Blur It Out, A Mind-Blowing Step-by-Step Guide to the Cut Crease

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Next, use an eye shader brush like MAC 239 to blend your eyeliner out toward the outer corner of your eye. If you can, try to keep the bottom of your cut crease a sharp line.

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Using the top line of your eyeliner as a guide, apply any eye shadow you'd like (pictured: MAC Eye Shadow in Plum Dressing) over the line and slightly above it, blending in toward the inner corner of your eye. You can also clean up any mistakes along the way with your white eyeshadow.

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Wing out your eyeliner for added drama. (This step is optional, but almost too gorgeous to skip.)

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Run the same eyeshadow you used on your eyelids (or an eyeliner in a corresponding color) along your lower lashline for another subtle pop of color.

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Ravndahl's false lashes (NYX Lashes in EL107 and NYX Half Lashes) finish off the cut crease eye makeup look.

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The cut crease eye makeup look is on par with a killer smoky eye, the perfect red lip or those loose, beachy waves everyone (but me) seems to be able to perfect. In other words, you see it everywhere, but it's more difficult than it looks to do by your own hand. If you're thinking, 'Uh, what's a cut crease?', it's a technique that contrasts eye shadow color in the crease of your eye for a sharp, defined look.

Bat a Lash beauty blogger Samantha Ravndahl is a pro at breaking down the most intricate makeup looks step by step. Here, the beauty blogger and freelance makeup artist shows us every precise detail of the cut crease eye makeup look step by step so you can nail it the first time around (or, okay, maybe the second or third).

A Mind-Blowing Step-by-Step Guide to the Cut Crease

See how a pro breaks down this dramatic eye in eight easy-to-follow steps

Blur It Out

Add Some Color

Flair For The Dramatic

Finishing Touch

The Final Look

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