Nothing makes us angrier than spending hours diligently perfecting our cat eye only to fail miserably a few hours later. It never seems to last, despite using smart tape techniques or business cards as a guide to perfect wings. It’s a bothersome beauty issue that we don’t notice until the day is over and the camera reveals what we’ve been missing.
Smeared eyeliner may be quite upsetting after you’ve spent hours perfecting your makeup look. While there are several potential causes for your sad eyeliner fate, the good news is that they all have a fix. Read on to find out the reasons.
6 Reasons Why Your Eyeliner Never Stays In Place
Even though seeing your eyeliner smears all the time, you can simply fix the issue with these simple steps once you understand how and why it happens frequently.
Bid Goodbye To Gel Or Creamy Eyeliners
The majority of eyeliners, particularly those with kohl or cream formulas, are not waterproof. All those are fantastic if you want an eyeliner that is simple to apply and blend for an artfully smokey effect, but they aren’t the best if you want your perfectly applied eyeliner to stay in place every day and every night.
How To Fix It: Invest in a waterproof liquid eyeliner. And, apply waterproof eyeliner instead of liquid or gel eyeliner.
Allow Your Eye Cream To Absorb Into Your Skin
Even though eye cream is necessary for skin health, there’s a chance you’re using it incorrectly. It can prevent eyeliner on your lower lash line from drying if you use too much eye cream before you apply your eye makeup.
How To Fix It: To be honest, first, let your eye cream penetrate your skin before you apply any makeup. Style your hair, choose your outfit, or binge-watch Netflix. Before applying the eyeliner, wait until your eye cream and other moisturising products have had a chance to absorb into the skin.
Blame Your Shaky Hands
Applying makeup with a shaky hand is tough in general, but the stakes are considerably greater with eyeliner, as one false stroke can result in ugly smudges or eye poking.
How To Fix It: It’s easy! Ask a friend to help you with outlining your lids, and if that is not feasible, just use a stencil or stamp eyeliner to ace the wing.
Avoid Drawing One Long Line On Your Lids
It takes practice to apply eyeliner that is exactly straight and the correct length. You risk having uneven and smeared eyeliner if you continuously try to apply it to the entire lid in one stroke.
How To Fix It: Initiate short dashes, then go back and fill in the gaps to join them. Once you have a single line, you can go over it again to make it darker or thicker. Even though it initially seems like it would take longer, it is faster than having to start over after smudging your eyeliner all over your upper eyelid or under-eye area.
Your Eyelash Curler May Be Messing With Your Eyeliner
Eyelash curlers can easily smudge or relocate your neatly placed eyeliner; therefore, if you use one after applying eyeliner, this may be the reason for your smears.
How To Fix It: You should curl your lashes before using any eyeliner. With perfectly curled eyelashes and completely intact liner, you’ll conquer the beauty world!
Set Your Makeup, Girl!
When it comes to making sure that not only your eyeliner, but the rest of your makeup, stays in place and lasts throughout the day, setting it with a setting spray is important.
How To Fix It: When you’re done with your makeup, spritz a setting spray over it. To ensure that your makeup lasts all day, apply the setting spray to your face in an “X” and “T” pattern.
And if it still fails, just wing it!
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