Winged/cat eyeliner for hooded eyes

Nov 10, 2011

Tricia F.

Can anyone give me some tips on how to achieve an amazing cat/winged eyeliner look on my hooded eyes?
I can never get it to look right. :(

Nov 10, 2011

DJ M.

Do you apply your liner with your eye open? If you do, you may be able to draw over the fold in the outer corner and give it a nice swooped wing that extends smoothly from your lash line out. If you apply it when your eye is closed and you have hooded eyes, sometimes it can look a bit funky when you open your eye because it's been drawn on to your non-folded lid and it doesn't compensate for the deep fold. I would fool around with whichever type of liner you're most comfortable with (pencil, liquid, gel, etc.) until you figure out how to create the illusion of one smooth winged line. I think sometimes it just takes some serious trial and error to get around the quirkiness of some of our features :)

I hope this helps!

Nov 10, 2011

Tricia F.

@DJ M. how exactly would I do that? When I try to draw it with my eye open, even only partly the line goes extreamly wonky and will not go straight and smooth. :(

Nov 10, 2011

DJ M.

Have you tried with a liquid liner with a nice flexible, slim brush similar to UD's liquid liners? I tend to line my eyes with liquid while open by slightly resting the brush up against where my lashes meet my lid and carefully follow the shape of my eye. I tight-line my eyes a lot too so I guess lining with my eyes open is something I do regularly! I'd say trial and error will probably work best and figuring out which liners work best for you--that's personal preference most of the time in my experience :)

Nov 10, 2011

Sam M.

I have slightly hooded eyes asswell and found that using liquid liners weren't right for me, no matter how hard I tried it jus never worked! Even my friends doing it for me didn't work out.. Now I use eye shadows wet, using just water to paint solid defined lines and blending into a cat shape.. It's a much softer look :) x

Nov 10, 2011

Jalaina S.

Koren has a few videos for hooded eye looks.  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4dlAeVDN9w&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY9qjMbFAx4

Jan 6, 2012

Jessica R.

Jalaina,
I really appreciated this link. It is the 1st of many tutorials on hooded eyes that has actually helped me. Thank you.

Feb 5, 2012

Mashell P.

dj m> GREAT ADVICE!! 

Feb 9, 2012

Jalaina S.

@ Jessica...it's easier for a person w/hooded eyes to give advice on how to put make up on hooded eyes.

Nov 19, 2014

Kriste L.

I have hooded eyes as well. I found it helps if I make a tiny dot where I would like my liner to extend to. (Eyes open at this point) Then, I have to pull my skin a little so my eyelid is smooth. At this point you should be able to connect the dot with you your eyelid. I hope that helps!