Make-up artist shares trick to stop eyes streaming in blustery wind and rain
The weather hasn't been the best recently as we've been subjected to wind, rain, and even tornados in some parts of the UK - but one woman has got the perfect make-up hack to ensure your eye make-up stays put, even in the biggest sleety gales.
Melissa Murdick, make-up artist to the stars, showed people how to apply "gorgeous water-line eyeliner" that wouldn't budge. She said that she had to do the look "all the time for red carpets and make it stay", and that she wanted to share her secret. First up, she recommended not using a pencil liner.
Instead, she recommended a "waterproof cream liner - not a liquid, not a gel, not a pencil - cream." She showed the L'Oreal product she was about to use, and then explained you need to take a flat liner brush, like the 'Wing It' brush from Elf Cosmetics.
"This is where things get weird", Melissa joked, explaining that the first step was to "dry off the waterline on the bottom, and then we're going to apply our cream liner there."
She then explained how to best apply it. Melissa said: "Pick up the liner on both sides of the brush, wipe off the excess, and then lay it on its side and literally press it into the waterline. So we're patting it on so that we get a nice thick layer of it, and I will typically do this twice. I will pat it on once, and then go back in and get a little more and pat on another layer.
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"Do the exact same thing on the top water line, drying it off with your Q tip, and then taking your brush, layered with product, and patting it, making sure that you are really working it into the root of the lashes which also helps hold it on to that upper waterline. Again, do not be afraid to go over this twice - that is what makes it nice and jet black and really helps it set in place on top of itself."
Melissa said that to finish off the look, she was taking a brown eyeshadow and a smudge brush, and she smudged the colour into the waterlines of her eyes so it "doesn't look as harsh", and Melissa said she thinks it looks "nicer."
In the end part of the video, she pointed out that of course, at some point it would move, as the make-up won't "stay put forever" because we have "moisture in our eyes." But she did say that it should "last way better than you just trying to draw a little bit of liner with a pencil." At the end of the video, Melissa acknowledged that some people would probably comment saying you shouldn't use eyeliner in the waterline, but she wasn't interested.
In the comments, someone praised: "You are a lifesaver! I've literally done EVERYTHING to get it to stay on my waterline!" Another TikToker suggested their own go-to brand, writing: "Urban Decay liners were made for this. I'm oily AF and it doesn't budge." A make-up lover shared: "We used to heat up our pencils with a lighter before applying."
Dr Brittani Carver, an eye doctor, went viral in 2021 after showing a video of blocked glands in a patient's water line. She said: "This patient has worn eyeliner on her waterline since she was a teenager. The reasons eye doctors do not recommend to wear eyeliner on the waterline of your eye is because there are specialised glands there that produce and excrete oil.
"The oil should be an olive oil texture, but as you can see here, it looks more like toothpaste. That means that these glands are obstructed, and not producing healthy tears."
Adore Beauty shared that "you need to be extra careful when you're using eyeliner on your waterline" because "if there are bacteria on your eyeliner, you're basically rubbing those germs directly into your eye when you line your waterline." To keep your eyeliner pencils clean, they recommend "sharpening them each time you use them."
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