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The Best Eyeliner for Your Cat Eye, Rocker Smudge or Graphic Flick

Your comprehensive guide to the perfect eyeliner formula for every eye makeup look

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Versatile Gel Eyeliner Wake Up For Makeup blogger Ivy Boyd created the perfect mix of precise and smudgy with Maybelline Eye Studio Lasting Drama Gel Eyeliner -- a drugstore favorite. "Gel is a hybrid formula -- not pencil, but not liquid either. It can behave like both."

Create a precise line like Boyd did on top using an angled brush, or use a smudger brush to smoke out the line for bedroom eyes. "Gel liner sets very quickly, so work fast," warns Boyd.

Try this:
• Vincent Longo Crème Gel Eyeliner, $25
• Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner, $28
• Benefit Cosmetics They're Real! Push-Up Liner, $24

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Remember when eyeliner used to just be eyeliner? Me neither. Today the aisles of Sephora present you with every kind of formula you could possibly want -- exotic kajal eyeliners, liquid eyeliners in a rainbow of colors, retractable eyeliners, crazy hybrid formulas like Benefit They're Real! Push-Up Liner ... the works. You may find yourself wondering, "What's the difference?" So we had Wake Up For Makeup blogger Ivy Boyd show us (and tell us) which eyeliner formula is best for which eye makeup look. Here, seven different eye makeup looks perfect for whichever formula you gravitate toward (or for that new pen you can't wait to try).

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