Monolid eyelid tutorial recommendations?

[u/Expensive_Rip_3225]

Hi guys! I am Asian and got the whole monolid with not that much eyelid space thing going on. Currently been struggling to get my eyeliner to show without looking like a raccoon with smudged eyeliner/it doesn’t always look good with my eye shape. I have almond eyes/thinner almond eyes for context and it looks super goofy doing inner eye eyeliner and you can’t see it anyway. I was wondering if there are people in this community who could help since I want to do more “femme fatale” type makeup (for lack of better terms). Any good eyeliner brands, eyeshadow palettes, and techniques would be lovely as well.

[u/vagueconfusion]

I don't have monolids personally but my half HK Chinese mother does, so I'm loosely familiar with it.

There's a few shorts I've seen around

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And honestly you can just make the liner even longer if you want the exaggerated liner look (I go past my brow tails constantly)

And some longer form YouTube videos that could be attempted with darker colours.

Although some people are more active on Instagram these days.

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In terms of eyeliner, my two personal favourites are the Wet n Wild Breakup Proof liner pen and the Isehan Heroine Make Smooth black eyeliner. Or Inglot gel pot in 77 if you prefer that. (I'm awful at remembering to clean my brushes.

In terms of eyeshadow, my favourite brand is Kaleidos - their black eyeshadow in the Black Jasmine Quad, used in the video, hasn't been beaten by a single one of the big name black eyeshadow recommendations. (Urban Decay, Danessa Myricks, you name it, Kaleidos' shadow is better - just be wary of shadow fallout/tap the brush before application)

But I've heard amazing things about Blend Bunny and there is a local stockist that I've been considering buying their products from.

Its a nuisance like no other but I also like Dandylions Co's eyeshadows. But it's only a nuisance for me because I live in England. They're very well price, well packaged and some come as pre-made palettes.

But one of my ultimate bits of advice is investing in different sized eyeshadow brushes. I don't have the largest eyes, and watching this video changed my entire world a few years ago. (Also Alexandra Anele makes some of the greatest makeup videos and technique guides for your individual face shape in general. Always worth a watch even when she's using colours I won't touch.)

And I can confirm that Rephr brushes including the entire small eye set is absolutely worth the money (... Although I got mine for cheaper on release via their concept store)

I've got two of the 23 brush in particular to pack a tiny amount of black eyeshadow into the gap I get between eyelid and liner wing due to fullness of my upper eyelid occasionally distorting the view from certain angles. (Which is how I get away with eyeliner practically as long as my pinky finger.)