How to draw arrows correctly?

Beautiful makeup is every woman's secret weapon. In fact, modern cosmetics are as easy to use as possible and even ordinary girls can easily succeed in creating professional makeup: if they follow a number of rules.

Few elements in makeup transform any face and any look as radically as arrows. They can be wide, thin, black, colored, rather minimalistic, or in the style of “cat's eyes". They are able to make the look seductive and alluring, but at the same time, drawing them is still quite difficult. As a rule, the first time a girl they can't handle liquid eyeliner, and even less so with drawing symmetrical arrows. But in fact, practice is important in drawing arrows too. After a few weeks of regular practice, you will see that nothing is impossible. And in this In this article, we will tell you a little more about how to learn how to draw beautiful arrows correctly and what you need for this.

How to draw arrows correctly?

In the arrows, the most important thing is that their shape fits perfectly with your eye shape. The desired form can only be derived empirically, experimenting and evaluating how this or that option suits you. And it is also very important that they are persistent: after all, if the arrow is imprinted in an hour on the moving eyelid, it will look extremely ugly and sloppy. It is also very important to choose cosmetics with which you will draw arrows. The easiest way to do this is with a pencil or dark shadows: these materials are very plastic. Liquid and gel eyeliners are a little more difficult to use, but the arrows with them turn out to be more saturated and dramatic.

How to draw arrows with liquid or gel eyeliner?

1. Prep your eyelid by applying an eyeshadow base or powdering it. Ideally, you should first build the shape of the eyes, highlighting the crease of the upper eyelid with nude shadows. Otherwise, the look will appear as if “flat".
2. Make yourself a “cheat sheet”: draw an arrow first with a pencil and only then duplicate this line with an eyeliner. So you first correct the flaws.
3. Pick up the gel eyeliner on a thin brush and make a stroke in the direction from the corner of the eye to the crease of the upper eyelid. The line should run parallel to the base of the eyebrow. You need to draw eyeliner quite a bit, the line should be thin and light. There is nothing worse than liquid eyeliner, which, due to its thick layer, literally “falls off” from the eyelids.
4. Visually divide the line along the contour of the upper lashes into four equal parts. Stepping back 1/4 from the outer corner, draw a line towards the tip of the "tail". When drawing the tips of the arrows, do not stretch the skin and do not close your eyes. It is important that the tail of the arrow is sharp enough. ideally, it should be parallel to the lower border of the eyebrow: this way the makeup will look as harmonious as possible.
5. From the inner corner of the eye, draw a smooth line to the middle of the line that you drew in the previous step.
6. Paint over the resulting "empty" stripes. You should not have any empty lots left.
7. Paint over the space between the eyelashes on the upper eyelid and thickly paint the eyelashes with mascara. Mascara in makeup with arrows is simply a must, unpainted eyelashes in contrast with a bright arrow will look absurd.

How to draw arrows with shadows correctly?

This method allows you to make more delicate arrows. And yet, even a beginner can handle the shadows!

1. Use an angled brush for eyeliner. A similar brush for eyebrow makeup is also suitable. It is important that it be thin.
2. Lightly dampen the brush with water (but only lightly, it shouldn't end up wet!).
3. Scoop up some dry eyeshadow with the brush to “cover” both sides of it. Shake off excess by running the brush over your hand. Otherwise, the shadows will immediately crumble under the eyes.
4. Starting from the inner corner of the eye, draw a line to the outer and slightly out of the edge. Try to keep the brush as close to the lash line as possible. Do not forget about the inter-eyelash: paint over it too.
5. Paint your eyelashes well with mascara in several layers.

Beautiful arrows: secrets and life hacks

1. To make eyelashes visually look thicker, and makeup with arrows turned out to be more harmonious and solid, be sure to paint over the space between the eyelashes on the upper eyelid with a resistant pencil. Instead of a pencil, you can also use liquid eyeliner and a beveled brush, so the result will be even more resistant. It is important to stain not the upper mucosa, but the interciliary space. This simple trick will make the eyelashes visually thicker, the look more expressive.
2. Pick the right brush. It should be made of synthetic pile, the thinner it is, the better.
3. Choose the right eyeliner. It shouldn't be too liquid.
4. Remember that you can always adjust the arrows and bring them to perfection with a concealer brush.