Clear Lipliners & Why They're A Beauty Staple

It's a retake of a beauty product that's been on the scene the last couple years, yet should be a staple in every woman stash. Companies from Estee Lauder to Milani are producing their own. Read on to see why should it be in yours?

A clear lip liner is also known as an anti-feathering liner. Essentially it lacks the colour pigment found in no traditional pencil lip liners. But why should that matter?

1. It creates a border for colour

These are used around the outside of your natural lipline not on it. No colour leaves or enters this border, literally stopping any colour in it's tracks. This also means there's no bleeding or feathering of your lip colour. Forget about constantly checking on your lip colour!

2. Universal shade

The clear liner is basically a wax formula which means it's a one-shade-fits-all type of product. Every skin type/ tone/ ethnicity will have absolutely no dramas wearing a clear lip liner. Even those women who don't wear lip liner. It also exactly matches every brand/ formula/ shade of lip product that you own - versatility in it's richest form!

3. Affordability

Compared the shades of traditional lip liners, one clear liner is defiantly value for money if you think of all the lip products you own. Defiantly saves time and money having to match a specific shade to a lip liner. Even drugstore brands such as Maybelline & Milani offer their own version but for something still on the affordable side, think of Urban Decay and Too Faced. All of which are easily accessible!

4. Great Benefits

They tend to be a softer wax meaning they glide onto the lips with no tugging or pulling at the delicate mouth region. They sharpen like a regular pencil liner so there isn't a need to buy a specialised sharpener. The vast majority of the brands have added benefits such as moisturising properties, waterproof, vitamin E, nourishing oils etc. They are becoming super lip liners.

Now the difficult part is deciding which brand to try first....