Cateye
I learned about “Cat-Eye” in Makeup School. But I found it hard. I love Adele's signature look but I was scared to implement it. I understood the idea, I know the principles. And eventually I did it for clients, but less confidently, When I had to do it for me, I had to spend time with it more, sometimes an hour even, so I don't feel the pressure. I posted something last time here pretending I finally figured it out. But that's all BS. I was still afraid.
Until I had a realization recently, I'm in my 40s now. It's only a matter of 20ish years before my face becomes saggy and wrinkled. Plus, I see my mom and her friends having problems applying makeup due to eyesight (and I thought I saw Jennifer Garner show it too). They needed 10x mirror to help with the job. It's inevitable, the eyes will fail slowly. And when that time comes, Makeup goals will be much more harder to achieve!
Hence, while my face is young ish and my eyes are still doing a decent job, I will conquer my eyeliner fears and beat the sh*t of this cateye thing until it becomes all just second nature to me.
So I began to do it daily. I have been wearing cat-eye everyday to work. I think what I feared most about it is symmetry. I had situations before where I might have applied too much on one side and tried to replicate the other and then it all gets messed up! It's all in my head - that I can't get symmetry together! But then later on, I finally admit to myself, that my eyes are not perfectly symmetric! Perfectly symmetric face is non-existent! The sooner I accept that, the sooner I can move forward and face my fears! And yes I'm brave now... It is tempting to just go to town with my liquid eyeliner and be graphical, but I am still in a place of work and I need to look decent. Symmetry is still the key, make it look like it's a normal eye, but this time - adjust my application - less product on my right, straighter line on the left, etc. That's #1.
The second thing is to use a guide. And I'm not talking about those stencils and tapes and stuff. They just make it harder for me unfortunately. I "eyeball" things out, and then I use an eyeliner brush and Stila smudge pot to lightly make an outline, adjusting things according to #1. Lastly, fill it up with my liquid eyeliner. I find that as long as I "color" within the lines, the less pressure it becomes. Just keep doing it this way until later down the line, I won't need a "guide" anymore because I have the visual inculcated in my brain.
#3 is just owning it! Especially when I make a mistake, just go with it! There are 365 days in a year, one day can be an experimental day. If I do want to perfect it, I can try again the next day.
Makeup is fun!
