By Devon Abelman, Allure
I have a confession to make — I'm not 100 percent sure what a cut crease precisely is. After watching countless videos of drag queens creating glittery takes on the trend and scrolling through Instagram, I still don't get it. (As a beauty editor, I probably shouldn't admit this, but que sera, sera.) However, there's a new version that I can completely comprehend and get behind: vertical cut creases. The look is so easy to create that you don't need a hanger to help you stencil out your creases or amazing winged liner skills. All you have to do is draw a line down the center of your lid with liner. Yup, it's that simple. It probably takes two whole seconds for each eye.
Morgan Mue, a 22-year-old makeup artist from Colorado, dubbed the latest trend taking over social media after tweeting a picture of a sunset-hued look she created. On the outer of her half of her lids, she blended purple, orange, and golden shades of shadow. (You can stick to one color if you want to, though.) Next, she added white vertical lines down the center with white liquid liner and left the inner half bare. Then, she brushed the same shadow shades along her lower lash lines. After getting almost 1,200 retweets and about 5,000 likes, her followers started calling the look "vertical cut creases." (It's a much kinder name than one of the alternatives: simply "clown makeup.")Like most trends on the Internet, doing vertical liner like this didn't occur to Mue out of thin air. She was sure to point out that her inspiration came from a similar look she saw on the Instagram of a makeup artist who goes by @mmakeupmom.
Once the new way to do liner had a name, others started following suit.If you don't have a steady hand, you can also do vertical cut creases without any liner, like Jennifer Smyth, a 17-year-old aspiring makeup artist. Placing a piece of tape along the center of your lids before putting on eye shadow will help you get those razor-sharp vertical lines.
Morgan Mue, a 22-year-old makeup artist from Colorado, dubbed the latest trend taking over social media after tweeting a picture of a sunset-hued look she created. On the outer of her half of her lids, she blended purple, orange, and golden shades of shadow. (You can stick to one color if you want to, though.) Next, she added white vertical lines down the center with white liquid liner and left the inner half bare. Then, she brushed the same shadow shades along her lower lash lines. After getting almost 1,200 retweets and about 5,000 likes, her followers started calling the look "vertical cut creases." (It's a much kinder name than one of the alternatives: simply "clown makeup.")Like most trends on the Internet, doing vertical liner like this didn't occur to Mue out of thin air. She was sure to point out that her inspiration came from a similar look she saw on the Instagram of a makeup artist who goes by @mmakeupmom.
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forever giving sunset vibes pic.twitter.com/9LHsriOaPK— morgan (@dirtyteacups) April 24, 2017
(inspo @dirtyteacups ) @ABHcosmetics dipbrow in chocolate @NyxCosmetics white liquid liner @themakeupshack dragon eye lashes pic.twitter.com/LX9a4lfw7f— erica (@ericamergenss) May 28, 2017
Seeing all these vertical cut creases is making me want to try them for myself now. BRB, going to go scrounge up some white liner.
More liner looks taking over Instagram:
More liner looks taking over Instagram:
