Knifeliner: The gory new make-up trend for your Halloween eyes only
Make the cut this Hallows' Eve
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Your support makes all the difference.Perfecting winged liner is a beauty trick that mystifies many - but if you thought you'd mastered it a horde of Instagram beauty buffs have decided to up the ante with a cutting edge alternative; knifeliner.
With Halloween just around the corner it’s time to deliberate your killer disguise, but for makeup mavericks everywhere no ordinary look will do.
Instead of a spooky feline flick, drawing tiny blades on to your lids is the way to get noticed this Hallows' Eve.
Black liner is used to trace the outline of a knife with the handle acting as an elongated wing; of course, in honour of all things grisly droplets of fake blood are added for fatal effect.
The cosmetic obsessed Insta-world is peculiar at the best of times and this isn’t the first time they’ve taken to expending blades in their routines – remember those crazy contouring techniques with a super sharp angular knife? This trend is bringing a whole new meaning to a killer cut crease and we love it.
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