Best Brushes for Smudgy Liner
Hey everyone!
Hope you had a great weekend. I wanted to share some great smudge brushes with you! I love using these small, precise (but not too precise) brushes to get a soft or smokey liner look. While they're all rather small, they won't give you the precision of an angled liner brush. Most often I use them to smudge a deep-colored shadow on the lower lashline (I love how this technique makes the eyes look defined, but not overdone) but they could also be used for soft liner all around the eye, or to smudge out a creamy liner.
Here are my favorites from left to right: Sigma E21 Smudge Brush (part of the Performance Eyes kit), Real Techniques Accent Brush (part of the eyes Starter Set), Sonia Kashuk Smudge brush ($4.99 at Target), and Sigma E30 Pencil Brush ($10.00, sigmabeauty.com)
Here I swatched the Cover Girl eyeshadow in Brown Smolder with each of the brushes, in the same order that they're shown above. Here are some notes & observations...
- The Sigma E21 is what I've been using the most lately. It's the most stiff out of all of the brushes, and while it gives me a smudgy line, it's great about picking up a lot of color as well. The bristles never loose their tight shape, even after multiple cleanings.
- The Real Techniques Accent Brush is very similar in similar in size to the Sigma E21, but the bristles aren't as tightly or densely packed, resulting in a softer line. The synthetic taklon bristles are extremely soft, as with all brushes from this brand.
- The Sonia Kashuk Smudge brush gives a similar amount of intensity to the Sigma E21, but not quite as clean of a line. This is partially because the bristles on this brush started to fray slightly from their original shape, but I still don't see it as problematic, and if I continue to use my Brush Guards in the cleaning process, it should help the brush keep its shape.
- The Sigma E30 pencil brush gives the most diffused line of all. Sometimes if I want a nice amount of depth right at the base of the lashes, I'll first use an angled brush, and then soften the line with this pencil brush. Used alone, this brush gives the eyes wonderfully soft liner. This is another brush that can start to fray out a bit, but after its next cleaning with the Brush Guard, it should get back to its original shape.
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While I mentioned how nicely these brushes can line, you can definitely be creative with these and use them in any way you can imagine! They're also great for precise highlighting around the tear duct. I hope you get a chance to check out one (or several) of these brushes! :)
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Super info on the brushes and very timely for me as I don't feel like I have a great smudgy liner brush and I find myself using powder shadow on my lower lash line more and more... the Sonya Kashuk looks like a great buy for me!
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ReplyDeleteThanks for the brush review, Emily! It seems like every time I try to use shadow as an eyeliner it ends up transferring to my upper eyelid after just a few hours. Any thoughts on how to counteract this? Using a primer doesn't seem to help! Guess I might just have to always be a liquid eyeliner girl. ;)
ReplyDeleteSmudging shadow on my lower lashline is probably my favorite thing lol. Thanks for the review on these brushes! :)
ReplyDeleteGreat post! I love the Sigma brush for smudging!
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I like the little Urban Decay smudger brush. I forgot what it is called but it is the little pencil shaped ( but shorter) brush they sell to smudge out the 24/7 pencils. I LOVE this!
ReplyDeleteI have the RT accent brush and I love it. But I really want the sigma one and now they are selling it individually and not only as a set :-) love you Emily and I love your YT channel. I have bought a lot of drugstore makeup after you reviewing them and I know that if you say "this is a good product", that I will like it as well :-) please never stop doing video, blogs :) you really do help!! Hugs from Norway
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