Some people mark the start of summer with an iced oat latte, Lana Del Rey whispering “blue hydrangea, cold cash divine” through their headphones, and the vague plan of a last-minute escape to the coast of Italy. We’re doing that too – but for us, the real shift happens when the liner goes electric. When the pigments turn to poolside pastels, UV neons, and shimmer that catches the light like salt on sun-warmed skin.
This season, smoky eyes are on sabbatical. In their place? Swirls that look like heat waves, candy-bright colours, and graphic wings. Whether you’re dancing barefoot at a beach rave, standing front row at a festival, or just walking to Tesco in your favourite sundress and lip oil, these are the wet liners that don’t just signal summer, they become it.
Even if the skies are grey (because, let’s face it… Britain), we’re wearing our sunshine on our lids.
These are the ones we're reaching for when the sun hits just right this year.
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Waves
If my summer had a soundtrack, Waves would be the shimmering synth in between verses – quiet at first, then suddenly cinematic.
It’s a blue that doesn’t beg for attention but always gets it, duochrome and fluid, like sunlit seafoam or the glint of a holographic bikini on a rooftop pool deck. There’s a glamour in its restraint, and drama when it turns. Soft enough for a floating crease. Bold enough to flirt with the horizon.
Wear it when you want your eyes to say what your mouth won’t.
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Cotton Candy
Cotton Candy is what you’d wear if Barbie got lost at a rave and liked it.
A split UV pink that hums under blacklight. Soft on the surface, wicked underneath. It’s bubblegum and basslines. Candyfloss kisses and glitter sweat at 4AM.The kind of liner that clings to the memory of carousel rides and strangers you swore you loved for a song or two.
It’s for the girls who don’t just dance until sunrise – they glow through it.
Or at least look like they did.
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Turtles & Slushie
These liners are proof that you don’t have to pick a side. Not when you’re made of both still water and storm.
We’re stacking Turtles (earthy greens) and Slushie (UV blue) because some moods call for both forest witch and poolside deviant, both barefoot in the grass and drenched in neon light.
Wear them split – one eye grounded, one eye glowing – or let them bleed together into one winged-out, rule-breaking masterpiece.
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Pool Party
Pool Party is the liner equivalent of stepping out of the water in slow motion: lashes wet, skin glazed, shimmer still on the lids. A teal so vibrant it feels mythical, like something a siren would wear to ruin a man’s life under the moonlight.
It glimmers like pool tiles at golden hour, like chlorine-soaked secrets and the high of sun on wet skin. Layer it over white if you want it loud, or let it live alone on bare lids, like jewellery for the eyes.
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Strawberry
Strawberry is what you wear when you’re the kind of person who brings strawberries in their tote bag and poetry in your Notes app.
A baby pink that flirts with the sun, but glows under UV like she has secrets. It's giving gingham dresses, lip gloss kisses, and that dreamy kind of July where everything smells like peaches and possibility.
For everyone who likes their summer soft – but still wants to be seen.
It’s cottagecore with a flashing pulse.
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Milk
Yes, it’s a white liner. But not just any white. Milk is the cool, clean girl of your summer makeup bag.
It’s the liner you reach for when you want your neons to scream louder, your negative space to hit harder, your inner corners to glow like you've never known a bad night’s sleep.
It’s the white bikini of the liner world – iconic, unapologetic, always in style, no matter the decade. And under the sun, it doesn’t just highlight. It radiates.
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Solar
Solar is yellow – but not the shy kind.
It’s matte, bright, and walks into the room like she knows the sun rises for her. Liquid sunshine with a bite. Think pop-art eyelids, retro beach posters, and the colour of the sky five minutes before golden hour hits.
Swipe it solo when you’re feeling bold, or melt it into terracottas and peaches for that cinematic sunset-on-skin look.
If joy wore winged liner, this would be it.
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Chai
We’ll never say no to a peach moment.
Chai is that soft, sun-warmed flush – a golden flicker across the skin, like the light that slips through linen curtains or the warmth that lingers after someone has touched your cheek.
It pairs effortlessly with bronzed shoulders, terracotta lids, and freckles you didn’t bother to cover.
It’s the liner equivalent of iced peach tea on a rooftop, the kind of afternoon where you phone’s on silent, and nothing urgent exists.
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Menthe
You didn’t think we’d forget the pastel green of dreams, did you?
Menthe is that dusty mint matte that feels like a deep whale. Scandi cool with a femme twist. She’s the girl who bikes through Copenhagen in vintage sunglasses, drinks iced matcha by the canal, and never explains herself.
It’s fresh, but not innocent.
Menthe pairs beautiful with a bare lip and attitude, with graphic liner and undone hair.
Soft, but not too sweet. Like an iced mojito with a secret.
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You don’t need a boarding pass to feel like you’ve escaped.
These wet liners were made for selfies at golden hour, for nights that weren't meant to turn into anything – and somehow did. For that fleeting, electric second in the mirror when you pause and think, God, I look unreal.
So go ahead. Stack these shades. Glow in the dark. Try something different just because it feels good.
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By Ellie Black
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