Ways To Use Nude Eyeliner: 7 Hacks For Your Makeup Routine

If you love makeup as much as I do, the chances are that you have already been working your eyeliner game and have definitely got a basic black eyeliner. But what about a nude eyeliner? My guess is that you have seen but likely ignored one of the most versatile products you can have in your entire makeup collection.

What are the different ways to use a nude eyeliner?

• Brighten the appearance of your eyes with a nude eyeliner
• Widen the look of your eyes with a nude eyeliner
• Make your eyes pop with a nude eyeliner
• Shape your eyebrows with a nude eyeliner
• Highlight your face with a nude eyeliner
• Fake fuller lips with a nude eyeliner
• Hide imperfections with a nude eyeliner

When it comes to choosing a nude eyeliner, always opt for a long-lasting, waterproof, pencil eyeliner. My nude eyeliner from Loreal (available on Amazon) has a no-smudge formula and I’ve used it on my waterline for years and never had any problems. With that said, let’s get stuck into those hacks so that you can make your life easier.

Hack To Brighten The Appearance Of Your Eyes With Nude Eyeliner

This works in the same way as you would use a highlighter on your upper cheekbones to make your cheeks look brighter. What you do is use your nude pencil eyeliner and apply a thin line along your lower waterline.

Go slowly to make sure you keep the lines thin. Applying eyeliner to your waterline is a tricky technique and the skill requires practice. Luckily I have written an article explaining exactly how to apply eyeliner to your waterline and you can find it here on Pink Femme.

Hack To Widen The Look Of Your Eyes With Nude Eyeliner

You can also use nude eyeliner to make your eyes look bigger.

This is a hack that I have used with success when doing my makeup for an interview. Wider-looking eyes help show that you are paying close attention to what your interviewer is saying. To get this wider eye look, apply a dab of nude eyeliner to the inner corners of both eyes. Then, quickly before the eyeliner dries, use a cotton swab to blend the eyeliner out very gently.

Hack To Make Your Eyes Pop With Nude Eyeliner

If your eyes seem a bit sunken or your lids aren’t popping as much as you want, then your nude eyeliner can come to the rescue. Simply color the center of your eyelids to create a bit of dimension.

You create the illusion of rounder looking eyes when the center of your lids are lighter than the sides.

Hack To Shape Your Eyebrows With Nude Eyeliner

Bold and properly shaped eyebrows are super trendy and that trend is not going anywhere soon. One way to make your eyebrows bolder is to create contrast.

Simply trace along the outside of your brows to sculpt them into your ideal shape. The key to this hack is to surround your brows with a nude eyeliner, then quickly blend outwards with your finger or cotton swab before the eyeliner dries.

Hack To Highlight Your Face With Nude Eyeliner

Not for a moment am I saying that you don’t need a highlighter in your makeup bag for highlighting above your cheekbones, between your eyes, and down the bridge of your nose.

However, when you have a small bag or clutch purse, space is limited, so this hack is perfect if you need to do any highlighter touch-ups during the day or evening out.

Hack To Fake Fuller Lips With Nude Eyeliner

The best way to create the appearance of full, pillow-like lips is by highlighting your cupid’s bow – that small dip in the middle of your top lip.

If you are needing to re-do your lipstick and don’t have a highlighter in your purse, use your nude eyeliner instead. Draw a little bit of nude eyeliner onto the top of your cupids bow, then blend out with your finger before you re-apply your lipstick.

Hack To Hide Imperfections With Nude Eyeliner

If you have no color correcting concealer in your small clutch purse or bag. Your nude eyeliner can save the day.

If you spot a blemish or new pimple in the middle of the day, dot on your nude eyeliner and blend with a finger to quickly mask any imperfections.

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When it comes to my choices for makeup and beauty products, I only use  L’Oréal Paris (Available on Amazon). I have really sensitive skin and never once have I had any negative reaction to any L’Oréal product.