The reverse smoky eye is the latest update to your cut crease makeup

‘90s beauty trends are going nowhere; neither are contouring hacks. So it’s hardly surprising that the subtle cut crease is one of TikTok’s biggest Y2K makeup trends. The look is exactly as it sounds: a blurry line that ‘cuts’ at the crease. In doing so, this technique “enhances and defines” the groove of your eye socket, Stila’s head makeup artist, Sascha Jackson, told GLAMOUR. 

But the subtle cut crease has recently had an update that only adds to its allure. Specifically, a mash up with the reverse smoky eye trend that currently has 2.7million views on TikTok.

Normally, a subtle cut crease would involve drawing a darker line into the crease.  Likewise, a run-of-the-mill smoky eye would focus purely on the deeper shades in an eyeshadow palette. But all of that traditional wisdom has now been flipped on its head and the subtle cut crease 2.0 plays purely with light.

The updated technique swings two ways. The first involves adding a darker eyeshadow or eyeliner to the lid and lower lashline, followed by either a highlighter or pale shade of eyeshadow into the hollow of your eye socket. 

Or, the entire lid is a wash of pale or nude eyeshadow with a milky shade reserved for the crease.