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There are several factors that go into what allowsmakeup artiststo do truly phenomenal work.

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“It’s very sheer and fluid.

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I can easily control how much color I deposit and keep layering.”

“And for some reason it just lasts forever and ever and ever.”

“No one makes anything like it,” she tellsAllure.

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“It is the best for precision liner.”

She also likes to drag it through brow powder to paint individual hair strokes that mimic thelook of microblading.

“It also allows me to create a cat-eye shape on the outer corners with eye shadow.”

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“I have about six or seven of it.”

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