If it has been awhile because you experimented with eyeliner, there’s by no means been a greater time to revisit it! After what seems like an eternity of the “clear woman” or minimal make-up look, eyeliner is due for a comeback, and we’re seeing it pop up in an enormous means — particularly daring, graphic strokes of liner on the decrease lashline. Suppose the Nineteen Sixties types worn by supermodel Twiggy, however up to date for 2026.
We’re not fully stunned that bolder liner seems are again on the crimson carpet and on our Instagram and TikTok feeds; the pattern cycle has been hinting at it for awhile, like with the viral smoky eye trend of late 2025 and liner seems by influential stars like Jenna Ortega and Olympic gold medalist Alysa Liu. However these days, decrease liner has developed from a rock ‘n roll, grungey look to one thing a bit extra mod.
The Decrease Liner Development, Defined
Within the Nineteen Sixties, trendsetters like Twiggy, Diana Ross, and Cher wore a lot of eyeliner on each their higher and decrease lashlines. Usually, that was a winged-out line on the higher lashline and an identical look on the underside, typically paired with particular person false lashes or small strokes of liner drawn on the decrease lashline, nearly like spider legs.
Liner comes and goes within the magnificence pattern cycle, and the ‘60s look resurfaces decade after decade as a result of it’s a lot enjoyable — to not point out simply customizable to your private model (and steadiness with a liner pencil).
“The highest lash line has been performed in virtually each iteration at this level, so taking part in with the decrease lash line feels sudden and much more fascinating proper now,” says make-up artist Kasey Spickard. “I feel we’re reaching for that ‘60s aesthetic in response to the ’clear woman’ period, which has been so devoid of playfulness, coloration, and construction. We’re lastly beginning to see that shift present up on carpets and runways.”
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The place We have Seen It
For the Parisian premiere of her new film The Drama, Zendaya paired a ’20s-inspired curly bixie coiffure with a graphic eyeliner second. Slim, exact traces had been drawn on each her higher and decrease lashline, assembly at each the inside and outer corners to totally encircle her eye and winging out barely on the decrease lashline.
“[Zendaya’s liner] can be a direct nod to Sophia Loren’s eyeliner from the Nineteen Sixties,” says Spickard. “It’s very architectural and structural, with this open graphic ingredient crammed with cream or white, so that you’re creating the phantasm of a a lot bigger eye.”
