Classic Hollywood actress Sophia Loren is known for her beauty looks, from her elongated, feline eyeliner, to her voluminous 60s bouffant hairstyle, to the pencilled on beauty spot and the pillowy nude lipstick. In fact, many attribute some of the biggest beauty trends of the time directly to her, so much was her international influence.
Born in Rome, Sophia's career spanned over six decades, appearing in some of the most revered films (including It Started In Naples and Arabesque) among Hollywood royalty including Cary Grant and Frank Sinatra.
In the wake of her 87th birthday, which she celebrated last month, Sophia Loren has shot to fame of a different kind having gone viral on social media, proving herself to be as influential as ever. It seems Instagram and TikTok cannot get enough of her signature winged eyeliner, which uses a combination of white and black eyeliner, creates an optical illusion that elongates the natural eye shape and makes the eyes look longer and bigger over all.
Makeup artist and beauty influencer Katie Jane Hughes made the look the inspiration for her regular franchise KJH Academy, calling upon her followers to recreate the look.
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While it looks impressive, the eyeliner hack is relatively easy to achieve – all you'll need is a white eyeliner pencil and a black liquid eyeliner, as well as a great mascara or false lashes.
Whereas a traditional flicked eyeliner would follow the natural shape of the eye, joining up at the outer corners, the Sophia look joins the lower and upper eyeliner much further out towards the temple, creating an elongated effect. The negative space is then filled in with a light or white eyeliner to make it seem as though it's the natural eye shape.
Finish the look with plenty of mascara on both top and bottom lashes, a great matte, nude lipstick and a faux beauty spot or two for true Sophia Loren style.
It's not the first time white eyeliner has been key to a big beauty trend recently. It also just so happens to be one of the biggest Gen Z makeup trends with searches for "makeup looks with white eyeliner" up by four times this year, according to Pinterest.
Check out the best white eyeliner makeup looks as well as the best liquid liners to invest in.
