Just let your eyeliner pen sit in a cup of hot water–firmly capped, tip-side down–for a few minutes. Afterward, remove the liner from water, give it a few good shakes and try running the tip over the back of your hand to encourage ink flow and you should see the streaky mess form back into bold solid lines.

How do you make dry eyeliner moist?

Start by adding two to three drops of your eye drops into your eyeliner. If the liner is reeeally dried out, try poking a few holes in it with a toothpick before adding the eye drops (don't worry if it cracks). This will help more easily wet a dry center.

Do eyeliners dry out?

Felt-tip liners are an amazing beauty invention. They have all the boldness and smudge-proof color of liquid liner, but apply even more easily than a pencil. As anyone who's ever used one can tell you, though, there's one big drawback: they dry out incredibly quickly, sometimes after just a few uses.