Deconstructed Eyeliner is Everywhere This Spring
A continuation of beauty's ongoing fascination with a "messy eye" look.
Forget precision, this spring's beauty look is all about creating something a little more unraveled. Inspired straight by Dior's Fall/Winter 2023 runway, the deconstructed eyeliner trend is circling the internet and has the TikTok beauty scene in a frenzy.
A merge between a smokey eye and eyeliner, deconstructed eyeliner is a statement look that appears messy and edgy up close but really frames the eyes from afar. Deconstructed eyeliner perfectly aligns with beauty's continuous fascination with "messy eye" looks. While the end result is rough and somewhat punk, there's still an art to bringing the beauty look together.
Beauty creators such as Victoria Lyn and Aditya Madiraju revealed how they create the deconstructed eyeliner look on TikTok. You start off with the eyeliner—placing it atop the eye and running it on the upper and lower lash line, so that it covers the top and bottom lash line. From there you take a pencil brush and smoke out the inner and outer corners.
For extra detail, you can use a straight edge for a lifted cat-eye look, followed by blending in the makeup a bit more with your finger. Touch up with some mascara, and you'll be ready to take on the spring season with the viral deconstructed eyeliner trend. Shop some beauty products from the gallery below to create your own deconstructed eyeliner look.
The key to the deconstructed eyeliner look is all about having an eyeliner that can be smudged. This smooth eyeliner has the precise edge to follow along the upper and lower lash lines, while still being able to provide that smudged and messy look.
Tattoo Pencil Liner Waterproof Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner, $23, Ulta Beauty
If you prefer thicker lines, this jumbo eyeliner may be more to your liking. Plus it also serves as a pencil, allowing you to create the deconstructed eyeliner look with only one product.
Jumbo Eye Pencil All-In-One Eyeshadow Eyeliner Pencil, $6, Ulta Beauty
Following the lined eyeliner is smudging in the inner and outer corners with an eye pencil. The intense and long-lasting tip will perfectly smoke out the eyes for that statement look.
Long-Lasting Eye Pencil, $3, Ulta Beauty
Finalizing the look with mascara isn't essential to the trend, but it adds that lasting detail to the punk eye look. This creamy mascara will have the lashes look extra thick and voluminous — making the deconstructed eyeliner look more of a statement than it already is.
Hella Thicc Volumizing Mascara, $19, Ulta Beauty
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