How To Perfect The Flick

The key to this is to take your time, and stick with it.  Practice really does make perfect.  I know liquid eyeliner looks like it’s been drawn in one swoop, however that is not the case.

You can use a pencil, gel liner or a liquid, just use whatever works best for you! Start by pouring a small amount of product on the back of your hand.  I find this the best way to work the gel liner into my brush, and make my brush go into a pointed shape. 

Then push the product well into the lash line.  It does not have to be neat at this stage.  It just makes sure there will be no skin showing between the lashes and the liner.  There is nothing worse than a floating flick!! 

I then add more product to the brush and reshape it to the point again.  Take the line nice and thin into the inner corner of the eye.  Also neaten up the top of the line across the lashes so it looks neat and smooth. Plot in the flick.  Do this lightly to start with using a pencil, so if you make a mistake you can change it.  

I look straight  in the mirror and draw the first line from the bottom lashes and upwards.  Then working back from the point flick, gently sketch and join it to the line created on the top of the lashes. Once you are happy with the position of the flick, add more product to your brush again and fill in the line.  A perfect liner should start thin, then thicken up so it flows over the lashes and finish to a nice slim point.