Beauty

[ciao_bella]

I'm looking for recommendations for a 'softer looking' eyeliner for mature eyelids that has staying power.  Liquid eyeliner is too harsh and doesn't have a smooth line on mature eyelids.  Pencils seem to drag and not much staying power.   Just looking for something that's softer, more natural  looking and has a decent staying power on mature eyes without spending a lot of money.  

[Peaches McPhee]

Sometimes I use a skinny makeup brush, wet it down, and apply dark eye shadow as a liner. Its a fuzzy line, not a harsh line.

[10sluvr]

i have good luck with Clinique pencil liners. i'm 71 and go for taupe or slate and use a lighter touch. it's hard to find a soft color, in the pencils, so i use a light touch and maybe a smudgeing. i have also used a darker shadow and used a brush for liner. that give softer color.

[ECBG]

The only way I put on liner is in short strokes.  To soften that, it is said to go over it with black eyeshadow.  My eyes are deep set enough that it would rub off higher on my lid because my eyes are deep set.

I have never heard of another method to soften liner, sorry.

[Shanus]

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@ciao_bella wrote:

I'm looking for recommendations for a 'softer looking' eyeliner for mature eyelids that has staying power.  Liquid eyeliner is too harsh and doesn't have a smooth line on mature eyelids.  Pencils seem to drag and not much staying power.   Just looking for something that's softer, more natural  looking and has a decent staying power on mature eyes without spending a lot of money.  

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@ciao_bella   Our mature eyes we need definition and and the look of thicker lashes. The best way is without liner. Try using a waterproof pencil and wiggling it between your lashes (tightlining). It's the "new" natural liner. It leaves our lids free for shadow.

Besides pencil, you can use a waterproof cram shadow stick with a liner pencil and doing the same thing. Navy will make the whites of our eyes look bright white (they begin to look off-white/yellow as we age), dark brown is great, too. Since using black mascara and you want to mimic fuller lashes, a darker liner smudged between the hairs is suggested.

Suggestions for pencils are Mally's waterproof pencils, but my favorites are Urban Decay 24/7 liner pencils. For waterproof long lasting cream pencils, try Bobbi Brown, Laura Mercier's Caviar Sticks and Cover Girl makes some now, too.

[SilleeMee]

I like to do a tightline using a fine flat-liner brush with a dark brown or charcoal powder shadow. Press it directly into my upper lash line and that gives me the look of fuller lashes and defines my eyes. 

ETA - Lightly wet the brush before you swipe it onto the powder shadow. Keeps it from falling out.

[Shanus]

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@SilleeMee wrote:

I like to do a tightline using a fine flat-liner brush with a dark brown or charcoal powder shadow. Press it directly into my upper lash line and that gives me the look of fuller lashes and defines my eyes. 

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@SilleeMee   I get lots of fallout with shadow. Have you tried any of the liquids (Trish McEvoy makes a good one) that turns your shadow into a waterproof liner?...or just wet the liner brush?

[SilleeMee]

I usually lightly wet my brush then swipe that across my shadow, no fallout that way. @Shanus 

[Shanus]

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@SilleeMee wrote:

I usually lightly wet my brush then swipe that across my shadow, no fallout that way. @Shanus 

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@SilleeMee   Ah, think you left that part out. LOL

[SilleeMee]

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@Shanus wrote:

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@SilleeMee wrote:

I usually lightly wet my brush then swipe that across my shadow, no fallout that way. @Shanus 

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@SilleeMee   Ah, think you left that part out. LOL

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@Shanus 

I know! I meant to say it but it's early...lol!