Adventures with a bent eyeliner brush..

The brushes that came with all my gel liners have not been very good at lining my eyes, mainly because I feel that they don't give me enough control and the liner doesn't sit close enough to the root of the lashes for my liking.

Thus, I went on the hunt for a bent eyeliner brush as I'd heard they were really good.  The two of choice were the Benefit Get Bent brush and the Sonia Kashuk one.  SK isn't readily available here so I have the Benefit one.

When you take that plastic "protector" off, the brush is quite stiff and me being me had to bend the bristles to loosen it up a bit..then the panic hit me..what if I've ruined the brush?! Well, I hadn't so don't panic if you're compelled to do the same.

In my mind, this brush looked a lot bigger that it actually is and realising that I forgot to take a "scale" photo and add it to the collage above, here it is..

As you can see, it's quite tiny in comparison to other brushes but I personally don't want something super bulky, this size works very well.

How to use it.

The best way to use it is by having a large mirror in front of you (i.e. one mounted to the wall..unless you have a willing subject who will hold it for you) semi closing one eye and keeping the other one open and then swiping the brush across the base of the lash line.

I don't panic if it flicks my lashes up as that way I know I am getting as close to the root of my lashes as possible as you don't want any telltale space.

Thanks to this brush I have managed to learn how to do this..

Pardon the stareout stance, it's the only way to show the liner.

This was the one thing I wanted to learn for so long and I just couldn't get it right but this brush makes it a doddle.  It instantly makes it look as if I've made my eyes up when all I've done is one small thing.  It doesn't look like much and it's not..once you figure out how to do it.  Using this brush all you need to do is use it on the tip by the inner corner (you want a thin line as that's more natural) and then as you get onto the middle, lean the brush onto its side.  The best thing is, you don't need to tug on the area around your eye to get a nice steady line.

If you prefer a thin line, this brush does those extremely well, I choose a fatter line as they work best for me.

You can pick the brush up for £12.50 from either the Benefit website (or a store) or from House of Fraser.  I'd really reccomend it if you can't use liquid liner properly (God knows that badge is emblazoned on my chest) and are looking for a decent brush with which to apply your gel/cream liner.