Puppy eyeliner reminds us of every synonym we know for ‘cute’ but, at the same time, probably the only look ruthlessly thriving in the world of cosplay and kawaii aesthetic.
Don’t be surprised if unnecessarily harsh people suddenly dote on you; that’s the power of Puppy dog eyeliner. Recently, I Saw someone commenting on Reddit- “Cat eye when you plan to do a murder and puppy eye on the day of trial” XD!!
While other eyeliner styles are a hustle for most of us, puppy eyeliner is comparatively easy and less time-consuming. At least I’m more likely to draw twin eyeliners in one go! Not to mention the cuteness this style adds to our features with the assurance of ‘no-smudging.’ It’s like- looking the most by doing the least.
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WHAT IS PUPPY EYELINER?
Puppy eyeliner is an arrow filled up with eyeliner, pointing outwards from the outer corner of your eyes. That’s how most of the puppy liner looks these days.
Puppy eyeliner is a Korean eyeliner trend or a k beauty trend that does not include eyeliner on lower lids. That works well too. In this case, the liner looks like a downward wing.
The most remarkable thing about puppy eyeliner is- there is no chance of smudging because the liner doesn’t have any contact with the lid space and crease.
HOW TO DO PUPPY EYELINER (STEP-BY-STEP)
THINGS YOU NEED –
- Eyeliner
- Black eye shadow
- Angled eyeliner brush
- Bronzer/brown eyeshadow
- Highlighter
STEPS YOU NEED TO FOLLOW –
The steps given below are the basic steps for puppy eyeliner which are more or less common for every eye shape.
STEP 1: Draw a fine thin line on your upper lash line. The size should be equal to your lash length. You can subtly fill up your inner corner but don’t elongate it.
STEP 2: Now, if you have lid space to thicken up the line you just made, you can do that. Start adding eyeliner strokes from the middle toward the end. Give that line a smooth transition from thin to thick, which means the liner is thinner on the inner corner and gradually thickens from mid-lid to outer lid space.
STEP 3: Finally, that one step that makes this step-by-step guide a puppy eyeliner one. Elongate the line you’ve been working on from the outer corner. Next, make a wing that points down. Use the shape of your eyes as a guide.
STEP 4: Take some black eyeshadow on an angled brush. Apply it along the lower lash line, mainly focusing on the middle and end part of the lash line. Connect it with the eyeliner wing. Fill up the gap on the corner of your eye with eyeliner. That’s pretty much it for a puppy eyeliner.
STEP 5: For a more dolled-up look, give yourself a fake aegyo sal with bronzer or a brown shadow and some highlighter to make the aegyo sal pop up.
STEP 6: Finish the look with mascara and a set of falsies.
PRO TIPS FOR APPLYING PUPPY EYELINER
PRO TIP #1 – Your liner should not have any contact with the space of your lid and crease. Otherwise, the liner gets smudged.
PRO TIP #2 – To draw a proper downward wing, look straight into the mirror to see how your lash line naturally falls. Then draw your eyeliner following the curve your eye gives off.
PRO TIP #3 – If applying liquid eyeliner close to your eyes makes it get into your rear duct, use a fine tip liner instead. Liquid liners are pretty runny, but a fine tip liner keeps everything neat and clean. So, you won’t be crying black tears anymore.
PRO TIP #4 – Make sure to prime the inner corners thoroughly.
Now hold up! We are not done yet. These steps were general knowledge. Scroll down further and find your eye shape. Each eye shape has more suggestions for puppy eyeliner to make it more convenient for you.
PUPPY EYELINER APPLICATION GUIDE FOR EVERY EYE SHAPE
Puppy eyeliner can be customized for any eye shape! Whether you have monolid, hooded, upturned, downturned, round, or almond-shaped eyes, puppy eyeliner will work for you. Let’s discuss how to get this trendy puppy appearance for your eye shape.
HOW TO DO PUPPY EYELINER ON MONOLID-SHAPED EYE
Monolids are upward-slanted and have a downward shadow at the same time. It’s easier to draw a puppy eyeliner than a winged eyeliner on a Monolid-shaped eye because the curves are puppy-like UwU.
Now, if I were to suggest, I’d tell you to definitely try these two looks I’m about to share.
LOOK-1: The 1st Look is about creating a triangle at the end of your upper lid for a bold and edgy look. Start by elongating your lash line. Instead of going direct downwards, slightly flick the wing up at the end. Maybe a millimeter higher than your natural curve. Connect the long lash line with the flick. The final result is a small triangle at the end of your lash line. Smooth out the line with eyeshadows.
LOOK-2: The 2nd look is more on soft and gentle makeup. Draw a line following your naturally downward eye curve first. Now just tuck your head back and thicken that line out.
As monolid eyes don’t have much lid space, you can focus on drawing liners only on your outer corner. And as for the whole lid- you can tight line or simply go with eyeshadows and glitters.
HOW TO DO PUPPY EYELINER ON HOODED-SHAPED EYE
Puppy eyeliner is hooded eye’s BFF. Every other wing liner interferes with the fold of hooded eyes and looks distorted.
STEP 1 – When you fill in your brows, keep the arch as far away from your lash line as possible. This will make your lids look bigger.
STEP 2 – For drawing the eyeliner, use your eye fold as a guide. Go in the same direction as the fold, so you don’t have to mess with it.
STEP 3 – Do not overextend the liner, or your eyes will look too droopy.
STEP 4 – When lining the whole lash line, you must keep it super thin, which is hard for most of us. For that, lay your liner’s tip flat on your lash line to use it as a stencil. And instead of pulling the liner tip to draw a line, just stamp it along the lash line. Then fill in the gaps.
HOW TO DO PUPPY EYELINER ON AN UPTURNED-SHAPED EYE
The canthal tilt is higher for upturned eyes. So your outer corner is higher than your inner corner, giving you the snatched or kind of foxy look that most people now desire.
STEP 1 – For upturned eyes, you wanna make a straight line from your outer corner instead of a downward wing. I know puppy liner is all about the downward wing, but it doesn’t complement all eye shapes. So for upturned eyes, a straight liner is the new downward liner.
STEP 2 – Upturned eyes make the eyes fierce looking. So to reduce the fierceness, work on the liner to make it a bit round-ish. Next, smudge some eyeshadow on the lower lid from middle to end and connect that with the eyeliner.
HOW TO DO PUPPY EYELINER ON DOWNTURNED-SHAPED EYE
Heavy makeup on downturned eyes usually makes them appear more pulled down. Therefore, one technique to avoid that problem is to add shimmery eyeshadows on both lid and the inner corners. This makes the eyes more bubbly.
Now, for the eyeliner, we’re going to draw it in a way that makes your downturned eyes look uplifted. For that-
STEP 1 –First, check where your eye crease breaks, meaning trace the crease on your eyes and mark where it ends on the outer corner.
STEP 2 – Then apply the eyeliner until that mark or crease breaks. Make a line from your outer third to the mark. Black eyeliner on the inner corner will make the eye smaller.
Mind that- when you close the eyes after lining, the liner will seem more like a winged liner but soon after you open them, you’ll get the perfect puppy liner.
STEP 3 – Connect the puppy liner with the lower lid. Apply nude or a little white kajal on the lower water line and apply mascara to open up the eyes more.
HOW TO DO PUPPY EYELINER ON ROUND-SHAPED EYE
Round eyes have the most lid space. So the liner can be bold and more prominent. To create the most suitable puppy eyeliner, follow these steps-
STEP 1 – Draw a straight line from your outer corner. Then draw a line upwards from the middle of your lower lid and connect it with the line you drew previously. And draw another line downwards from your crease break and connect it with the same line. It’s like drawing an arrow sign.
STEP 2 – Line your upper lid as you normally would and do a bat wing to connect the liner with the crease. Fill up all the gaps. You can draw some eyelashes with your eyeliner on the lower part of your puppy eyeliner to make the whole look more cutesy.
HOW TO DO PUPPY EYELINER FOR ALMOND-SHAPED EYE
With so much talk about eye shapes, one term always overshadows every other shape: Almond eyes.
Almond eyes are the most desirable because of all the hype about this shape. So most of the how-to-eye makeup tutorials are based on this eye shape. Therefore there aren’t many particular suggestions or tips you need to follow. If you want a more detailed step-by-step guide you can follow exactly the way it’s mentioned below.
How To Do Puppy Eyeliner on Almond-Shaped Eye.
EXPERT SUGGESTION FOR TAKING PUPPY EYELINER LOOK ON TO THE NEXT LEVEL
Using fantastic contact lenses takes the Puppy eyeliner look to another level! Check out this shared video. Though the title is ‘Tare eyes, ‘ which basically means- downturned or droopy eyes, the liner style is puppy eyeliner.
You can see how the contact lens did 80 percent of the job, and the whole look wouldn’t turn out this wholesome if it weren’t for the contacts. But you can’t deny that even you felt the urge to try this look with those contacts at least once. ಥ‿ಥ
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
IS PUPPY EYELINER OFFENSIVE?
ANSWER: Puppy eyeliner is often considered Asian fishy. So to answer this question, it’s not about the shape of the liner. Instead, whether you look at Asian features and try to be like them should be considered.Â
The problem with trying to look like them is that it turns features that were once considered “below standard” and were often made fun of into something “trendy, exotic, and sexy” for people who are not Asian to enjoy.
WHAT ARE THE BEST ALTERNATIVES TO PUPPY EYELINER?
- DOE EYE MAKEUP: Doe eyeliner serves the same purpose as puppy eyeliner.
- TWIGGY’S 1960s EYE MAKEUP: Twiggy’s iconic makeup style can make Scar from The Lion King look like Disney’s Bambi. Tracing the eye sockets with dark eyeshadow and going with a simple eyeliner made that woman an icon we still adore.
And even if the makeup feels a little exaggerated, it serves the purpose of a puppy eyeliner to make you look adorable.
FINAL VERDICT
If you didn’t wear puppy eyeliner because you thought it would make your eyes look more droopy, now you know how to do it and make it work for you.
Though droopy liner is excellent, too. With all the ‘snatched makeup’ looks going on, one might think puppy eyeliner won’t be a good option now. But with proper application, puppy eyeliner can make the eyes less droopy, while other styles may not. It’s all about how well you apply. If you like this article you can also check How To Do Smokey Eyeliner
