I’m Here for Yellow Liner Even When No One Else Is

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I’m a grown up. I know what I like and will continue to like it even if I’m a one woman army in my like-hood. I like souped up Birkenstocks and dammit I also like yellow liner. Even when no one else is here for it but me…lol.

I’ve always loved some variation of yellow on the eyes—well, any primary color really. Especially when paired with a red lip. Imagine MAC Chrome Yellow eyeshadow—no not a single wash, but imagine a pretty neutral eye with a deepened crease and outer V with Chrome Yellow on the inner 3/4 of the eye (or just look at this pic) all with a red lip. It may sound outlandish but look at how good Jourdan Dunn’s yellow tips look paired with her lip color in this image from i-D magazine. See how harmonious that yellow and red are? Just a living together in perfect harmony.

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So how I came up with my yellow liner revelation was about a week ago when I was on set doing summer beauty videos for Target. I was told to bring solid bold colors to wear and specifically told no prints, but um—pretty much everything in my closet is a print…lol. My black and white printed Joe Fresh dress wound up passing the camera test but I felt like I needed some color somewhere so I let the makeup artist on set brighten me up with a pop of color on my bottom waterline. She showed me an eyeshadow palette that had a gorgeous blue, green, and yellow in it. I was thisclose to going for the green when I thought about how yellow would pop really nicely against my skin tone. I went for it and loved it enough to stop at Sephora on my way home to buy Stila Smudge Stick Waterproof Eye Liner in Canary which looked delightfully non-jaundice-y on me.

I could tell no one was really here for it (or me) when it got low likes on Instagram…lol. But I don’t care! I don’t care! :P

And no of course I’m not the first to ever come up with the sunny hue on the peepers. Nope. Even last year during Spring 2014 NYFW while I covered backstage beauty at The Blonds, MAC created a very strong yellow line on the models. The Huffington Post asked if it was the worst beauty look from the season…lol. Welp.

At any rate, if you’re looking for more yellow liner inspiration, check out my “The Case for Yellow Liner” Pinterest board (and follow me!)

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