14 GORGEOUS Ways to Wear Black Eyeliner

1. The semi-outlined eye: To recreate this cool look from Coach, use gel eyeliner and an angled brush to trace your lashline, kicking the liner out at the corner to create a winged effect. Then, using the same gel liner/angled brush combo, draw a line from the outermost part of the cat-eye to the halfway point of your bottom lashline and you're done!

2. A chic kitten-eye: Because it's not a full cat-eye, it's a kitten-eye. Get it? To get this look from Donna Karan, use an angled brush and a coffee-colored gel eyeliner (which is isn't as harsh as black, and perfect for day or night) to tightly line your top lashline and extend it out subtly into a baby cat-eye. Avoid curling your lashes and skip mascara in order to really make the liner pop.

3. A skinny cat-eye with a side of bejeweled lashes: To nail this fancy look from Carolina Herrara, starting just past the innermost corner of your eye, use black liquid eyeliner to line your top lashline and extend it out just past the outer corner of your eye to elongate your eyes. Then, add jeweled false lashes to give some drama to your look.

4. The gorgeous smudged-out liner with a gilded, smoky effect: Switch up your usual makeup look by recreating this stunning, notice-me look from Mara Hoffman. Start by lining your lashes with a black kajal pencil and blending it out into an almond shape way past the lashline with a smudger brush. Then, apply gold shadow on your eyelids and on the corners of eyes, blending the shades again for a flawless finish.

5. A smoky lower lashline: To recreate this perfectly imperfect, Patti Smith-inspired look at Rebecca Minkoff, use a flat eyeliner brush dipped in a black eyeliner pot to trace your top and bottom lashes. Then, use a kajal pencil to dot along the bottom lashline and blend for a perfectly lived-in, rocker-girl vibe.

6. An ultra-thick, feathered cat-eye: To apply this unconventional cat-eye from Badgley Mischka, use a thick gel liner to first draw on a thick cat-eye. Then, take a liquid navy liner and make sharp, tiny movements alongside the tail to your bottom lashline to give your eye the feathered effect. Lastly, curl your lashes but leave them bare, then blend the black eyeliner down to the outer corner of your eye to complete this look.

7. A lower lashline highlight: To wear this simple, sultry look from Jenny Packham, line your bottom waterline with black pencil liner, and let it spill over onto the lower lashline. Then, run brown eye shadow or a tawny brown cream lipstick along your bottom lashline to give your eyes a sexy, I-slept-out-last-night look.

8. The make-mine-minimal look: Less can sometimes be more, so if this is your makeup philosophy, you'll love this eyeliner look from the Prabal Gurung show. First, trace your upper lashline, making a very thin line along your top lashes using a black eye pencil. Next, curl your lashes and add a coat of lengthening mascara.

9. The outer "V" liner: To recreate this edgy look from Rag and Bone, use a flat-tip brush to apply black gel eyeliner along the outer three-quarters of your top lashline, extending it to the outer third of your bottom lashes.

10. The lived-in look: To rock this edgy look from Narciso Rodriguez, run a dark chocolate brown pencil liner along your lower inner rim, and then blend a copper or peach eyeshadow along your bottom lashline only. Next, skip liner, don't swipe mascara on your top and bottom lashes, wear nude lipstick, and forgo blush to emphasize the androgyny of this look.

11. The infinity-lined eye: To wear the look at Tory Burch, start with applying a sheer wash of brown matte shadow as your base from lid to crease. Next, line the inner upper and lower rims of your eyes — the entire way around your eye — with a waterproof black kajal liner. Then, gently rub your eyes to give it a slept-in look and take away any excess on your skin with a gentle cream like Embryolisse, which also leaves behind a sheen.

12. The nonstop smoky lined eye: To wear the look Kendall Jenner is rocking here at DVF, line the inner upper and lower rims and lashlines with a black kohl pencil, and then apply black powder shadow along your upper and lower lashlines to diffuse the eyeliner. Then, dot the center of your eyelids with black cream shadow to add dimension and blend that shadow out into a sexy almond shape. Lastly, curl your lashes, and apply mascara on top and bottom.

13. The sleek, subtle winged liner: For a simple, yet still stunning '60s look, like the one at Erin Fetherston, apply a peach cream shadow as your base shadow from the lashline to the crease, and then use a fine-tipped liquid eyeliner to make a thin, straight line that extends from the inner corner of your eyes to just past the outer corner, extending up toward the tail of your brow. The trick to softening this look is to apply less pressure on the eyeliner as you reach the outer corner, so the line fades out. Lastly, pop on a set of fake lashes for a feathery, lush look, and go!

14. A striking smoky eye: Want to get someone's attention? Wear this smoky eye from Lela Rose and I promise you won't go unnoticed. To get the look, use a black kohl pencil to line your top and bottom lash lines, leaving the inner corners of eyes free of liner. Then, sweep black matte shadow onto the outer corners of your eyes to blend out liner into a thick, faded wing up toward the tail of your brow, and finish by popping on highlighter to inner corner of your eyes. Boom: a fierce feline look.

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