How to Wear a White Eyeliner

A Fresh New Way to Wear White Eyeliner

August 24, 2010

Here's an excerpt of a post by OnSugar blog cee me on getting a runway-inspired white eyeliner look:

I'm not wearing any other makeup on my face, so all the focus should go to the eyes. I started with a white eyeliner (by Bourjois) and set that with a white eye shadow (from the Eye Shadow Duo Twilight by Smashbox), and then used a cream black eyeliner (by Clinique) with a very, very thin brush (by Sephora) to line really only the base of the lashes. I then used a black waterproof eyeliner (by Urban Decay) on my top waterline (try not to blink until it's dry), and then I used a black mascara (by YSL) on my top lashes only.

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15 Comments

CCee 2 years

Thank you. This look wasn't meant to be new, even though it's getting back in fashion, it's just to show how you can wear it without looking ill. I loved wearing it though, and setting the white eyeliner with a white eyeshadow means it will stay on pretty from application until YOU want it removed.

CCee 2 years

FrankiLee 2 years

While the look is cute (I have seen it before as others have said), I absolutely LOVE this woman's eyebrows. They're perfect. I'm kind of anal about eyebrows, and when I see someone with perfectly groomed ones, it makes me happy :D

2 years

I agree with some of the others - This look isn't new at all. My friends and I wore white eyeliner like this in the mid-late 90's - in OHIO. haha

postmodernsleaze 2 years

I think the key to making this style look awesome and not trashy is to make sure you are impeccable with your application and make sure it's neat and streamlined (like in the included photo). I've seen this look before on some girls and it's terrible, but when done carefully, I think it's neat.

mindtergalactic 2 years

it looks good on you, i've tried it, it looks good from the distance, but closer, not so good

2 years

and all the ghetto girls at my high school were wearing this look. we did not think it was cute at all.

postmodernsleaze 2 years

^ Same here, Thunderbolt! It looks great, but it's something I've seen a lot before. My sister started doing this look in high school in the late 1990s/early 2000s. My mom said she did it when she was in junior high in the early 1970s. I've always thought it was a really cool look :)

postmodernsleaze 2 years

Thunderbolt28 2 years

This isn't new to me. We used to do this in the early 2000s. It was really popular with Puerto Ricans and in the boroughs of NYC. I guess the streets hit the runway.

HelloFashion 2 years

It really suits you! and its such a clever way to wear white :)But im one of those people who have small eyes and pale skin so i would look alien :')

HelloFashion 2 years

It really suits you! and its such a clever way to wear white :) But im one of those people who have small eyes and pale skin so i would look alien :')

MartiniLush 2 years

This looks great on you!!!!!

MartiniLush 2 years

This looks great on you!!!!!

Iveenia 2 years

WOW - the eye pops out just fabulously :D

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