Adele just revealed the exact eyeliner she likes to use
Have we missed Adele’s hauntingly beautiful voice during her hiatus? Yes, obviously – we’ve had “Easy On Me” on loop since it dropped. Something else we’ve missed (perhaps) even more, however, is another thing we’d file under ‘Adele’s iconic signatures’: her eyeliner.
Because while it’s a makeup staple in Hollywood, nobody (nobody, we tell you) nails a classic cat eye quite like Adele. The shape is always absolutely perfect, the shade is always a beautifully opaque black, and we’ve never seen the crisp finish look anything less than flawless.
So, what is this superstar-status liner she (or her makeup artist, of course) wields to create these gorgeous wings? Well, now we know. Chatting to Vogue for their 73 Questions series, Adele was asked to reveal “who makes her favourite eyeliner”, and she did not hesitate to answer.
“Pat McGrath” was her response, or to be more precise, the Pat McGrath Perma Precision Liquid Eyeliner ($65 from Sephora).
Pat McGrath Perma Precision Liquid Eyeliner
A delightfully deep black inky eyeliner with a soft, fine and flexible tip, it’s said to deliver “pristine definition” with “gorgeous colour payoff”. Sounds like the culprit behind Adele’s cat eye to us. It also happens to be waterproof, so yes, you can indeed apply before a listening session of Adele’s greatest (and most tear-tempting) hits.
It turns out said status is important to Adele herself, too. When asked whether she tends to cry while singing any of her songs she responded, "I do, to quite a few of my new ones, yeah." Waterproof liner for the win.
Of course, Adele’s go-to winged liner look wouldn’t be quite complete without the addition of a fluffy pair of falsies. What’s her hot tip for applying those?! “Get someone else to do it for you,” she laughed in the Vogue video. Look, we wish it wasn’t so, but A) we appreciate the transparency and B) true.
So there you have it – now we can all be apart of Adele’s impeccable cat eye club.
Main image credit: @anthonyhnguyenmakeup
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Delaney began her career in the Australian beauty media industry in 2015, landing amidst the glossy world of women’s lifestyle magazines (or more literally, in their beauty cupboards). Since then, she has gone on to write across a multitude of beloved Australian media brands, including OK!, NW, InStyle, and Harper’s BAZAAR. She’s covered every side of beauty content, from directing beauty editorial shoots to rounding up the best glossy serums for golden hour skin. Having spent nearly a decade immersed in the beauty realm, Delaney’s knowledge of beauty is as extensive as her collection of tinted lip oils (read: extremely extensive). Delaney is currently the Digital Managing Editor of BEAUTYcrew, and her beauty wisdom also appears across beautyheaven, ELLE and Marie Claire. She enjoys channelling her personal hobby (testing beauty products) into her professional work (talking about testing beauty products), and considers perfecting the art of a cat eye in a moving car her life’s greatest accomplishment.
