Fox eyeliner- is a never-ending trend, and people are getting increasingly into this style. People’s obsession with elongated, narrow eye shapes is quite sinister indeed. Recent trends like siren eyes are similar to Fox Eyeliner, focusing on giving that fierceness to your overall look.
At the very beginning of this trend, many people felt left out because fox eyeliner isn’t for everyone. But soon, makeup artists came out with clever techniques to make fox eyeliner work for every eye shape. This proves how powerful this trend is because it simply didn’t let it rest.
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WHAT IS FOX EYELINER?
To call it Fox Eyeliner, you need two intricately drawn, pointy wings on both the inner and outer corners of your eyes.
The signature style of this Eyeliner trend is that the outer wing starts from the mid-eyelid and is elongated till it’s super thin and sharp. And the inner corner wing makes the eyes narrow to match the extreme outer corner wing.
HOW IS THE FOX EYE DIFFERENT FROM CAT EYE?
Once you know what these two types of eyes are, you’d immediately get the subtle differences between them.
The differences shown below are based on two main points –
- Natural eye shape.
- Makeup style.
| FOX EYE | DIFFERENCE BASIS | CAT EYE |
| To consider someone’s ‘natural eye shape’ as a Fox eye, the shape should be similar to almond-shaped eyes. More specifically, slanted eyes can be considered to be fox eyes. Thus, people of Asian descent have fox-shaped eyes. | NATURAL EYE SHAPE | To consider someone’s natural eye shape as a Cat eye, the eyes should have a rounded effect on them. The positive canthal tilt on cat eyes is less obvious than on fox eyes. |
| Creating a Fox eye look with makeup requires eyeliner wings on both the inner and outer corners. The wing on the outer portion is more elongated than usual and turns thick to thin. | MAKEUP STYLE | Cat eye makeup look requires only one eyeliner wing on the outer corner. The wing is more on the thicker side and is longer than a normal winged eyeliner. |
THINGS YOU NEED TO NAIL FOX EYELINER?
You won’t need anything other than a good eyeliner with a sharp pointy tip to create this look. But to nail Fox eyeliner or a whole FOX eyeliner look, there’s more to it, and the list is as below –
- Eyeliner.
- Any thin synthetic brush, e.g., lip brush.
- Micellar water.
- Eye primer.
- Contour color.
- Mascara.
- Brown eyeliner pencil.
All these mentioned products are more or less important for a nailed Fox eyeliner look that stays true to the critter it’s named after.
HOW TO DO FOX EYELINER (STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE)
The best and most used eyeliner type for this kind of look is – Felt-tip Eyeliner.
1st STEP – Grab your felt tip eyeliner, and you want to stamp the tip on your outer corner edge. This way, you’d get a guide.
2nd STEP – Trace that line more and drag it till your mid eyelid. Always make sure the line is near your lash line. You’ll get jagged lines at first, but work on that line and give the line intensity at the base.
3rd STEP – After you’re happy with the base, extend the line outwards. Once you’re satisfied with the length, trace over that line and align it with the baseline.
4th STEP – Take your time and keep looking ahead as you do this. With this method, you can keep track of the desired position of your wing. Go back and forth for a smooth base eyeliner.
5th STEP – When you’re satisfied with the direction and angle of your liner, extend the wing to a fine, precise tip.
6th STEP – Take micellar water on an angular or lip brush and smooth the edge of the wing or any areas that need to be corrected.
7th STEP – For the inner corner, keep your hands steady and elongate your natural eye corner. Again, nothing would give you the precision you need for the inner corner wing other than a felt tip eyeliner.
EXPERT TIPS – MUA Hindash, in his How To: Fox Eyeliner tutorial, said- Micellar water activates dried-up eyeliner again. So in the middle of doing your makeup, if you feel like you messed up with your liner, instead of fully wiping the liner off, use micellar water. Micellar water makes eyeliner wet again, so you can reshape your eyeliner again with a brush. And once it sets, you are good.
HOW TO GET A COMPLETE FOX EYE MAKEUP
The previous steps focused only on the eyeliner part. This part will guide you on the overall eye makeup look. Here’s how you should use other makeup products to nail the Fox eyeliner –
1st STEP – Start off with applying primer on a clean eye base. Blend it with a brush thoroughly.
2nd STEP – Take your contour color on a small fluffy brush and put it on your crease. Treat this as an eye contour and start defining your crease.
3rd STEP – Concentrate the same contour color on your outer corner cause you need some intensity to guide the eyeliner afterward.
This step would also give you an overall lifted face illusion.
4th STEP – Choose a light shade of eyeshadow for highlighting. Hindash chose a cream ivory shade for highlighting. Use it on your lid’s center and brow bone.
5th STEP – Do your Fox eyeliner now.
6th STEP – Use mascara for a nice fluttery look. Go easy with the lower lashes; too much mascara would make them look overpowering.
7th STEP – Tightline your upper waterline with a brown pencil eyeliner.
HOW TO DO FOX EYELINER ON DIFFERENT EYE SHAPES
Fox eyeliner is a popular makeup trend that can help make your eyes appear more extensive and defined. However, different eye shapes may require slightly different techniques to achieve the desired fox eyeliner look. Here are some tips for doing fox eyeliner on different eye shapes –
HOW TO DO FOX EYELINER ON MONOLID-SHAPED EYES
Regarding Fox eyeliner, you’ll find many suggestions about monolid-shaped eyes but rarely about the inner tear duct area. It’s trickier to elongate the eyes and draw an eyeliner that compliments the eye shape at the same time. But here are some suggestions that you can follow-
- RECOMMENDED TYPE OF EYELINER FOR MONOLID EYES – Gel or Pencil Eyeliner.
For beginners, it’s much easier to do fox eye with gel or pencil eyeliner. Though pencil eyeliner is less convenient than gel eyeliner. Gel-type eyeliners will give you more control than liquid ones. Get some gel eyeliner on the back of your hand, warm it up, and load it on the brush.
- RECOMMENDED TYPE OF BRUSH FOR MONOLID EYES –
You can use angled brushes for brows or those fine-tip brushes that come with gel eyeliners.
- RECOMMENDED ANGLE OF YOUR HEAD FOR MONOLID-EYE PEOPLE –
Usually, it’s best to keep your head at a 45-degree angle. Tilting your head at this angle will help you follow your eye’s line.
- FOX EYELINER STEP-BY-STEP FOR OUTER CORNER OF MONOLID SHAPE EYE –
1st STEP – Put the brush at the outer corner of your eye to create a straight line, extending your lower lash line
2nd STEP – Draw the outer wing little by little in a flicking motion. Step back to check while doing so.
3rd STEP – Avoid messing with the hood. For that, create the wing below the hood.
4th STEP – Don’t make the wing thick too fast. Thick eyeliner wings are hard to fix or reshape.
5th STEP – The length of your eyeliner should be till mid-eyelid or where your pupil is. Completely filling in the innermost part of the eye creates the opposite effect of what you might expect: it draws attention to the eye rather than making it appear longer.
- FOX EYELINER STEP-BY-STEP FOR INNER CORNER OF MONOLID SHAPE EYE –
1st STEP – For the inner corner, the direction you want the liner to go is towards the bridge of the nose, and it has to be in the same direction as the wing.
2nd STEP – Use a brush with a fine tip, without any product, to make the inner corner wing pointy. Or you can use any felt tip eyeliner too.
3rd STEP – Tightline upper lid: To make the liner more cohesive and define the eyes, tight-line your upper lid with a pencil eyeliner.
HOW TO DO FOX EYELINER ON HOODED-SHAPED EYES
The issue with eyeliner on hooded eyes is it looks perfect as long as you raise your eyebrows, but once you relax, the whole look comes crashing down as if you’re bad at doing eye makeup. Here are some tips to make fox eyeliner work for your Hooded eye type –
- RECOMMENDED TYPE OF EYELINER FOR HOODED EYES – Felt Tip Eyeliner
Felt-tip eyeliners are most convenient for hooded eyes, especially if you’re a beginner. Because this type of eyeliner is less likely to mess with the hood. You can go for liquid eyeliners too.
- RECOMMENDED ANGLE OF YOUR HEAD FOR HOODED-EYE PEOPLE – Keep your head straight and face relaxed.
- FOX EYELINER STEP-BY-STEP FOR OUTER CORNER OF HOODED SHAPE EYE –
1st STEP – At first, Imagine what you want your wing to look like instead of just going for it.
2nd STEP – Start drawing your wing by sketching it out with shorter strokes instead of drawing a line. This way, you’ll get your preferred angle easily.
3rd STEP – Your eye needs to be open; look straight at the mirror and make sure your eyes stay relaxed as well. Flexing eyes or raising brows won’t give you that snatched eyeliner.
4th STEP – Keep the eyeliner on the lid as thin as possible.
- FOX EYELINER STEP-BY-STEP FOR INNER CORNER OF HOODED SHAPE EYE –
1st STEP – Before starting with the inner wing, work your way towards the inner corner from the mid lid with the tip of your eyeliner and stay really close to your lash line.
2nd STEP – Now, extend the upper and lower lash lines to draw the inner corner. You should fill up the inner waterline with a brown eyeliner pencil.
3rd STEP – Wear false eyelashes: Wearing false lashes gives a new height to the overall look. Cut them into half and apply on the outer part.
So, your eye being open and relaxed is the key to a straight and snatched eyeliner on Hooded Eyes.
HOW TO DO FOX EYELINER ON UPTURNED-SHAPED EYES
Upturned Eyes are ‘The Eye Shape’ on which Fox eyeliner can be done most effortlessly. The shape itself is the perfect guide to fox eyeliner. All you need to do is connect the upper and lower lid on the outer and inner corners, then extend.
- RECOMMENDED TYPE OF EYELINER FOR UPTURNED EYES – Any Type of Eyeliner.
Felt tip and gel eyeliners are helpful for beginners, and liquid eyeliner for pros.
- RECOMMENDED ANGLE OF YOUR HEAD FOR UPTURNED-EYE PEOPLE –
Look straight and occasionally lift up your eyes by stretching your temples for a better guide. Likewise, stretch your nose bridge to draw the inner corner wing.
- SUGGESTIONS FOR TIGHTLINING – Use a brown eyeliner pencil on the upper and lower waterline for a daytime or soft makeup look. And for an intense look, go with a black eyeliner pencil.
- SUGGESTIONS FOR FALSE EYELASHES – Cut them into half. Wear the small lash portion.
There’s no particular special tip for upturned eyes. It’s basically connecting and extending.
HOW TO DO FOX EYELINER ON DOWNTURNED EYES
To draw eyeliner on Downturned eyes, you must deal with the hood. Thus, the tips are similar to that of hooded eyes. But the hood is extra hooded, though. So here are some tips to follow-
- RECOMMENDED TYPE OF EYELINER FOR DOWNTURNED EYES – Gel Eyeliner.
- RECOMMENDED TYPE OF BRUSH FOR DOWNTURNED EYES – A small tip brush.
- RECOMMENDED ANGLE OF YOUR HEAD FOR DOWNTURNED-EYE PEOPLE – Just like hooded eyes, keep your eyes straight and relaxed.
- FOX EYELINER STEP-BY-STEP FOR DOWNTURNED SHAPE EYE –
1st STEP – The first step is to give your eyelashes a curl so close to the root, as close as possible, because that will provide you with the guiding line.
2nd STEP – Now, You’re going to follow the direction your curled lashes give you. Do your liner in a flicking motion till you get the right angle. This line is supposed to go straight upward.
3rd STEP – Start again from your mid eyelid and connect with the previous line you just met.
4th STEP – Downturned eyes usually have this shadow in the corner, which makes the eyes look droopy. So after you’re done with the liner, take a light-shaded eyeshadow and apply it right below that wing to cover up that shadow.
HOW TO DO FOX EYELINER ON ROUND-SHAPED EYES
Doing FOX eyeliner in round-shaped eyes is quite easy since round eye shape usually has more lid space than other shapes. So you can do both thick and thin fox eyeliner.
Aside from doing the fox eyeliner, you need to add a lot more contour color to give that lifting effect to your round eyes.
- FOX EYELINER STEP-BY-STEP FOR THE OUTER CORNER OF ROUND-SHAPED EYES –
1st STEP – Using a contour shade on the outer part of the eye in a swiping motion would give that natural-looking lift.
2nd STEP – Apply a very light shade starting from the outer corner of your eyes towards your brow bone. These two tips would instantly lift the whole eye and give a guide to fox eyeliner.
- FOX EYELINER STEP-BY-STEP FOR INNER CORNER OF ROUND SHAPE EYE –
Round eyes are kinda on the bigger/doe-looking side. Because doing so will make your eyes look more sultry, it is recommended that you close the inner corner.
1st STEP – To do that, take brown eyeshadow with a small precise brush and sharpen the inner corners a little bit.
2nd STEP – Then drag that shadow toward the lower waterline.
Adding darker color like this closes the inner part and gives your eyes some fierceness, which is much needed for Fox eyeliner style.
HOW TO DO FOX EYELINER ON ALMOND SHAPED EYES
The golden eye shape pulls off any type of eyeliner style. Fox eyes, in general, are similar to almond-shaped eyes. So there’s no specific tip or rule you need to keep in mind to do Fox eyeliner. Just go through- the ‘How to do fox eyeliner’ and ‘How to get a complete fox eye makeup’ parts above for guidance.
FINAL VERDICT
You can make any makeup-look work despite your features going against you. You only need to determine which strategies are effective.
You’ll get to know how to make this particular eyeliner work for you if you practice a lot. But to help you in advance, this writing includes suggestions for every eye type, which would greatly help you! All the tips are tested and approved by well-renowned MUA. Just keep those tips in mind while doing your liner.
And remember, makeup is for fun. You don’t have to force yourself to fit into this trend. And about the fact of racism, I feel it’s not that deep; it’s just a makeup trend that eventually will get backdated or evolve. Pretty sure people moved on from the same days of- yellow face.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
WHAT ARE THE BEST ALTERNATIVES TO FOX EYELINER?
ANSWER: Fox eyeliner has been trending for a while now. A new makeup trend similar to fox eyeliner also caused a lot of ruckus. You can go with those makeup styles as an alternative to Fox eyeliner. Such as Siren eyes, Reversed cat eyeliner, or maybe Emo eyeliner or Smokey eyeliner.
