Easy eyeliner for beginners

We’d wear liquid eyeliner every single day if we didn’t have to apply it ourselves. Though it definitely creates the best cat-eyes, it can be slightly hard (OK, maybe really difficult) to handle if you’re a beginner. And while practice makes perfect, practice also takes time—and lots of it. So to speed things up for you, we went to two makeup artists for their best tips on how to apply liquid eyeliner. Best gel eyeliner for beginners Many of us have been there before, so to help you get started, our editors are sharing their best eyeliner tips, below. Keep scrolling to find the tricks we wish we knew sooner. 

The GLAMOUR beauty team tests hundreds of liquid eyeliners per year in order to try out all the different formulas, applicator tips and the pigment to make your life a bit easier. So, we've prepared a guide on the very best liquid eyeliners to add to your checkout, from viral hits to affordable bestsellers and underrated gems to fit all budgets and desired finishes. Scroll all the way down to shop. 23 Best Eyeliners in the World (and Counting) A cat eye or winged eyeliner look is probably one of the first things that comes to mind for people when thinking about liner. “It seems like the easiest thing, but it’s the hardest thing if you’re not a makeup artist. It’s really hard to do on yourself,” Robinette said.

Tops among our list of the most beloved eyeliners is NYX Epic Ink Liner ($8) which offers precision that even the least-skilled among us can achieve. Plus, the price is budget-friendly. About Best Eyeliners for Beginners This gel eyeliner pencil by Hourglass took home the Allure Best of Beauty Award for Best Eyeliner, so you know it's good. It features a creamy, easy-to-blend formula, that glides seamlessly across the lid. Whether you're attempting a graphic shape or just want to lightly line your eyes, there's plenty of time to shape this liner into whatever you want before it sets in place. MC's e-commerce writer, Julia Marzovilla, likes to use this pencil for winged looks since its forgiving and creates super sharp lines. 

Experts Share the Best Lash Growth Serums How to Do Smudgy, Diffused Eyeliner New eyeliner products are coming out all the time, and the renewed interest in graphic eyeliner-oriented looks like cat-eye and winged eyeliners has spurred companies to look into new application formats—for instance, Benefit's They're Real! Push-Up Liner, which has an angled silicone tip that guides a twist-up column of soft pencil out of its center. Likewise, Too Faced makes a "Lash Lining Tool" that consists of three small, rubbery tips meant to help with tightlining, getting right in between the lashes. While we found the actual eyeliner product in these items lacking, we will be keeping an eye out for application innovations that make getting graphic looks easier.