Eyeliner was first used in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia as a dark black line around the eyes. It is commonly used in a daily make-up routine to define the eye or create the look of a wider or smaller eye.
It can be used as a tool to create various looks as well as highlighting different features of the eyes. It can be placed in various parts of the eye to create different looks with a winged. It can be drawn above upper lashes or below lower lashes or both, even on the water lines of your eyes. It’s primary purpose is to make the lashes look lush, but it also draws attention to the eye and can enhance or even change the eye’s shape. It is available in a wide range of hues, from the common black, brown and grey to more adventurous shades such as bright primary colors, pastels, frosty silvers and golds, white and even glitter-flecked colors. Although many users use it on a day-to-day basis for a simple definer of the eyes, there are others who use it for more than just an easy eye enlarger. There are many styles. Most of them usually revolve around the winged, which is defining around your top eyelid shape and a line, about halfway toward the end of the eyebrow.
It is usually connected to the defining around the top. However today there are some drastically toned liner, depending on its texture, It can be softly smudged or clearly defined. There are five main types available in the market: each produces a different effect. Liquid liner is an opaque liquid that usually comes in a small bottle and is applied usually with a small brush with a sharp tip. It creates a sharp, precise line. Because liquid liner gives a much heavier appearance, it is often only applied to the upper lash-line, however nowadays it is used in all types of outrageous new ways. Kohl is a soft powder available in dark matte shades. It is most often used in black to outline the eyes. It comes in pencil, pressed powder, or loose powder form. This type is more likely to smudge. Gel, which is a softer gel liner, that can be easily applied with a brush. It can be precisely applied and is much softer than Kohl. Solid gel automatic pencils are glide on and smudge.
These are convenient than the gel and preferred to be used with an applicator brush. It is easier use it as like the kohl.