Wear Holographic Eyeliner

Holographic eyeliner is like the new cat-eye. The sparkle and sass is like a futuristic version of the black, thickly lined lash-lines we’ve seen in recent years. You may be wondering how to wear eyeliner as reflective as your own eyes. There are lots of ways to wear holographic eyeliner, so wear it anyway your heart desires. Use it in place of traditional black eyeliner, accent black liner, or create stage worthy makeup with holographic, black liner and eye shadow.

Steps

Lining Your Upper Eyelid

1. Look for glitter eyeliner. Find holographic eyeliner at your local drugstore, department store, or order some online. Look for stick eyeliner in silver, gold or opal with finer pieces of glitter. Some brands will have glitter eyeliner labeled or described as holographic and some will not.
2. Use metallic eyeliner. Liquid metallic eyeliner will make your eyes holographic. Find it at the same places you'd find glitter eyeliner. Remember that some brands will label liquid metallic eyeliner as holographic and some will not. Look for metallic eyeliner in gold, silver or pastel chrome shades.
3. Brush on neutral eyeshadow. Holographic eyeliner has enough kick to it that neutral eyeshadow will accent it perfectly. Swipe a soft brown or pale pink up to the crease of your eyelid and highlight your browbone with a sheer, white shadow.
4. Apply the liner thinly to thickly from the corners of eyes. Accomplish perfectly lined eyes by thinly lining them at the corners and ending with a thick line past your outer lid. The thickest part of the line should be about {{safesubst:#invoke:convert|convert}} and make sure you swoop and taper a wing up towards the end of your brow. Apply liner to your upper eyelid in three sections:
   • Line thin from the corner to the start of the top of the arch of your eye.
   • Line a little thicker through the top of the arch.
   • Extend a thick line a {{safesubst:#invoke:convert|convert}} past your outer lid.
5. Brush a generous coating of mascara on lashes. Thick black mascara will be extra noticeable with holographic eyeliner. Prevent your mascara from running and thicken lashes by dusting loose powder over them first. Swipe one one of mascara to your upper and lower lashes, let it dry and apply a second coat.

Layering with Black Liner

1. Line your upper lash-line thinly with black. Get the best of both worlds by using black and holographic liner together. Start by thinly lining your upper lash-line with black. Get into spaces between lashes with an extra sharp pencil or liquid liner, then swipe a thin line along your top lid.
2. Layer holographic liner on top of black liner. Thickly line holographic liner right above the thinly lined black liner. Start lining at the beginning of the lash-line arch that's closest to your nose. As you extend the liner a {{safesubst:#invoke:convert|convert}} past your lash-line thicken it to a {{safesubst:#invoke:convert|convert}}.
   • Line holographic liner above the arch of your lash-line or line all the way from the corners of your eyes.
3. Use holographic liner on the inside of your lower lash-line. Line the waterline of your lower lash-line, the area closest to your eyes. Use holographic liner pencil in a pastel or chrome shade to do this. Your eyes will look wider and the liner will make them pop.
4. Complete the look with eyeshadow and mascara. Don’t forget to top your look off with mascara and eyeshadow. For a dramatic look, brush a gray or charcoal shadow along your eyelid crease. Blend downwards and upwards with a sheer, white shadow. Swipe two coats of mascara on your upper and lower lashes.

Lining with Holographic Paper

1. Find holographic paper online or at a craft store. Look for holographic paper in metallic shades that reflect light, like silver and gold. Any color can be holographic as long as it reflects light like metal. Purchase the thinnest paper you can get your hands on, because you’ll be gluing it to your skin.
2. Measure the length of your upper eyelid. Get an idea of how wide you need to cut your holographic paper by measuring your upper eyelid first. Hold a ruler up to the corner of one eye and note the length where your outer lid ends.
3. Trace a small arch for your lashline on the paper. You will need to cut a small piece of holographic paper out to paste on your upper lid. Trace an arch a {{safesubst:#invoke:convert|convert}} smaller than what you measured that is thin on one end and that arches up to about {{safesubst:#invoke:convert|convert}} thick.
4. Cut two small arches out. Use small scissors to cut out what you traced. Flip your paper over and lay this arch on top to trace another one. Cut out this matching arch for your opposite eye.
5. Glue the cut pieces of paper onto your upper eyelid. Use eyelash glue to adhere the cut pieces of holographic paper to your upper eyelids. Check their placement before you start gluing. The paper should start at the beginning of your top arch and extend {{safesubst:#invoke:convert|convert}} past your outer lid.
   • Place three small dots of glue on the backside of each paper arch. Spread the glue out and wait 30 seconds before you smooth the paper over your upper lashline.

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