The infamous Cat Eye first came into fashion with the
making of Cleopatra as the Egyptian ruler-goddess. Hair
was puffy, make-up colorful, and this was the apotheosis
of eye liner.
I wore this for a time, in my university days. What was different from
today was the notion that one is making a larger second eye - an envelope -
where an extension of both the lower and upper eye lines meet. Thus, a
bold look for someone seen at a distance, like Cleopatra. The essence
of the procedure was to stretch the outer eye and working from a distant
point, draw toward the lid and lower line at a distance in from the true
corner. On release, a new and larger eye corner.
Oh, and any shadow or glitter top or bottom goes on before the eyeliner.
Tried making one here, in blue. The product I have has a thinner brush
than what I remember.
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