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EYELINER BITCHES!

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It’s no surprise that one of the biggest makeup trend EVER! & FOREVER will be, rockin' eyeliner… You just cannot go wrong! The look is endless; there is a lot of styles of eyeliner though, for example:

What i would suggest you do is try every single one of these styles on yourself and take a picture see, which one suits you best. People always make up rules for makeup saying you can't wear this shape on your eyes because you have a certain eye shape, okay for some this may be the case but most of the time, can I just say... it's a load of arse! With makeup there are NO RULES people! There is common sense but no rules so anyone who decides they'll make up a rule for you to go by can just go talk rubbish in someone else's ear.

I personally love my eyeliner like those above its very trendy and all you need to do is throw some lashes on and add a coloured lip and your makeup is banging and ready to head out! Sometimes simple looks 1000 times better!

EYELINER FOR THE JOB

As foundations/lipsticks have different finishes so do eyeliners. You can have a shiny sort of finish which gives an almost glossy wet look to eye and you have a matte finish, I think this looks best but everyone has their favourites. You can also have glitter based liners & coloured liners therefore you can really play about with your eyeliner. For example in the summer electric blue eyeliner looks bloody amazing with a floral dress. You be amazed at how you can change the look of an outfit with your hair & makeup so don't be afraid to go for it and break your shell! Remember ladies and gents, my GOD it’s just makeup it washes off, it’s not going to stay there forever! :)

* You want to find which type of brush you prefer for applying eyeliner; be it a standard brush, an angle brush, a flat top brush a felt tip end or your standard brush end.

Okay so time for some products, starting with the cheapies:

#1 2true eyeliner you can get from superdrug for £1.99 or 3 for £5. This liner is a matte finish and stays put all day long! friggin good shizzle! (Just Black) felt tip end.

#2 Sleek eyeliner you can also get from superdrug for £3.79. This liner comes in glitter/coloured shinny and matte finishes. Felt tip end & brush end.

#3 M.A.C Fluidline. £14.00 This is a Gel eyeliner it can be used in the water line, for a base for eyeshadow and under the waterline smudged out. I swear by this product! For a night out under eyes the makeup gose nowhere and in your waterline you rarely need to topup! You'll need a brush to apply this product. This product comes in a range of colours, & finishes, these are amazing for people with oily eyes to apply all over your lid. TIP: when using these always turn upside down on a flat surface when your're using it to stop product drying out.

#4 Illmasqua eyeliner cake, £14.50 this is basically there discounted liquid eyeliner in shatter only in a powder form. I would suggest using mac fix+ with this product as i find it works amazing with it! This also requires you to use an eyeliner brush but this mean you will have more control with your product ill talk about brushes below. This product will last you forever! So its worth the £14.50 :0

Brush types to apply these with:

#5 Illamasqua Precession eyeliner. £18.50 This is the dearest of the bunch but it will not move of your eyeballs. This is a felt tip end. This comes in different colours and glitter textures.

I have never used these but word on the grape fine tell me that MAC do an eyeliner which you can't get off your eyes which for some people like myself i suppose would be friggin brilliant! & I have swatched Topshop Eyeliner pen and though it was brilliant so check these out also when your in town :)

Tips on how to apply eyeliner:

If you find urself useless i would use a flat top eyeliner brush and a shadow and dip the brush tip into the product and press into the roots of the lashes. This look is very natural but this is start for those for youse who really want to wear eyeliner! You can also use an angled liner brush for this!

If your just okay with i would suggest you use a felt tip brush head or an angled eyeliner brush you will have a lot more control of how you apply the liner!

If your good at applying eyeliner but still just cann't get it really neat my adive to you is you can use any type of brush head you just need a little more pratice!

*get a comfortable postion to sit in you'll need to rest your arms on a surface. Use a zoom in mirror and always look down into that mirror never squint your eyes! squeeze them shut! or look up! The product unless your using a shadow will be wet (this is common sense bit) ... always take a step back and look into a normal mirror! See if it nearly (key word) nearly even. It will never be excatly the same!!! If you are doing flicks my best tip is to aim the flick towards the where the end of your eyebrow ends. This will mean the are more even on each side! But people don't be afraid to reach for the baby wipe to clean up your line or to even them out!

The biggest cheat of all for flicks!!

In this video notice how the girl is using the point of the eyeliner pen to apply the product, i would suggest using the felt tip at an angle and not as she is doing it will make the application way easier!! Also imagion colouring in with a felt tip marker if you use it on its side (at an angle) you get a thicher clean line if you use it from the tip of the pen you get a thin line use this principle when deciding how thick/thin you want your liner!

HOW TO CLEAN BRUSHES

Cleaning your makeup brushes is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo important! They should ideally be deep cleansed once a week and spot cleaned every day.

A spot clean is where you use make-up brush cleaners. You can buy these from a few makeup counters. MAC, Lancome, Estee Lauder. These range in prices and are around £11-£20.

You can also buy brush cleaners in sallys they will range between £7-£10 a bottle.

However you can use a product called surgical spirits, this is what i use to clean my brushes its 98% alcohol and kills all germs with a few squirts. This won't remove all the colour from brush though however its about £2 from any chemist or boots and basically dose the same job as any of the brands above. This will dry out goat hair and sable hair brushes*

To deep cleanse a brush it require you to wash it. Just like your natural hair animal hair will require the same treatment so you would wash your brushes with shampoo and conditioner.

For synthetic hair brushes you will need to use maybe a shower gel or bath wash and to condition like you do your clothes use fabric conditioner. This is will keep your brushes in very good condition.

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT!!!

#1 Never scrub your brushes onto the surface to clean them massage through the hairs of the brush.
#2 Never soak the entire brush (leave the hole brush in water) because you don't want to saturate the funnel of the brush. This is where the hairs are glued into place and by saturating this area it weakens the glue = hair loss and over time the brush head falling out or apart!
#3 Also squeeze the excess water out & and dry lightly on towel.
#4 Put back into shape!!
#5 Leave the heads of the brushes of the edge of a table and let them air dry over night!