Friday’s post was about L’Oreal’s Voluminous liquid/felt liner. I promised you photos, and here they are!!

For comparison, here is a naked eye, much to my shame! This means nothing at all; no concealer, liner, mascara, anything. My eyelashes aren’t even curled!! It’s just my eye, and a bit of moisturizer, probably. I left my face free of any other product for this comparison. Blotchiness? Check! Straight lashes? Check! Dark circles? Check!

Here are two photos of the liner on. It’s tightlined on the top lashline, and wings out a bit at the edge. This results in fuller-looking lashes, as it “fills in” the base gaps. The thin wing is a natural take on a dramatic look, and it serves to make your lashes look fuller and more curled.

A view from the bottom:

A view from the top. Remember, these lashes are just as straight as they were in the first photo!
Lastly… for a bit more drama, go over the line another time. Extend it a bit and arch a little more. Curl lashes and go over them with your favorite glossy mascara (I’m lazy and have super-sensitive eyes, so I just touch them up with a bit of Vaseline to help hold curl and give a glossy finish).

Make sure you have no clumps in your mascara, none at all – this polished look would just look wrong with spidery, clumping lashes. And if you must choose between volume and length, I’d go for length – once again, it just seems to go better with this look.

Add this to give a polished effect to your eye makeup, or on it’s own like me – just conceal around the entire eye, making sure the veins on your lid are hidden as well as red spots and under eye circles. (Which, for the record, I have not done in the following photo – I’ll remind you again, I don’t have anything but liner and Vaseline on!)

Lastly, don’t hesitate to take a q-tip (or, preferably, a pointed swab) and clean up the edges. Hand a little unsteady at first? Don’t worry, just dip a q-tip in makeup remover, (or baby oil, which I used) clean up the line slowly, and dab the oiliness off with the dry end of the swab.

You’re good to go!