hey guys it's Jen and it has been such a long time since I've done a video specifically shouting out
to my fellow mana litters out there y'all know that with monolids we have our own set of problems
from smudging panda eyes and things kind of getting everywhere so I wanted to share with you
some of my top favorite must-have products that are just going to improve your life so so much so
if you want to see the list and keep watching and let's go ahead and get into it if your model itted
you know that the eyeliner if you wear it all day your lids just rub together it kind of ends
up going all over your face and one of the things that helps so much is to have an eyeshadow primer
so you just put this little bit of cream on your eyelids and it'll help your eyeshadow to stay true
to color not crease lasts all day it'll help your eyeliner not to smudge even your mascara stay in
place one of my favorites I've been using lately is the NARS Pro prime smudge proof eyeshadow base
but I also really love Too Faced shadow insurance and Urban Decay primer potion but yeah the NARS
one is great for an everyday product if you really like using an easy go foot applicator
and it really does improve the longevity of your makeup even if you're not monolid but especially
for mono litters it's pretty fantastic eyelash curlers man these are fantastic and the hard
thing about curlers with mono lidded eyes is you really want to get one that has the right
eye shape usually a lot of mono litters don't have a lot of depth to their eyelid it's just
kind of a more flat lid and so you want a brand of eyelash curler where it has less of a severe
angle because I find that sometimes when it's too curved it doesn't fit right up against my eye and
curl my lashes really efficiently so two brands I really highly recommend are Shishido and shoe
or Mara they're both Japanese brands and like I said they just fit to the curve of your eyelid
really well you might want to just try out a few different brands and see what will work best for
you because obviously everyone's eyes are a little bit different but I definitely found these two
to be some of the most well known eyelash colors some of the ones people really really rave about
for me personally I don't ever have a day I wear my makeup and not use my eyelash curler so it's
a tool that will be your best friend and here's the weird thing in terms of mascaras you might go
to the store and see one that doesn't say anything about waterproofness one might say water-resistant
one might say waterproof and yes there is a difference between water resistant and waterproof
mascaras for us mano lidded girls we really need a waterproof mascara for a multitude of reasons
I actually have a whole video about mascaras so I'll leave a little link so you can watch that
video anytime you want but I did want to say the reason a waterproof mascara is really necessary
it's first of all it's not going to smudge on your lids and leave you with raccoon eyes and
second of all it also holds a lash curl which if you have monolids you know that it tucks kind of
underneath the lid it pushes your lashes so that they points straight down and you look like you
don't have any lashes at all so a little bit of lift always always helps and these are going to
help hold those lashes up because it's a drier formula and it dries faster as well so once you
curl it and you apply the mascara it's not going to just droop back down I've always loved the
covergirl waterproof mascara if you want a bigger brush I like the lash blast volume waterproof
this is also really great it's the super sizer mascara and then I also really love if you want a
really sort of more high-end going all the way the distance outperforming everything kind of mascara
but it's a little more difficult to find I like the Shiseido majolica majorca yolka I don't know
how to pronounce this lash expander frame plus mascara this one is a longtime favorite of mine
and this is also a Japanese mascara they know what they're doing it has a two-sided comb brush which
I find combs through really thin lashes so easily doesn't get clumpy and it has fibers to make your
lashes look even longer so this is a fantastic product if you want something again a little
harder to find but just outperforms everything I think it's really important to have a great set
of eyeshadow brushes that are small enough with model litters you have a lot of really flat space
and it can be difficult to get exactly defined where you want your shadows and where you your
crease line is going to be and if you have a really great variety of small brushes it'll
fit right inside there and you can get a really defined shadow shape which i think is just of
the utmost importance when you're working with a really flat blank canvas like I am if you guys
want I can do a whole video about brushes maybe let me know in the comments if that's something
you want to see I kind of mix and match from a bunch of different brands a few of my favorites
I'll shout out the Mac 217 brush this is so great for blending it's not too large or too small the
Mac 239 brush this is one of my favorites of all time it's really pretty tiny but it just
fits right in the lid so if you're putting a main color on the ball of your eyelid this is
really great and get some nice opaque color I also like a couple of brushes from Sigma I love
their brushes for a really long time this is one of my just beloved ones for adding an extra dark
crease color this is the Sigma exact blend e32 I really love this NARS 45 brush it's a flat dense
brush that I like using for adding a darker color on my lower lash line so I find that false lashes
make anybody's eyes just have that extra bit of brightness and openness and sparkle and I wear
them almost every single time I wear makeup but especially if your mono lidded again it lifts
up those lashes it opens up the eyes and really can make a huge difference I've always loved the
darkness brand it's a Korean brand and I find some of their shapes of eyelashes just look a
little bit more natural on mono lidded hooded eyelids I also love this brand called Eschete
oh and they have some of the most natural-looking false lashes I've ever seen they are a little bit
more on the high-end pricey end but I find that it's just really difficult to replicate that look
in other companies so this style is called little black lash which I really love because it's not
too long and I actually like doubling these to get a little bit more volume but still have that short
link so sq2 if you're watching please make a style where you double them because that's how I wear
them anyway and I would buy the entire stock if you haven't tried false eyelashes I highly
recommend trying a full strip that have a little bit of a thicker band and the reason is because
that'll give your eyes a little bit more lift if the band is too light I find that sometimes it
just adds extra weight onto the lashes themselves which can push them back down but if you glue a
heavier band to your eyelid then it can hold itself up and open your eyes a little bit more
next I feel like one of the most impactful makeup pieces that any mono littered could
use is eyeliner specifically liquid eyeliner used to be about I don't know like 10 years ago that
everybody was just all about the gel eyeliner train but I find that certain liquid liners
actually do a better job of resisting any oils and moving around than even a gel liner so I really
loved for the longest time the Stila stay all day waterproof liquid eyeliner and more recently
I also like the bareMinerals lash domination ink liner which I find is easier to remove at
the end of the day but it still doesn't seem to smudge around on me so either of those options
a couple other really good ones are the Kat Von D tattoo liner and I've always really liked the ico
liquid liners as well last but not least I wanted to mention the done cleansing oils because when
you're wearing all of that waterproof makeup that is not smudging from your monolids you gotta take
it off you got to make sure your eyes stay clean and your skin happy so one of my favorite ones
I've been using lately is Tasha this is the pure one-step camellia cleansing oil I really love it
you don't specifically have to use this particular one I also really love the cleansing oils from Shu
Uemura and if they're a little out of your price range then I highly recommend checking out DHC
those two brands in particular are some of the og original cleansing oils out there so they're
always going to do a really fantastic job at removing your makeup if you don't want to use
a purely liquid product there's also a really cool one from Clinique that I'll link down below it's
a bomb so it's a solid product that you warm up in your hands and you remove it the exact same
way all you have to do is take a pump or two of the cleansing oil massage it into your skin while
it's dry and it's just gonna break apart all of that super super waterproof makeup even the waxy
assault to remove stuff will come off just splash some water on your face it'll kind of emulsify
into a milky liquid and just rinse all the way off I actually like to do double cleansing which is to
use the oil cleanser first and then immediately after that use my regular face cleanser and it'll
make your face just deliciously soft and clean without over stripping it and it takes off the
hardest remove makeup out there so I guess that is about it I hope you guys enjoyed all of my monolid
must-haves if you have any recommendations for mono letters out there I would absolutely love
it if you would leave that down in the comments because I'm always on the lookout for new products
that are going to work really well on my eyelids and I know a lot of you out there would super
appreciate that as well if you guys did find this video helpful I would love it if you would hit
that thumbs up button and feel free to subscribe to see more of my makeup videos if you guys notice
me being extra smiley in the video it's because this little Chunkin was off to the side while I
was filming the video my little princess but you don't have mono lips all you need to do is just
grab that eyelash curler and swing it around oh let's see anyway we will see you in the next video