Good winged eyeliner tutorial (hooded lids)

[MrsPotatohead]

This is really interesting to me because I am good at drawing eyeliner, but couldn't figure out why the winged look was so difficult (even though I drew it perfectly, when I opened my eyes it looked odd). My eyes have a similar shape so (even though hers is WAY dramatic) I'm thinking of trying this 'optical illusion' next time I do it and see what happens.

[MrsPotatohead]

Jun 1, 2016 12:08:29 GMT -5 swizz said:

...I didn't hate the bad version...

I might try this though because I think this might work on my eye shape too.

lol I know, I actually don't hate it either, but I do see what she's saying - mine does sort of distort though when I open my eyes so I'm curious what would happen if I try this method.
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[pooh8402]

I don't *hate* it either, but I see what she means. it is a very... pronounced swoop, rather than the gentle curve that one normally expects. I may try this as well because I usually have trouble with my wings. I hate a really thick wing though...

[lexxasaurus]

I like both. I don't think a 'swoop' is terrible, and sometimes I don't want an extremely thick line. But both ways are pretty I think.

[MrsPotatohead]

Jun 3, 2016 10:43:05 GMT -5 pooh8402 said:

I don't *hate* it either, but I see what she means. it is a very... pronounced swoop, rather than the gentle curve that one normally expects. I may try this as well because I usually have trouble with my wings. I hate a really thick wing though...

agree, I don't want mine to turn out as thick, but not sure if it's one or the other?
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[sweetpea508]

I think it looks really pretty on her but I just can't figure out how to get it to work on my heavily hooded eyes. She doesn't have hooded eyes and I need to be able to see it to learn the technique, but again I'm so bad at eyeliner it still probably wont work. I need like an "explain like I'm 5" walk through with someone with hooded eyes. I've been looking to Jennifer Lawrence for makeup ideas because our eyes are similar.

[mrsukyankee]

Jun 7, 2016 13:03:05 GMT -5 sweetpea508 said:

I think it looks really pretty on her but I just can't figure out how to get it to work on my heavily hooded eyes. She doesn't have hooded eyes and I need to be able to see it to learn the technique, but again I'm so bad at eyeliner it still probably wont work. I need like an "explain like I'm 5" walk through with someone with hooded eyes. I've been looking to Jennifer Lawrence for makeup ideas because our eyes are similar.

I have heavily hooded eyes (with a sagging lid, yay) and I've just determined that I can't do a winged eyeliner.  It doesn't look good and I've tried for a year to figure it out and work on it.  I find that most people who post about 'how to do liner for hooded eyes' aren't talking about those of us who have heavy hoods/sagging (where the hood goes down past the corner of the eye).  If you don't have sagging at the end, do a google search for heavily hooded eyes and liner, and you'll find a few about fully hooded eyes.

Here's my face - super hooded & sagging: