<p>I’m 61. I have pretty blue eyes, I’ve been told.
Am I supposed to line my lower lids or not? My top lids are old and crepey and droopy. I don’t bother with more than eyeliner and mascara. Do you “do up” the eye shadow if it can’t really be seen?
Thank you.</p>
<p>Just turned 50 and plan to line my lids with light pencil until they bury me :-).</p>
<p>I use Bare Essentuals liner shadow:</p>
<p>[Liner</a> Shadow | Eye Makeup | bareMinerals](<a href=“http://www.bareescentuals.com/bareMinerals-liner-shadow---Coffee-Bean/USMasterLinerShadow,default,pd.html]Liner”>http://www.bareescentuals.com/bareMinerals-liner-shadow---Coffee-Bean/USMasterLinerShadow,default,pd.html)</p>
<p>and apply it with a MAC angled eyeliner brush. I use it dry, and it is very subtle. I use it on both upper and lower lids, and sort of push it into the base of my lashes. I find that pencils drag too much on my skin.</p>
<p>I used some new eyeliner yesterday, and 2/3 into my work day went into the restroom to run a pregnancy test (on a patient’s urine, not mine :eek: ). There were hideous black smudges underneath my eyes! I went out to the nurse’s station and said accusingly, “THANKS so much, people- for not telling me that I look like I just filmed a sequence of Tales from the Crypt! :mad:” I got one feeble “oh…I really hadn’t noticed. Sorry.” </p>
<p>Won’t be using that stuff anymore.</p>
<p>I wear pretty strong glasses and can’t see much of anything close up without them. I’ve never been able to apply eyeliner in a straight thin line so I go without. Does anyone else have the same problem? Any tips?</p>
<p>Lighted magnifier mirrors or the magnifier glasses that let you flip down one side at a time.
<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Kikkerland-Magnifying-Flip-Makeup-Glasses/dp/B003F1R7RK[/url]”>http://www.amazon.com/Kikkerland-Magnifying-Flip-Makeup-Glasses/dp/B003F1R7RK</a></p>
<p>I’ve tried a lighted magnifier mirror but still couldn’t see well enough. Maybe the magnifier glasses would do it. Thanks for the tip!</p>
<p>I use navy eye pencil on the outer 2/3rds of lower eyes. The skin on my upper lids has become too loose to apply a straight line. The only way I can draw a straight line is with a small hand held magnifying mirror.</p>
<p>I found this video of how to apply eye makeup for women with sagging upper lids and it was an eye opener 
[HOW</a> TO APPLY EYESHADOW TO HOODED/ASIAN EYES/ALMOND EYES - YouTube](<a href=“HOW TO APPLY EYESHADOW TO HOODED/ASIAN EYES/ALMOND EYES - YouTube”>HOW TO APPLY EYESHADOW TO HOODED/ASIAN EYES/ALMOND EYES - YouTube). He says to line both waterlines, and to use matte darker shadow on the upper lid to help it recess. I’d always used liner outside the lash line - never realized it should go inside. Takes a steady hand but this new liner handles quite well. (FYI, I’m also 61.)</p>
<p>I bought myself a set of brushes (which I’d never used before) at Ulta along with a new liner ([Infallible</a> Never Fail Eyeliner - Cream Eyeliner - L’Oreal Paris](<a href=“http://www.lorealparisusa.com/en/Products/Makeup/Eyes/Eyeliner-Brow/Infallible-Never-Fail-Eyeliner.aspx]Infallible”>http://www.lorealparisusa.com/en/Products/Makeup/Eyes/Eyeliner-Brow/Infallible-Never-Fail-Eyeliner.aspx)), limited myself to neutral instead of colored shadow, and was delighted with how my better my eyes looked.</p>
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<p>That would be me. I wear contacts, but if I try to do anything other than mascara (and sometimes even with that), it either gets in the eye or on the contact. So I have no tips, lol!</p>
<p>Marilyn, that seems like a LOT of work to me, LOL. But the difference really was amazing.</p>
<p>This thing costs a small fortune, but lasts way longer than the 6 months recommended for keeping makeup, and is really user-friendly even for such makeup klutz as BB. 
I apply it to the waterline (not above the lashes!) of the eyelid and do not do anything on the bottom:
[STYLO</a> YEUX WATERPROOF - Chanel STYLO YEUX WATERPROOF cosmetic - EYELINER - Chanel Make-up](<a href=“http://m.chanel.com/mt/www.chanel.com/en_US/fragrance-beauty/Makeup-Eyeliner-STYLO-YEUX-WATERPROOF-89255?sku=89257]STYLO”>http://m.chanel.com/mt/www.chanel.com/en_US/fragrance-beauty/Makeup-Eyeliner-STYLO-YEUX-WATERPROOF-89255?sku=89257)</p>