Black Eyeliner
For some odd reason in this industry, people shy away from black eyeliner. They say it makes you look harsh, that when tattooed it turns to blue, or some other falacies.
The truth of the matter is, we are tattooing the color INTO the skin, not drawing black liquid eyeliner on the skin. When you put brown tones into the skin, they seem to always make reds stand out. Red around the eyes, red in the eyes. When you use black - and it does NOT have to be straight black, you can make a gray wash that is quite transparent and soft - it actually makes the whites of the eyes appear whiter and blue and green eyes really look quite bright.
If you use the right kind of pigment, you will not be getting blue tones, either. I have not touched mine up in 15 years and they are still dark gray.
The truth of the matter is, we are tattooing the color INTO the skin, not drawing black liquid eyeliner on the skin. When you put brown tones into the skin, they seem to always make reds stand out. Red around the eyes, red in the eyes. When you use black - and it does NOT have to be straight black, you can make a gray wash that is quite transparent and soft - it actually makes the whites of the eyes appear whiter and blue and green eyes really look quite bright.
If you use the right kind of pigment, you will not be getting blue tones, either. I have not touched mine up in 15 years and they are still dark gray.
posted by katiecee | 10:06 PM
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