Permanently Beautiful

Cats-eye Eye Makeup

Cat eyes glittering, Hollywood’s most gorgeous felines stalked the red carpet at Sunday’s Emmy Awards. Gowns were sleekly formfitting, sparkling with sequins and Swarovski crystals or cascading in multi-tiered ruffles flowing into sensually flared mermaid tails. This year’s biggest trends on the red carpet were the curvaceous mermaid silhouette, lots of sparkle, soft up-dos that were pouffy rather than head-hugging, sculpted bronze cheek bones, glossy natural lips and alluring cats-eye eye makeup.

Makeup artists used elongated eye liner and eye shadow combined with ultra-long lashes to create a mysterious cat-like eye. Glee star Lea Michele did a smoky-eyed take on the retro look. She elongated her eyes with dark, thick, black eye liner brought to a bold, swept-up point beyond the outer corner of each eye. Layers of thick, long, clumpy lashes were added to create a dark, dramatic eye.

Tron star Olivia Wilde took a lighter, more elegant, but no less dramatic, approach to achieve the feline look. Olivia lined her eyes with a bold stroke of dark eye liner, then added a pointed swoop of eye shadow, extending it from the outer half of her upper lid to a soft point at the tip of her eyebrow. However, Olivia’s eye makeup did little to detract attention from her barely-there lace gown.

You don’t need a Hollywood makeup artist to look good when you wear permanent makeup. Permanent makeup provides a perfect base for stand-alone natural beauty or for layering on the latest makeup style – the best of both worlds!