It's always made me feel a bit sorry for navy eyeliners. They've shuffled across my desk regularly since I started beauty writing, while being neither trendy nor a classic, and uncomfortably reminding me of 80's eye makeup, a look no-one should be considering outside of fancy dress parties. 

 

Make-up artists have tried to tell me how flattering it is – with the depth, but not the harshness of black, they've tried to convince me of its versatility too. But I wasn't having a bar of it. Until I left my eyeliner at home when I was getting ready at a makeup-artist friends house, and she insisted I try her new navy one. And then offered me a delicious slice of humble pie. 

 

While I'm never wrong when discussing dishwasher-stacking with my boyfriend, when it comes to makeup, I'm always happy to revise my opinion. I adored how it looked. And the very next day I went out and purchased my own. (I bought Maybelline Black-Sapphire and love it, but M.A.C and Elizabeth Arden also do great versions.) 

 

The key is to get a version that's navy-black. You get the depth of colour without the hard contrast that black gives fairer skins. It's particularly great for lining inside the bottom lid – it becomes a diffused, almost muted black, and picks up the colour in your eyes, no matter what tone they are. 

 

So, yes. Everyone else was right. It is incredibly flattering. It does provides a great dark colour, and doesn't look at all 80's. It even makes smokey eyes so much easier, because it has some pigment to smudge everywhere. Please do me a favour and give it a try. Otherwise you'll be putting up with  Village People referencing titles for a very. long. time.

 

Article by Kate Montgomery

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