eyeliner
Americannoun
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eyeliners
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of eyeliner
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My eyeliner was inspired by Bette Davis’s crazy makeup in the 1962 film “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
With her distinctive husky voice, tousled mane of blonde hair and black eyeliner, Tyler was instantly recognisable as the queen of the 1980s power ballad.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
Bright graphic eyeliner, vampy lips and holographic highlighter are some of this year's biggest beauty trends for the main stage.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Either way, the onetime roommates and bandmates pioneered a discomfiting broken-doll aesthetic of smudged eyeliner, smeared lipstick and plastic barrettes clipped to hanks of bleached-out hair.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
She wore dark eyeliner all the time, her nails were always painted black, and sometimes she even wore black lipstick like the Moth House witches.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
It is a strategy that's worked; according to Lady Beckham, the company sells one of its Satin Kajal eyeliners every 30 seconds.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Nakajima grew his shimmering hair below his shoulders and raided his local convenience store for beauty supplies he thought would make the FaceApp images more convincing: blushes, eyeliners, concealers, shampoos.
From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2021
The line offers a range of color rock ’n’ roll looks, including liquid lipstick, amplified eyeshadows, prismatic eyeliners and eco-friendly glitter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2020
But in my case it is more down to laziness, losing eyeliners and mascara, and being exceptionally time-poor.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 7, 2019
I don’t touch Nadia’s hair stuff, but just to tease her I put the eyeliners in the cup where the toothbrushes live.
From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins
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