Makeup Brushes, Part VII: Excellent Eyeliner Brushes

Welcome back to FabSugar's detailed look at make-up brushes. Today's installment: excellent eye liner brushes. (To read the other installments, click here.) Eye liner brushes are necessary when you are using powder or cream liners. These guys definitely look a little funny. They tend to be square and made of white super firm, synthetic bristles because they maintain their shape better and they provide the best control for creating fine lines.

To use: Line your eye by dotting or carefully drawing color across your lash line. For your upper lash line - begin at the inner corner of your eye and work outward. For your lower lash line - begin by laying your brush flat by the outer corner of your eye, and carefully working your way inward. For extra heavy duty staying power, apply shadow over your eye pencil. These brushes can also be doubled as eye brow brushes. Here are a few of my favorite eye liner brushes:

Shu Uemura's 5F Eye Liner Brush is made from synthetic, short hair. It's flat shaped for eye lining with wet or dry color with a firm touch. Great for beginner makeup users. Buy it here for $15.

Chanel's Precise Liner Brush #5 (Ligne Precision) is made from nylon brush hairs. It's a flat-edged brush shaped to fit along your upper and lower lash lines. It can also be used to create a smoky eye effect by smudging the line along the eyelid. Buy it here for $26.

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Trish McEvoy's #11 Precision Lining Brush is another synthetic brush designed for both cream and shadow eye lining. I've been using this for years; it's virtually mistake proof! I also love the lucite handle that makes it easily identifiable in my make up bag. Buy it here for $25.

Elf's Eyeliner Brush has a super gentle tip that creates ultra thin lines for cream or powder shadows. This brush (well actually all e.l.f. brushes) are ergonomically designed to fit in your hand to help facilitate application. Buy it here for $1.00