Using eyeliner is an easy task for almost all girls, the writer excluded. I have tried countless times and countless products but still can never guarantee the results. Let’s travel the time machine into my first year at college – I was never a supporter of using beauty products so had almost no experience in using them. And, then came the moment that defined my association with eyeliner for the next few years - I, the great, broke a real costly (read imported) eyeliner of a classmate, while trying to forcibly open it in a real clumsy manner. And then under the feeling of guilt asked her the cost and whoosh said I would pay for it after all it was my fault. The cheapsto she was…she said OK(sniff…No one has big heart ). My naivety had no end during that time, I assumed that eyeliners cost that much only, almost my entire pocket money of a month – so I deducted using make up is real expensive, so let me spend money on books and movies. Aha ! I had a superb time that way.
A few years went by and I still didn’t use eyeliner – but the girls around me did, so I claimed that I like my natural look – which sounded better than accepting that I do not know how to. And I started secret sessions of how to use them coz “I can but I won’t” is my motto hence accepting that I can’t would have hurt my ego. I met with some initial success with a pencil eyeliner (which much to my surprise were pocket friendly). So I happily bought lots of eyeliners – brown, black , red, blue, golden, green etc . Now , I liked using them sometimes. A small way of being a part of a large group.
The next stage was using little sophisticated eyeliner – liquid and curly lashes. My darling cousin gifted me one….It’s still lying somewhere used only once when she tried teaching me how to use it. I mean how someone can spend her time learning how to use eyeliner. I couldn’t. Now that was for eyelashes also also hence I rejected and moved back my loyal pencils.
But you always have to face what you fear most – on a friend’s marriage I went to a parlour to get ready – the lady inspite of my misgivings used a good branded liquid eyeliner – whoa my eyes looked awesome to even myself. But they started itching after a few hours and were swollen – which was weird coz I was from groom’s side and was not even crying. Then after 3 days of suffering pain , I realized that I had eye allergy using that eyeliner – so out went the liquid eyeliners.
Back to my loyal pencils again, I got bored….was I weird or is this common? I was surrounded by the thought a lot. But talking to couple of more girls brought out the fact that it happens- allergy to even good brands. I got to know of a Kajal sytle liner but still am modestly capable of using it on upper eyelid only. For lower I am still skeptical. And my loyal pencils stay with me always. And believe you me – using eyeliner is not an easy task…..it is tough , very tough.
So this is my still unfinished journey to use an eyeliner, though I can use lipgloss with little success , the less said about other make up products a.k.a eye shadow, blush, lipstick, creams, the better I would feel.
