Step 2: Trace the "Banana" Eyeliner Shape
Once your base makeup is done, it's time to move on to the star of the show: the eyes. Grab an eyeliner pencil that glides onto the skin easily and is super pigmented. We like the Artist Colour Pencil (£15) or the It-Cosmetics Superhero No-Tug Gel Eyeliner (£19). You can also use a liquid, but pencils are more forgiving should you accidentally make a mistake.
To get the floating banana eyeliner shape, you won't want to go about it the same way that you apply a cat-eye. Keep your eyes open, your eyebrows neutral, and look straight on in the mirror — this helps keep the shape even. The placement should be right above the crease of your eye so that it's still visible when your eyes are open (it's also less likely to smudge this way).
Once you've finished drawing on the shape, go in with a cotton swab soaked in micellar water to clean up around the edges and erase any mistakes. Jane Hughes suggests you "give it a little kick at the end" by "shaving off" some of the eyeliner at the tail to create a tapered end — similar to how you would with a classic eyeliner wing.
To sharpen the eyeliner edge even more, take some of your foundation or concealer onto an angled brush and trace along either side of the line as needed. Repeat the process on the other side.