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In search of ever more natural beauty, TikTok users are doubling their inventiveness to share tips, each more original than the next. The latest? The transparent eyeliner to give yourself a doe look without multiplying the layers of make-up. Confusing, but (really) effective.
Will foundation, correctors, and other concealers manage to survive the health crisis? Nothing is less certain at a time when the natural seems to be living its hour of glory. While some women have totally given up on make-up, others are multiplying their tricks to camouflage their imperfections and highlight their best assets without resorting to tons of make-up. This is the case of the transparent eyeliner, which panics the counters on the Chinese social network.
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It was probably only TikTok users to bring out the trend of transparent make-up… More natural, it’s going to be very complicated. Started just a month ago, the phenomenon has grown to such an extent that the hashtag #transparenteyeliner now has no less than 1.7 million views. And if the origin of the trend is attributed to the user May Akhtarspecialist in eye make-up, videos are now legion on the social network, testifying to the enthusiasm of beauty addicts for this original technique.
It is for everyone to divert the original technique to draw a transparent eyeliner worthy of their tastes and desires of the moment. Only one thing does not change: instead of drawing a line, or a wing, using a black or colored liner, it is a question of using a neutral shade, the lightest possible, to define the contours traditional eyeliner.
More concretely, May Akhtar uses a light shade of concealer to outline the contours of what is usually called winged eyeliner. Contrary to what you are probably used to doing, you should not fill in said wing, but simply create its shape, then fade the material outwards to highlight it. That’s it. Very subtly – but not so seamlessly – the look is dramatically enlarged without looking overly made up. A ‘natural’ technique perfectly adapted to the summer season. To your brushes!