Tutorial: How To Cut The Crease

One of my favourite bloggers, Leanne of Do Not Refreeze, did a post about her beauty resolutions! One of them was to learn how to "cut the crease." No, its not plastic surgery or anything of the sort - its a technique where you make your crease REALLY sharp and defined. Like this:

You don't have to have such a sharp line as I did, and you certainly don't have to cut the crease before applying your base or lid shades. This is just a guide to help you get started, so you can figure out what's best for you! :)

Now to get started! The tools:

Two small brushes - one for blending, and one for detailing. The fluffy one is an Estee Lauder travel brush, the other is from Japonesque. 

Shadow pencil, mascara, and eyeshadow. I'm using Cover Girl's Eye Slicks Gel Color Pencil in Black Velvet, Stila's Major Lash Mascara, and a HIP shadow duo called Roaring.

In order to "cut" the crease, you must know where it begins! The easiest way to find it: look in the mirror, and tilt your head back. Or, raise your brows, and feel for your eye socket (don't do what I just did, and jab yourself in the pupils, OW). That's where you cut the crease!

Step 1: Draw the shadow pencil along your eye socket.

Step 2: Blend out the pencil and sharpen the crease line with the detailer brush.

Step 3: If needed, pick up some colour from the pencil with detailer brush, and define/extend the crease line some more.

Step 4: Blend the pencil upwards and out.

Step 5: Apply eyeshadow on top of the pencil.

Step 6: Pick up eyeshadow with detailer brush, define crease line and outer V.

Step 7: Apply lid shade.

Step 8: Mascara (and liner, if you're so inclined).

And there you have it!

After a while, I decided to add navy liner to my lower lash line (blended with navy shadow) with some black liner to my waterline.

I do hope this tutorial has been useful for you, Leanne! And if any of you have some specific requests, feel free to ask! :D

Lots of love!