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Beauty How-To: Winged Eyeliner

January 11, 2013
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I love wearing winged eyeliner.  I sometimes do a more subtle version for daytime, and a thick, dramatic wing for a night on the town!  The trouble, however, is that when friends ask how I get the look, I’m completely unable to explain it.  That’s why I was so curious to find out how makeup artist Kahlia Adams suggested we all achieve the perfect winged liner.
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Start by drawing a guide with a white eye pencil, following the lower lash line.
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Draw a line across the upper lid on the lash line and above the white pencil line, using an angle brush and some black eyeliner. Shadow is easier to remove and control
then a gel or liquid liner . You can make sure your proportions are correct
before using the less forgiving medium.
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Then take a pen eyeliner (we used a Skinny Marker by NYX)
and start just outside the tear duct till the end of the lash line on both
sides. Flip the pen around so the skinniest part was at the tip of the
wing and follow the guideline. You can build the line up do its as thick and
dramatic as you want. 
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Use a wet Q-Tip to remove your white line, et voila!
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Have a beauty or makeup question?  Any how-to’s or tutorials you’d like to see?  
Tweet @KahliaMakeup or book an appointment with her at kahliaadams.com!

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  • Elaine A (TOBeautyReviews) January 11, 2013 at 6:03 pm

    Beautiful!!! Great tip, my winged liner always looks different everyday LOL! I might give this a try 😉

  • Sophie January 11, 2013 at 6:12 pm

    What a great tip! Pinned it. 🙂

  • Naghmeh January 11, 2013 at 6:15 pm

    oh that's such a great tip!
    I always get one eye right and then have the hardest time matching the other eye to it hehe.
    you look beautiful 🙂
    xo

  • alison*elle January 11, 2013 at 8:08 pm

    Great how-to, Alicia and Kahlia! I've never thought to use a white liner… I always just freehand it.

    xo, alison*elle

  • SIENA.STYLE January 11, 2013 at 9:45 pm

    wow that looks so easy!!
    thanks for sharing:)
    kisses from Milano
    http://sienastyle.blogspot.it/

  • Jennifer January 11, 2013 at 11:21 pm

    I really want to try to do this!

    xo Jennifer

    http://seekingstyleblog.wordpress.com

  • Stylelista January 12, 2013 at 12:44 am

    such a great tutorial! I am still trying to perfect this, I am definitely trying this tonight!

    xoxo stylelista
    http://www.stylelistaconfessions.com

  • Marisa January 12, 2013 at 12:47 am

    I'm always looking for an easier way to achieve winged eyeliner and this version using a white eye pencil is genius. Totally going to try this out!

    Marisa
    http://style-rhapsody.blogspot.com

  • ~Jeimy~ January 12, 2013 at 3:39 am

    wow you did great Love it!

  • Libby Winchester January 12, 2013 at 1:45 pm

    Love these tips Alicia… this is my fave liner look as well! 😀

  • Lady-Pa January 12, 2013 at 9:12 pm

    great tutorial

    Lady-Pa

    xoxo

  • Cait Val January 13, 2013 at 9:45 pm

    OMGosh, best cat eye tutorial ever!
    THANKS FOR POSTING!!!!

    xo. c & v
    cake & valley

  • Sammie January 14, 2013 at 2:07 pm

    thanks for sharing,i have to try this 🙂

  • J.Ibolya January 21, 2013 at 8:29 am

    nice blog. follow you.

    http://www.beautyandfashion-makeup.blogspot.com