Dear Winged Eyeliner That Never Turns Out Right,
Hello, it’s me. Sorry, it’s just so hard to not start a letter like that after hearing Adele's song. But I'm writing this letter about a serious issue that's getting a little out of hand, so I think we should discuss it. I just wanted to ask you what the hell your problem has been.
Because lately, there always seems to be a problem between me and you. As you can tell, I kind of completely avoided you for quite some time, because, let's face it, you weren't worth my time. However, now we need to address this issue and fix it, preferably before the weekend, because I am dying to wear my black jeans with killer wings.
In all honesty, I have no idea what's leading to this huge problem. I could do my eyeliner the exact same way on both eyes, and one is always different and messed up! Either it’s too far out, or too pointed, or too thick; it never seems to easily flow together. I do the same technique on both eyes: draw the regular eyeliner first, then draw a line from the corner of my eye out and connect it to the regular eyeliner. At that point, my eyeliner should be perfectly winged and finished. But no, never. It is never that easy. One eye, you, always have to ruin it.
At first, I thought I couldn't place all the blame on you. Maybe it was my technique that was failing me. So for hours, I would browse Pinterest for ideas on “How to create the perfect winged eyeliner," only to be more frustrated at your ending design. I spent what felt like days watching YouTube videos on how to try and perfect you. I even put tape on my face to perfect the lines, and create a clean, even finish: all to better yourself. None of it worked, how are you always different than the other eye?
I then thought that my actual eyeliner product was not working properly because of its form. Originally, I had a marker like pen to draw you, so faced with this dilemma, I quickly switched to a wand and pot form. This made you even worse—to the point where I had to give up on you for a while.
You were not worth my time and frustration of spending another 10 minutes re-doing my eyeshadow with primer, all to have another attempt at fixing you. In summary of all these horrifying end results, I was forced to give you up and abandon you; put you away for a day when I had an insane amount of time dedicated to my makeup, and more specifically my eyeliner.
Giving you up was truly difficult, but there came a realization after enough time had passed. Why did my eyeliner have to be perfectly perfect and even 24/7? Of course, the other one always looked better than you, but what else could I do than give you my best? Nothing. I am a college student, heck even a Health Sciences major, and doing makeup for a career choice is definitely not in my path of life. Yes, it would be a cool hobby and a very handy skill to have—I don't have that skill, and that's okay.
As long as I like wearing my eyeliner with a wing, you will always have a place on my face. I may hate you for forever making my eyes look completely lop-sided, but until I can take a makeup class on the perfect winged eyeliner, you probably won't go away. Until my makeup artist days, enjoy the ride you crazy wing you.
Best regards,
Molly Rose
P.S.—My excuse for you will always be that I was rushed so I didn't have time to fix you. (Even though you probably took more than 20 minutes to look that bad.)
