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Make up Trend: What is "Floating eyeliner"?

Are you looking for a unique, modern eyeliner shape that's still easy to draw yourself at home? Floating eyeliner is the answer.

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Lips sparkle more, eyelashes more curled, earthy orange cheek colour replaced with youthful peachy pink colour... Another way for you to transform your makeup for a more inspired day, floating eyeliner is back and promises to impress even more. 

Floating eyeliner uniquely accentuates the natural shape of the eyes, with the line following the crease or upper contour of the eye socket instead of the eyelid like regular cat eyeliner.

As a makeup lover, you've probably noticed variations of floating eyeliner even though you don't know the specific name of this style. Many Vietnamese stars have also promoted "floating eyeliner" in the past such as Chi Pu, Vo Hoang Yen, Ninh Duong Lan Ngoc, Mau Thuy...

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With a thin foundation and clear lips, stylised eyes with floating eyeliner become the highlight of Chi Pu's personality besides the bold cut-out dress.
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Vo Hoang Yen mixed floating eyeliner with cat eyeliner to make the overall layout "easier to remember" at first glance.
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Besides stylisation in shaping, playing with colour is also a direction to create unique sharp lines, like the way Thao Nhi Le did. (Photo: Instagram @thaonhile)
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With prominent white lines, Ninh Duong Lan Ngoc seems to be "shaping" to clearly define the shape of her eyes. Attention immediately focused on this unique eyeliner line.

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Step 1: Choose any position for the line according to your ideas: left, right, top, bottom, no limit!

Step 2: Choose a colour for eyeliner and consider the colour combination between the line and the eyeshadow colour.

Step 3: Line your eyes carefully to get a balanced and symmetrical eyeliner line, and don't forget to blend the remaining colours harmoniously.

If you follow Rosé, you probably already know the female idol's elegant makeup look in the Saint Laurent fashion house at the 2021 Met Gala. Rosé wears floating eyeliner with parallel lines on the eyelids to create a clear double eyelid visual effect. stroke. Not surprisingly, floating eyeliner is popular with many domestic and international stars, appearing on TikTok trending layouts and even on the catwalks of Fashion Week.

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Rose at Met Gala 2021
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Model with floating eyeliner at New York Fashion Week 2023. (Photo: Darrel Hunter)

Because, you can achieve "floating eyeliner" with many variations. Adding your own creative touch, it's hard for your eyeliner to overlap or be confused with anyone else's. Right below, you'll see that.

Floating eyeliner “basic”

The most basic is the line that closely follows the definition of "floating eyeliner" with one or a few strokes drawn along the arc of the eye socket or along the upper eyelid like "Australian rose" Rosé did.

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Floating stylised eyeliner

To have a more personal floating eyeliner, you can vary it with a variety of shapes, positions, colours, materials, or mix it with other styles (popular is cat eyeliner).

A dewy base and clean-girl makeup glossy lips create a modern yet clean "blink blink" look. Floating eyeliner also allows you to do this with sparkles that reflect light, like Taylor Swift, Gigi Hadid, Dua Lipa... did.

 
 
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With floating eyeliner, you can unleash your creativity as long as the line matches your eye shape and conveys your own ideas and personality. Therefore, "floating eyeliner" is not just a temporary trend. Add it to your eye makeup technique collection now!

 
 
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