I've got to say I'm in love with the "cat eye" look. It's sweet and cute, but also sultry and edgy looking. I usually do a light cat eye makeup when I go out and sometimes when I go to school. I usually do a natural cat eye gyaru makeup, as well, when I have the motivation and time. So, I just wanna give some tips on a regular cat eye and a gyaru cat eye.
The Basics
This is a relatively easy eye makeup style. It's pretty versatile too and will look good on everyone with every outfit. First we start with the eyeliner shape.
This is a close up of how the shape of eyeliner should be. This is the basic shape of all cat eye makeup.
You get this by starting at the inner corner and applying a thick line along the upper lash line. When you get to the outer corner you pull the eyeliner up making an up-facing wing. A way to be exact is to point the wing up towards the end of your eyebrow. Liner is also sometimes applied from the tear duct along the waterline, until it means the bottom of the wing you made.
The eyeshadow is easy. It should be light or not there at all. Since the eyeliner is dark, dark eyeshadow could over-do the whole look and look a little too intense. So a champagne, cream, light gold, or even a light bronze or brown are all wonderful choices. Colours like light purple, pink,and mossy green are also used often. The shadow should go on your lid and under the eye, below the waterline. Eyeshadow on the browbone is common too, but should be a shade lighter than the colour on you lid.
Styles
The cat eye can be light and natural or intense and bold. It can also be dolly and sweet--as in gyaru. So I'll give examples of all three.
Light
This "light" technique is achieved by applying a champagne or light gold, or maybe even light pink eyeshadow on the lid and below the water line.
The eyeliner is the basic cat eye shape with no liner on the waterline. You can use white liner, however, for a more bright eyed look.
Mascara should be thickly applied on the top lashes only, especially at the outer lashes. No falsies should be used in this look.
This look will result in a natural everyday type eye.
Intense
This bold and edgy look is achieved by applying light eyeshadow in either champagne, gold, or bronze on the lid. No eyeshadow is applied below the water line because you're trying to achieve a sharp look rather than a soft, natural look.
The liner, preferably liquid in this case, is applied thin from the inner corner, pulling down past the tear duct, like an arab eye, but gets thicker as you move along the lash line-- the liner should almost reach the crease of your eyelid and the wing will be thick and long. Then, eyeliner is applied thinly from the tear duct, along the water line making a dip and applying thickly as you reach the outer bottom corner. It should meet the wing.
The eyelashes in this case should be thinly coated with mascara because of the darkness of the liner, it will be over done.
This look is good for going out at night or for a more formal event. This look is, however, most likely too dark for everyday eye makeup.
Dolly
I think this look is my personal favourite. It's very sweet and dolly, making it a staple for gyaru makeup. It's achieve by wearing circle lenses to begin with, then applying gold or bronze eyeshadow on your lid and cream or champagne below your waterline and inner corner.
A gel, liquid, or soft pencil liner is applied from the the lower inner corner, pulling down, making an arab eye, then leading up and along the lash line, making a thin wing leading up like usual. The liner should not be thick. Pencil liner should be applied along the outer corner of the waterline. No liner should be applied all the way along the waterline.
This is a close up of how the liner should look.
False eyelashes should be used in this case. They should be long and tapered at the end. Tapered gives a more dolly cat eye. Apply mascara along your natural eye lashes after putting on the falsies to bind the natural lashes and false lashes.
This look is good for a more natural gyaru eye makeup. It's good for every day gyaru, which is why I love it so much.
*** pictures found on google!
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