Do Floral Eyeliner

Floral eyeliner is a trendy new look. While floral eyeliner takes awhile to apply, it can be worth it if you want eyeliner for a special occasion. You create clusters of flowers running along your lash line. You can create flowers using lines or dots. When you're done, add a bit of additional makeup to finish off your look.

Steps

Making Flowers with Lines

1. Add your first flower near the center of your lash line. Start at the center of your lash line. Using your first color, draw an X-shape at the center of your lash line by drawing on two lines. The ends of each line should touch your lash line. Then, add a line going straight down through the X. From there, add additional lines shooting from the center of your X until you have a flower that is as bushy and full as you want.
   • Do not worry if this does not look flower-like yet. The flower shape will become clearer when you add the buds.
   • The color you choose is up to you, but go for something bright and floral like a vibrant pink or yellow.
2. Add your second flower. Right next to your first flower, add another flower. Use the exact same process. Draw an X, then draw a horizontal line through it, and fill out the flower from there.
3. Continue across your lash line, alternating between colors. Fill out either side of your lash line with flowers. Alternate between colors. Continue to create flowers by starting with an X and filling out the colors from there. Keep going until your entire upper lash line is covered in flowers.
4. Create the buds. Take a yellow eyeliner. Place a dot in the center of each flower. This will make it clear the shapes are flowers as they will have a defined bud.
   • It can help to use glitter yellow eyeliner. This will pop quite a bit, catching people's attention.

Using Dots to Create Flowers

1. Opt for colorful liners. Floral eyeliner is usually made with colorful liners. Go for things like pinks, purples, greens, reds, and yellows. This will help give your dots a flowery feel.
   • Make sure you have at least one green or yellow eyeliner. You will need these to create buds for your flowers.
2. Add a white flower to your outer corner. To start, you'll be creating a backdrop of white flowers. Start with a single white flower on the outer corner of your eye. To create a flower, use the tip of your eyeliner brush to draw five small dots in a circle. Leave a small hole in the center of the circle. You will fill this in later to create the bud of your flower.
   • Do your best, but keep in mind not all your circles will be completely uniform. Just as flowers have petals of different sizes and shapes, it's okay if your circles are a little mismatched.
3. Add two flowers branching outward. Right next to your first flower, add another flower stemming away from your eye. Make this one slightly smaller by using smaller dots. Moving outward and upward slightly, make another flower with even smaller dots connected to the second one.
   • The line the flowers follow should be similar to a cat eye you would make with a regular eyeliner look. It should be a small wing of flowers moving outward and upward slightly in a diagonal line.
4. Work your way back in with smaller flowers. On top of your first line of flowers, draw another line of flowers. These ones should be all be slightly smaller than the first three flowers you drew. The line of flowers should lead back to your eye. It should end on the top of your lash line just near the corner of your eye.
   • Again, your flowers may not be perfectly uniform. It can be particularly difficult to draw totally uniform flowers when you're making tiny dots, but mismatched flowers can make for a more realistic floral look.
5. Add flowers all along your lash line. Draw a line of white flowers across your lash line. Draw the flowers in clusters of two, so you have two rows of white flowers running along your lash line as you go. Vary the size and shapes of the flowers to add some spontaneity to the look.
   • Remember, you make flowers by drawing five dots in a circle.
6. Use a brighter color to draw on colorful flowers. Take a brighter color, such as a purple or pink. Starting on the line stemming outward, draw a few flowers here and there over the white flowers. Again, make flowers by drawing circles of five dots. Have the colored flowers overlap the white flowers slightly. Continue adding colored flowers about halfway down your lash line.
   • The number of colored flowers you want is up to you. Some people prefer only a splash of colored flowers while others like 50/50 ratio of colorful and white flowers.
7. Mix your white eyeliner with your colorful eyeliner. On a paper plate or similar surface, add a dab of your white eyeliner. Then, add a dab of your colorful eyeliner. Using a clean eyeliner brush, mix the colors together slightly.
8. Add lighter colored flowers. Using the new color you created, add flowers along the remainder of your lash line. Again, have them overlap slightly with the white flowers and add as many light colored flowers as you prefer.
9. Finish up with buds. Take a yellow eyeliner. Using an eyeliner brush, dab the center of each flower with a dot of yellow. This should make it clear the cluster of dots are flowers, as they now all have buds.
   • Keep in mind, not every flower will get a bud. Some flowers overlap, covering the hole in the center of the dots.

Incorporating Other Makeup

1. Use light foundation. Flower eyeliner is very attention grabbing. You should keep other makeup minimal when wearing it. Add only a light layer of foundation after applying floral eyeliner.
2. Apply one coat of mascara. A single coat of mascara is all that is necessary for liquid eyeliner. Too much mascara, or something like false eyelashes, can take attention away from your floral liner.
   • Go slower than you usually would when applying your mascara. This can help prevent you from smearing your flower shapes.
3. Fill in your waterline with colored liner. Filling in your waterline will help your eyes pop and make them look bigger and more defined. Choose a colored eyeliner if you used floral eyeliner. This will give your eyes a floral, spring look. Opt for a color that's the same or similar to the one of the colors you used for your flowers.

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See also

• Wear White Eyeliner
• Apply Eyeliner
• Apply Pencil Eyeliner
• Remove Eyeliner
• Apply Artsy Eyeliner
• Do Winged Eyeliner
• Make Cat Eyes With Eyeliner
• Apply Makeup on Round Eyes
• Put Eyeliner on Small Eyes
• Apply Liquid Eyeliner

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