The Ageless Way to Apply Eyeliner

*Post originally written by Olivia J on The Unknown Beauty Blog. If you see this post elsewhere, it has been stolen.*

This post deals with the deconstruction or instruction to lining the eyes.  Eyeliner to me is one of the important finishing touches to the eyes.  What makes eyeliner difficult is age.  As one ages, eyeliner tends to emphasize age more than a certain eye look.  This is where technique becomes important.
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Makeup Eye Anatomy: The Eye Indentation of the Eyes or What I Call the Hinge

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If you have been with me since the beginning of my blogging career.  (I'm sorry, I am chuckling to myself when I typed career.) Let me rephrase that, if you have been with me since the beginning of my B-List beauty blog journey, you will know that this is the part of the eye which I called the "hinge".
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The Brow Bone and Lid Area of the Many Eye Shapes

*Post originally written by Olivia J on The Unknown Beauty Blog. If you see this post other than the place of origin, it has been stolen.*

When you look into the mirror or even when you allow your brush to apply eyeshadow, what you see is not exactly what you want.  Take for example the brow bone and lid.  These two parts of the eyes really change with age.
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The Similiarities and Differences of the Many Eye Shapes for Makeup - The Orbital Ridge

*Post originally written by Olivia J on The Unknown Beauty Blog. If you see this post other than the place of origin, it has been stolen.*

All eyes are the same in terms of the anatomy, yet they aren't the same in terms of shape.  Yet beauty books tend to generalize eye shape to the point where if you don't have the certain eye shape mentioned, then there really is no eyeshadow hope for you.
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Reconstruction Zone: Shaped to Define Eyes

*Post originally written by Olivia J on The Unknown Beauty Blog. If you see this post elsewhere, it has been stolen.*

For many eyeshadow application can be a straightforward approach which is the simple approach of applying highlighter, crease color, and lid color.  As mentioned in my last post, your eyes consist of what you see in front and the sides.  They are three dimensional just like your face!

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The Deconstruction Zone: Redefining Eyeshadow Application

*Post originally written by Olivia J on The Unknown Beauty Blog. If this post is read elsewhere, it has been stolen.*

Some of you may have read my Definitive Eyeshadow Guide posts to further understand how eyeshadow and the anatomical structure of the eyes work.  I may be repeating myself in this post but we are all different and if you didn't understand what was written before, maybe you will understand this one.  This post and the others will redefine eyeshadow application a bit, allow you to see how eyeshadow really works with the shape of your eyes.

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