Ever since my mom first gave me the OK to purchase makeup in the 8th grade, I've been obsessed with eyeliner. I don't wear foundation or powder or lipstick or gloss but you'll never catch me walking out of the house without eyeliner. In fact, you'll never catch me walking around my house without eyeliner. It's part of my daily routine -- brush hair, brush teeth, wash face, apply eyeliner.
I love it in all of its many forms. The thin outline, the thick cat-eye, the oft-derided raccoon-eye and the kohl-rimmed goth look. I love it in colors, black and brown. I love liquid liner, pencil liner and crayon liner. I love it, I love it, I love it.
My family has gotten used to this obsession. They make nothing of seeing me at breakfast with a little black line running along my top lid, then seeing me at dinner with a thick black outline circling my entire eyeball. When my cat jumps up on the countertop in my powder room for a drink of water, I just can't help myself.. while I'm waiting, I play around with eyeliner.
And I don't care if it looks "unnatural". In my opinion, that's not what makeup is for. Some people might use it to just add subtle accents to what's already there, but I look at my eyes as just another canvas to paint on. I've gotten so used to adding a thick black line to my upper lid that I don't feel like "me" unless it's there. I'm even thinking of getting it tattooed on permanently one of these days... but then that would take away the fun of painting myself every morning :)
I don't know about most girls, but the only reason I apply eyeliner is because I like the way it looks. I don't do it because society has taught me to wear makeup or because I want to snatch a man (there are better ways of doing that, I'm sure.) I do it because it makes me feel more confident, more snazzy, more unique and more like myself.
I think of eyeliner as clothes for the eyes. Would you walk out of the house without a shirt on? No? Well, I wouldn't walk out of the house without eyeliner.
Well, I wouldn't walk out of the house without a shirt either, but I think that was understood.
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Um, new favorite post ever? I THINK SO!
This was incredibly awesome/brilliant!
I LOVE IT!
My personal favorite is my brown pencil eyeliner...it goes with my everywhere. SERIOUSLY.
Haha! I bring it with me to Africa (not that I where any make-up in Africa...IT WOULD MELT RIGHT OFF! ;-D), so that when we land in the London airport...I can go put it on! AHAHAHAHAA!
But, yeah.
And seriously, I don't know why everyone's always ganging up on the raccoon look!
"Well, I wouldn't walk out of the house without a shirt either, but I think that was understood."
Never can tell with you...
;-P
*wearing
SHEESH!
Haha, this is brilliant! I love the look of eyeliner but am too lazy to do it. But I can totally understand your obsession and not feeling like yourself without it - I'm the same with red lipstick! Won't leave the house without it. And I don't do it to catch a man or because society tells me (if I wanted to catch a man, I would have noticed by now it wasn't working ;]) - I feel more like me and more comfortable, too. =D
-Andi x
Millie- lol THANKS! :-D
I think I would have to find a way to wear eyeliner even if I was in the hottest climate on earth. Maybe then the tattoo would just be necessary! ;-D
And yeah, I might be totally crazy and weird, but I haven't quite reached leaving-the-house-shirtless crazy and weird yet. lol
Andi - Thanks! "If I wanted to catch a man, I would have noticed by now it wasn't working ;]" SAME HERE!! haha!! exactly!
To each their own I say when it comes to make up. As long as it makes you feel good about yourself, then why not.
For me, I try to do the natural look because I like that make-up enhances natural features. I have thick eyelashes so ocassionally I thicken them with mascara. I have a natural very light flush to my cheeks which I highlight my adding pink blush. Also, my skintone is very uneven and I suffer from some acne (still at the age of 29!)so I use CoverFX foundation to make my skin look even. I get a lot of compliments because of that make up. People tell me I look glowing and that I'm lucky to have amazing skin. If only they saw me without makeup.
I would love to use eyeliner but I don't have the dexterity. Since you are an artist and are used to making fine movements with your fingers in order to do your art, I can see how you've mastered the art of eyeliner application. :-)
Great post! I guess my signature makeup item would be lipstick. I love how it immediately brightens my face, and like you, I've been known to wear it around the house, and never the leave the house without it.
THIS THIS THIS
I have liquid black/brown cateyes almost everyday (other than work, which is just a few mascara swoops and some shadow/stick thing because I don't care what preschooler and middleschoolers think of me.)
I like the natural look on a lot of people, but sometimes it's just like dude, have fun and go wild. I do whatever the heck I want with my makeup just because it's fun and I like trying different looks and copying people from the 60s.
I still have this eyeshadow from 7th grade called "electric iris" and eeee it's so fun to wear!
I'm definitely an eyeliner/mascara everyday. (& concealer under my eyes because I lead the life of an allnighter)
Ahhh, what an AMAZING post! (This is the second time reading it - the first time I "sleep-read" it. I know, I'm so weird! :O )
I'll never get over the fact that I can't wear eyeliner, because my eyes are just too damn small. I think it looks so beautiful on other people, but on me...just no. If I'm feeling bold, I'll sometimes try to work a fairly thin black line on my upper lash line and make a small flick at the end (not forgetting a ton of white liner on my water line to try to make my eye look wider and brighter!) Maybe it's my lack of self confidence, but I just think make up accentuates everything I hate about my face. Anyway, I just want to repeat that I think others wearing eyeliner is usually amazing. If someone is really working one of the gorgeous 60s looks, I *will* sit and stare at them. ;D
Ooh, and I LOVE LOVE LOVE all of the photos! I intend to look at them all one more time and become very, very jealous of their amazingness! :)
I love all the photos. I've always loved eyemakeup. I wear less now than ever but almost always eyeliner!
Great post!
Diana
www.allajumble.blogspot.com
Love love the post! I adorr lipstick and eyeliner and usually do not leave the house without either on!
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