Whether you're a makeup pro or a minimalist, cat eyes are a simple and easy addition to your make up routine no matter what your mood. The thing I love about cat eyes is I can create simple ones for a nice every day look or try different kinds to get a more vivacious look.

The Right Tools

Liquid, Pencil or Gel? If you're trying this for the first time or even if you're a pro, the kind of liner that you use will depend on the type of look you're trying to achieve. 

If you're going to use a pencil liner, I suggest using one with a sponge bottom to help you smudge and soften and create a better cat eye.

Gel liners are easy to use and apply and give a more pigmented look. I suggest an angled brush when using gel liner.

Liquid liners take practice, but once you get the hang of creating cat eyes with them, it's like riding a bike.

Here are some of the liners we suggest for creating the purrr-fect cat eye.


1. Maybelline Master Precise Ink Pen Eyeliner (C$9.29)
2. Annabelle Smudge Paint (C$10.95)
3. Lancome Long Wear Calligraphy Gel EyeLiner (C$28.00)
4. Kat Von D Tattoo Liner (C$22.00)


1. Clarins 3-Dot Liner (C$28.00 , available August 2012)
2. CoverGirl LineBlast 24H Eyeliner (C$10.99)
3. L'Oreal Carbon Black Lineur Intense Felt Tip Liquid Eyeliner (US$8.49)
4. Bobbi Brown Long Wear Gel Eyeliner (C$26.00)

Don't forget, practice, practice, practice. Achieving the perfect cat eyes may at first take some time and patience, but once you get the hang of it and find what works best for you, you'll be a pro in no time!

Now that you have the right tools here are four ways to wear your cat eyes.

Look #1


This is an easy every day look I often wear using just a liquid liner with a soft, small winged tip.

Look #2


This is a thicker and bolder cat eye with a long winged tip. This can also be worn as an everyday look if you want a really bold eye or as an evening look. Just like look #1, it's very versatile.

Look 3


For this look I used an angled brush with a gel liner as well as a liquid liner. I lined the bottom of my eye with a thin liner half way to have a double winged look. To complete this look I added a soft thin line of dots to pump up the drama of this look.

Look #4 
 

For this look I extended the cat's eye at the end as well as at the beginning of my eye.


What do you think of these looks? Would you wear any of them?