M.U.A Cory Walia Talks About His Eye Make-up Favorites

Make up artist Cory Walia lets us in on his favorite make up:
Eyeliners

• Makeup Forever Cake Eyeliner
  
• Christian Diorliner EyeLiquid Liner
  
• M.A.C Powerpoint Eye Pencil in Engraved
  

Cory's Tip - Metallic colors are really hot these days. Use the ones by M.A.C and Lakme and go wild with color.

To Shadow your Eyes

• M.A.C Eye Shadows are the best and a personal favorite
  
• The eye shadows by Make Up Forever are excellent and like M.A.C they come in bright and subtle colors
  

What Cory looks for:
"Good eye shadows are those whose color is rich and texture smooth. Some eye shadows look very attractive in their packages but when you use them the powder is dry or falls on the lashes. This shouldn't happen," says Cory.

On cream eye shadows?
Cream eye shadows are not too great for Indians as the sweat etc. will get it off, also it collect in the creases of the skin. Using cream eye shadows in cities where the whether is cool is a good idea. Cream eye shadows give a beautiful finish, so what you can so is top it with powder eye shadow to stabilize the color.

Kohl Pencils

• The Estée Lauder Artist's Eye Pencil is Cory's favorite
  
• The M.A.C Powerpoint Pencil in Engraved is super soft and comes in excellent colors
  
• The Revlon Luxurious Color Eyeliner Pencil is excellent for smokey eyes.

Cory's Home Made Kohl Recipe
Cory uses home made kohl. You can make kohl at home by burning a ghee diya with camphor; you then collect the soot in the diya. The soot is then mixed with ghee and applied. In the old days, pearls were also burned to make kohl. Cory mixes black eye shadow powder to his home made kohl and then uses it on his clients.

Mascaras
"Mascaras are a very very important part of your make-up," says Cory Walia.

• My favorite is Estée Lauder MagnoScopic Mascara.
  
• When I'm doing make up for a bride and I don't want her to cry and have black streaks running down for face, I use the water proof mascara by M.A.C. It's called M.A.C Splashproof Lash.
  

Cory says:
"Even though all brands have mascaras, I'm very picky about what I like. That's why the two listed above are the only ones that I use."