|
|
About the brush:
Eye liner brushes come in a variety of shapes and sizes to facilitate the different type of techniques desired to manipulate the liner once it is applied. I separate eye shadow brushes into two categories: general and specific. The eye liner brushes shown here are of the "specific" category. Their purpose is to precisely shape and blend the eye liner once it has been applied to the upper and lower eye line. This brush provides you with the accuracy to create the precise effect you want to achieve. This is the one area of your makeup where precision, patience and practice are the most important.
How to use:
When shaping and blending eyeliner with an eye liner brush, you are making enhancements upon the eyeliner that you have already applied. Eye liner brushes tend to be short and stiff, but not scratchy, and excellent for helping the application of the eye liner look its best. Two great advantages for following up with an eyeliner brush are that you can smooth out a rough application so that your eye liner is more flawless and secondly that it can smudge liner to just the desired amount to create that infamous "smoky eye". The most important rule with eyeliner is get it between your lashes first, not above them, to enhance your eyes their most. From there you can make any further modification you desire. To make your eyes look bigger, blend the line from the pupil of your eye out so that the line becomes gradually thicker as it extends to the outer corner of your eye. By using the pupil as a starting point for eyeliner enhancement, you will accentuate the almond shape of the eye. If you thicken the entire line uniformly, your eye will appear more round and less almond. The same rules apply to the lower lashes. Your brush needs to be firm enough to distribute the product effectively and soft enough to not irritate the surface of your skin. The amount of resistance desired varies from person to person.
How to choose:
Feel the amount of stiffness in the palm of your hand. If you like what you feel, try it on your face. If the brush passes the feel test, then apply product with the brush for the ultimate application test. If it passes all of your criteria, mark it down as a possible future brush for you. Be discerning. Don,t buy the first brush you like. Narrow it down to your three top choices then pick from those. It is better to spend more time picking out brushes because it will be touching your face every time you put on makeup and it will be with you for at least ten years. One other test I do on the brush I am about to purchase is to gently pull on the hairs to see how that particular brush I am purchasing is constructed. If you get a handful of hair, ask to see another brush! Remember to always check what the return policy is on all purchases. Some brushes seem great and a month later they evolve into a shedding monster. Expect to lose a few hairs with any brush, however if the amount of hair loss increases instead of decreases, exchange or return it. |
|
|
|
Brush Off Brush Cleaner (daily) www.brushoff.com
Gentle Shampoo (weekly)
Hair dryer (if needed)
|
|
