I must thank Kate Cosmetics for initiating me into the whole gel eyeliner phenomenon way back in 2008. It’s been 3 years on and gel eyeliners still rank at the top of my list of eyeliners. However, with the addition of Tokidoki’s Perfetto Eyeliner, the one that I finally found and brought along in my travel make up kit, felt-tip eyeliners are on the climb up as my go-to eyeliner.

The difference between felt-tip eyeliners and gel eyeliners is its precision. Felt-tip eyeliners fall under the category of liquid eyeliners, but the main difference between the two is the stiff brush tip of felt-tip liners. Instead of the soft brush head of conventional liquid eyeliners, felt-tip eyeliners are very much like pens or markers. In fact, they’re even sometimes called felt-tip eyeliner pens thanks to the short stiff tip at the end.

I, thus, found the Kate Eyeliner FR highly intriguing. You know how the one make up tip that pros always give regarding applying eyeliner is to keep the line as close to lashes as possible? Well, the Kate Eyeliner FR lets you get close to your natural lash line and more.

The three pronged tip of the Kate Eyeliner FR is very unique and when I first saw it, I wondered what sort of effect it was designed to give. Turns out instead of needing to draw a continuous line like you normally would with eyeliner, this Kate eyeliner was designed to fill in the spaces between your lashes. It’s as simple dotting the felt-tip pen across your eyelid and making sure the tips of the eyeliner go between your lashes.

Because the eyeliner fills up the spaces between your natural lashes and is very fine, it looks like you have naturally defined eyes thanks to thick lashes, perfect for those who prefer nothing over the top. Furthermore, because the lining effect is so subtle with the Kate Eyeliner FR, if you’re one who always had a problem with drawing bottom eyeliner, you will certainly marvel at your new found skill of perfect eyelining when you dot the eyeliner on your bottom lids.