I've never been able to get the smoky eye thing right.

Plei, I need to thank you for recommending wet'n'wild liquid eyeliner. In high school, I could get a random liquid eyeliner my aunt would send from Egypt, but didn't find it elsewhere (duh,) which is why I returned to crayon when I ran out. I like the liquid so much more. Luckily, other brands seem to be providing it since the WNW racks always look like they've been sacked by Vikings!

You mean when it was filmed? Cause they used a DC car (and maybe line, I dunno.) I just recall that from the PBS special on it.

Yeah, I mean when it aired, really.

Yeah, I mean when it aired, really.

Heh. I was afraid of the gap BEFORE I ever saw that ep. Courtesy of riding a Prague metro wedged in the freaking open door down a tunnel. Nothing like that to make you kinda jumpy.

Ooh, creepy.

Mind the gap.

It's a thing.

Was asked on a bizzare 'date' tonight, but am resting up for 12 hours of black belt training this weekend instead.

Plus I'm having a migraine.

I definitely use my eyes like a canvas, but I only pretty much work in monochrome when I'm drawing, so I can't imagine what I'd do with eye makeup not basically in the beige->brown palette, or black. I just shade my eyelids to make my eyes look more prominent, as if I were drawing someone.

I fucking can't please myself with eyeliner. I've given up.

Plus, they say either the eyes or the lips should be strong. My lips are already damned big, but I just can't resist the shades of blood colours. And now I've found out which tubes to combine to get my version of fire engine red, and a nail polish to match, it's definitely strong lips any time I bother with night time makeup these days.

Thing is, it doesn't look tasty.

Lipstick is my pain in the ass. Everytime I find one I like, it eventually gets discontinued. I've ended up tending towards ones that are just only teeny bit darker (and more even, duh) than my natural color, but again...laziness. What's weird to me is the brownish brick color I wore for years...looks wrong now. Don't know if my judgement or what has changed. Hell, I used to wear revlon's...um...black cherry for years and it looks fine in photos, but now? NO. Plus, revlon's fomulation tastes and smells funny/annoying to me now.

Plei, I need to thank you for recommending wet'n'wild liquid eyeliner

And I, in turn, need to thank Allyson. I love the stuff.

I've never been able to get the smoky eye thing right.

Part of the trick is to do most of the smoky part with a lighter shade of shadow than you'd think you'd be using, and to smudge the crap out of your liner. Q-Tips work well for that.

Allyson's eyes were what prompted me to return to liquid. I just remembered your recs in particular.

I really should just subject myself to a makeup counter (especially since it appears my drugstore powder of choice has been discontinued, I really liked it and have only one compact left,) but I'm so DIY, it's haaaaarrrrrrdddd.