How to Draw a Cat Eye with Eyeliner

Map the wing angle from your lower lash line through your outer corner, then connect and fill.

Stop trying to make your wing reach your temple—the most elegant cat eye works with your eye shape, not against it.

1. Prep your canvas. Set eyeshadow with translucent powder if you're wearing any. Start with your dominant eye—it's harder to match the easier one to a wobbly first attempt.
2. Find your angle. Look straight ahead in a mirror. Imagine a line from your lower lash line through the outer corner of your eye—this is your wing direction. Hold your liner along this invisible line to check the angle.
3. Draw the top line. From the outer corner of your upper lash line, draw a line up and out following your mapped angle. Start short—you can always extend it.
4. Create the triangle. From the tip of your wing, draw a line down to meet your upper lash line about one-third in from the outer corner. You now have a triangle.
5. Fill and refine. Fill in the triangle, then line your upper lash line from inner corner to where the wing begins. Clean up with a flat brush dipped in makeup remover for sharp edges.