Brown Eyeliner on WOC Skintones

[luvsic]

Ok everyone, I have very sad news...

so today i photographed myself to see how the liner would come out, and I literally looked DEAD. ZOMBIE DEAD...more like, zombie come to life =/ I knew this was too good to be true. However, I am not going to give up on finding the perfect shade. I am thinking of just scheduling a makeup session with someone from Sephora to get a match. This just goes to show I need to go darker brown in order for it to look natural yet still alive.

Again, I am not sure how this would look with black eyelashes though, because my lashes are naturally black but very sparse. I just use falsies (ardell 109s) because they are relatively natural, but I'm not sure how those two would blend together (brown liner with black lashes?) or I might just do naked lashes with brown liner, or get brown-black mascara...i'm not sure. Any advice?

 

[luvsic]

Yesterday I got ALMAY CRAYON CONTOUR EYELINER in BROWN-BLACK and IT IS MY HG EYELINER =OOO!! I swear this stuff is amazing...it sticks completely and it's the perfect shade of brown that doesn't make me look washed out or like a vampire!

I'M ECSTATIC!!

now all I need is a tan and i'll be the happiest person in the world lol

 

[cocodivatime]

Quote:

Originally Posted by MAChostage I love the color and consistency of that pencil, but that bad boy smudges like CRAZY!

Exactly. When I put this on its gone in an hour. So sad

 

[iCandy]

MAC Spiked.... nuff said

 

[AdrianUT]

I'm a C7 I use dark brown liquid liner for more natural looks. I can do a thick line, thin line or tightline with it. It doesn't really clash with my lashes or black mascara. My lashes are on the sparse side,stick straight and point down :-( but, brown gives them a little presence without being as noticable as black.

 

[RedRibbon]

Brown doesn't show up on my eyelids as they are darker than my skin so I have to put on a base shadow if I want it to show. Luckily though, black doesn't look too harsh on me so I use that most of the time. I think I may sell my brown Bobbi Brown gel liner as I don't really use it.

 

[mscoco]

Urban decay do a great brown called corrupt its in th 24/7 gift set but its a limited colour and they dont do it alone.

 

[elektra513]

I have dark brown, almost black hair and very dark thick eyebrows and large eyes. While I prefer black liner 98% of the time, sometimes I do very light or neutral looks that look crazy with black liner, so I will use Photogravure technakohl instead. Darker than Brownborder (which I don't use often at all), but still brown. Also, for work, I will use it on the waterline (almost daily) to balance out my eye shape when wearing creamy black kohl types of liners on top (like UD Zero or Graphblack).

 

[BeautyByLele]

I'm thinking about purchasing a brown eyeliner pencil.... What do u guys think about whiskey by UD or Burbon by UD?? Any other suggestions?

 

[HeavenF]

I use BareMinerals eyeline in 9pm.
I'm MUFE shade 160 I don't know what I am in MAC

 

[PrettyGirlDoc]

Urban Decay Whiskey Is the perfect brown eyeliner for my complexion.

 

[MissTT]

Whiskey is my HG brown eyeliner. I am C7/NC44 and I wear brown liner every day for work. I wear black when I'm going out.

Is Urban Decay selling Whiskey right now because I really need it?

 

[PrettyGirlDoc]

:agree:  Whiskey is my HG brown eyeliner. I am C7/NC44 and I wear brown liner every day for work. I wear black when I'm going out. Is Urban Decay selling Whiskey right now because I really need it?

I got in the roller girl pallete. I haven't seen it sold separately. I say booooooooooo to that.

 

[Calla88]

I'm thinking about purchasing a brown eyeliner pencil.... What do u guys think about whiskey by UD or Burbon by UD?? Any other suggestions?

Whiskey is my HG brown eye liner LOVE it!

 

[AishaArora]

I love brown eye liner, but it makes me look like I'm tired.

 

[caribprincess]

Brown eyeliner does absolutely nothing for me

 

[MissTT]

You ladies need to try a brown that's almost black. I've found those are the ones that work. I think years ago I used L'Oreal Le Grand Kohl in Cafe, but Whiskey is really the shizz for me.

 

[caribprincess]

i might have to look into the Urban Decay whiskey....