Nothing ruins a day like lining one of your eyes perfectly, only to move on to the other eye and mess it up. In your attempt to balance them out, you ruin both eyes, only to end up late for work/school, and without nicely balanced eyeliner to boot.
After years of doing this almost every day, some days better than others, we’ve learnt some lessons along the way. Number one, practice is the only way to make it perfect, and even then, perfect eyeliner is a blessing that will only descend on your face on select days. Number two, a good tool is absolutely key – a firm nib, good colour payoff, and of course, a waterproof and smudge-proof formula will help win half the battle.
To all the ones out there who take pride in their eyeliner flicks, we feel you. There’s truly a lot of joy to be derived from drawing on flicks so sharp, they could stab through your ex’s cold, unfeeling heart. And the key to that: quality eyeliner with ultra-thin nibs, which seem to be experiencing a revival these days.
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