Cat Eye Makeup

You can use various colors and eye shadow shapes.

The general characteristic that makes eye shadow a cat eye, is the slight flare you create with your upper-lid eyeliner.

Here are the basic instructions:

1. Prime the entire eye area with foundation.

2. Apply your lighter color to brow bone and eye lid.

3. Apply your darker eye shadow color in the crease of your eye and blend down onto the eye lid if desired. You can really have free reign here... Use sparkly colors or matte shades. Either is fine. Use bright, bold colors or subtle, soft shades. Go for a natural look or a more intense appearance. Apply the classic eye shadow look of a shaded color in your crease, OR go wild and crazy and apply streaks and patterns!

4. Now for the actual cat eye look. Take a thick, dark eyeliner. You can use powdered, pressed, pencil, gel, liquid... whichever type you choose. The liquid and gel versions will give a more defined look, which you might prefer for this.

Apply liner very softly to lower lash line. Then apply the liner to the upper lash line: Begin at the INNER corner of the eye with a thin, delicate line, and build the line thickness as you reach the other corner of the eye. At the outer corner of the eye, sweep the eyeliner up and out. This mimics long, gorgeous lashes.

5. Finish with black or brown mascara.

Check out these totally cool examples!!

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