Let?s talk about liner today?

Let me start this by saying that I love black eyeliner.
I love it. It?s one of my favorite things in the whole wide world, buuut as I get older, I feel like when I wear a deep, dark, righteously rich black liner, it can make me look older.
It depends, though, on how much and where I apply it. Like, I do feel that black liner is ideal for certain types of makeup looks (like smoky rock-and-roll eyes), but it can look too harsh and stark for my liking in everyday natural looks.
That?s why I?ve been swapping out the black liner for something off-black or brown these days, like with a charcoal shade, a grayish black, a brownish black or something similar. You can get almost the exact same effect, whether you?re tightlining or emphasizing your lash lines or elongating your top lash line with liner to make your eyes look longer, but the overall effect is softer, subtler and more forgiving. I kinda stumbled on this one day by accident. I ran out of my usual steez, Chanel 88 Noir Intense, so I grabbed a dark charcoal gray shade instead, Chanel 914 Feuilles (a Stylo Yeux Waterproof Liner), which has a little bit of shimmer.
When I saw myself wearing it in pics, I loved it! I think it looks softer isn?t aging.
Of course, in makeup land, there are no hard and fast rules. I still use black liner sometimes, like in smoky looks, or just when I?m feeling rock ?n? roll, but I?ve been using an off-black liner more and more often.
Give it a try one of ...