I bear the unfortunate beauty burden of having small eyes—which is why a black cat-eye became part of my everyday look after a kind Sephora employee taught me how to perfect the technique right out of college. Anything that elongates the eye with a sexy, feminine, feline wing is exactly what these sad, small peepers have always needed. And so, for five years, I’ve been using the same gel pot formula, applied painstakingly with an angled brush. Because it worked, and I am loyal to things that work. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, right?