not being helpful bc I don’t know of a tutorial, but I used to always practice eyeliner and eyebrows before getting in the shower everyday bc I could just wash away any failed attempt. That was how I nailed winged eyeliner and brows in general.

Sometimes mapping it out with a powder then liquid on top can help but also this will take practice to get used to so just practice even it it’s doing it right before you take off your makeup the more you practice the more easier it will be

Arent these "siren eyes "

A good solid black gel liner, a sharp angled brush, and a steady hand will be your best friend for this project.

Also, be sure you’re lining your eyes the way that best fits your shape. I have hooded eyes and dragging eyeliner across my lash line just doesn’t work for me.

Have fun!

Honestly not bad. You can see which eye was more comfortable for you.

I find resting my palm under my cheek bone helps to stabilize my hand when doing the "less comfortable eye". I also measure out and put a dot approximately equal distance apart that way it's more connect the dots than trying to mirror the same wing blindly. (Also, a lot easier to correct a small dot than a whole wing)

Looks great!

I think you did a great job! 👏🏼

Cute

You did great hun! It gets easier with practice.

The game changer for me was switching from the pen style liner to the wand style. I use this one by elf and it got much easier

https://www.amazon.com/l-f-High-Pigmented-Extra-Fine-Long-Lasting-Cruelty-Free/dp/B0BSR7D8RB?sr=8-6