Adding winged eyeliner to your makeup routine really makes the eyes pop, and I find it makes my lashes look a little thicker. Today, I’m going to be sharing how I apply inner and outer corner winged eyeliner with a step-by-step tutorial showing you how I do so.
I’ll link some of my favorite products down below as well, but often everyone has personal preferences as far as what they like doing.
For today’s look, I’m going to be using the Revlon Colorstay Micro Easy Precision Liquid Liner*. This is a liquid eyeliner with a super fine thin applicator. If you’re a beginner and not a fan of liquid formula liner, you could also try a gel liner or black or brown eyeshadow. I have really been liking the Sigma E06* brush for this.
Lining The Upper Lash Line
I like to begin on the upper lid, starting with lining my upper lash line from the inner corner. I use little feathering motions and small strokes to slowly make my way across the upper lash line, gradually building the thickness of the line.
I’ve found I usually make mistakes if I try to draw the line in one go. So little feathering motions have been my go-to. I like to rest my pinky on my cheek to keep a steady hand. As well as keep my arm and elbow tight to my chest. I apply the liner close up to the lash line so there are no gaps.
I’ll slowly increase the thickness of the liner as I make my way towards the outer corner. So, the thinnest area will be in the inner corner and the thickest will be in the outer corner of your eye. Once I have the basic liner sketched on, I’ll go back in one last time to perfect everything very carefully to get a perfect line.
The Outer Corner Wing
For the next step, we’ll begin the bottom outline of the wing. For this, sketch a line following the upward curve of the lower lash line. Imagining a line continuing onwards from the outer corner. Sketch a short line following this and try to keep it as thin as possible. If you have a hooded eye shape, you can start this a little lower or even make the angle a little softer.
Bat wing liner is another style that looks great on hooded eyes. For the top portion of the wing, connect the tip of the wing to the upper lash line eyeliner, avoiding the crease. Look straight in a mirror for this and draw on the line below the crease line in the outer corner. Once you have the wing shape drawn on, fill it in and clean up any edges with the liner.
Cleaning Up The Lines
If any of the lines came out a little softer than you intended, use a pointed cotton bud with some micellar water or makeup remover to clean things up. After removing any unwanted liner, use little bit of concealer and an ELF smudge brush and blend the area into the surrounding foundation and then set with powder.
Inner Corner Wing
Next up, moving on to the inner corner winged eyeliner. For this, I like using waterproof eyeliner pens as they stay put the best for me. The one I’m using today is the Too Faced Better than sex liner in the shade chocolate. Start out by looking straight into a mirror, then focusing on the upper lash line of the inner corner of your eye. Imagine this line will continue at the same angle onwards towards your nose. This is where I like to sketch on my first line, lightly draw a straight line at this angle extending the inner corner ever so slightly.
Once this is drawn on, I’ll then tilt my chin downwards and look straight into the mirror, here connect the tip of our previous line to the bottom lash line. Then clean up any mistakes as needed with the previous cotton swab method.
Tips
If you’re struggling to perfect the bottom portion of the wing, one of the best tips is using a small piece of tape. Grab a small piece and stick it to the back of your hand to remove some of the stick before using.
Then place the edge of the tape following the same upward angle as the lower lash on the outer corner of the eye, as if that were to continue onward. Use this as a guide for the bottom of the wing. Again avoiding the crease in the outer corner and keep the wing below this. So basically pull the eyeliner out at the end of the top lash line out and across connecting to the tape and then fill in the remainder of the wing.
The inner corner liner really gives the eyes a cat-eye look and is a fun way to add detail and dimension to your eye makeup. I do have a whole other post covering the inner corner winged eyeliner specifically which I will link here.
Different Styles
You can play with all sorts of fun colors when it comes to getting a winged eyeliner look. Another fun look you can do once you have the basic wing pattern down is a smoked-out wing. You can create this with eyeshadow or apply your liner with a pencil liner and smudge it out a little bit. When I do use a pencil eyeliner, I like to set it in place with an eyeshadow so it stays in place.
Hopefully, you found this helpful and you enjoyed my tips to up your eyeliner game. I have a bunch of other makeup tutorials you might enjoy as well. Check out my most recent eyebrow tutorial here.
