I know I have written about this stuff before, but after trying a few other brand’s versions of gel or pot eyeliners, I had to reiterate why this one is my favorite. This tiny little glass jar is a makeup miracle, I swear. It does everything I want a great eyeliner to do and more. Only really challenging aspect is finding the perfect brush to apply it. Well, ok, applying it takes a little practice. But I swear the extra effort is worth it.
When I decide the day is going to be a thick black eyeliner day, I reach for my MAC Fluidline pot in Blacktrack and my… wait for it… lip brush from Sephora. Seriously, out of all the eyeliner brushes I’ve tried this lip brush is the best. It has shorter bristles that most eyeliner brushes, so you get lots of control, and yet it is not super wide and straight like some. And at $10 is very affordable!
Now depending on whether the look is for day or night, I draw the line on my upper lip slightly thinner or thicker, starting from the inner eye and going outward. I start with the straight part of the brush parallel with my lashes, then towards the outer part of my eye I turn it more and more perpendicular, to make it “winged” on the outer edges. Very quickly, I decide if I like the line I’ve draw, and most often I chose to smudge it a bit with my finger. To me its better for it to be a bit messy looking than look only slightly imperfect. But the smudge attempt has to be fast, since this awesome eyeliner dries QUICK. But once it does, it last and lasts and lasts! This look has taken me from work, to happy hour, to dinner, to dancing without any need to reapply. Seriously!
So don’t be afraid of a little brush and gel liner action, you’ll be happy you took the plunge… promise!
Line Lovely!
Oooh, I like the idea of using a lip brush as an eyeliner brush! I love gel and cream eyeliners, especially MAC Fluidlines and Stila Smudgepots, and usually use my Ecotools angled eyeliner brush to apply them. They're not perfect, but they're pretty darn good… But I might just have to give the lip brush a try.
It works super well, I promise!!!