No more blunt pencils! Make-up artist surprises followers by revealing secret sharpener hidden at the bottom of eye and lip liners
- TikTok user @ayrshirefacepaints revealed there’s a sharpener in end of products
- She said you could find it in many of your brow pencils, eyeliners and lip liners
- Make-up artist demonstrated where you could find it in P Louise lip liner
All beauty fans know how frustrating it is to pick up a blunt pencil when there’s no sharpener to hand, but now a make-up artist has revealed how to check if there’s one hiding in some of your favourite beauty products.
TikTok user @ayrshirefacepaints, 35, from Ayrshire shared the hack as she took off the bottom end the end of some brow pencils, lipliners and eyeliners to reveal the secret sharpener.
Sharing the video, she wrote: ‘I was today years old when I found out my lip liners, eyeliners and brow pencils did this.’
The TikTok user removed the end of one of her P Louise lip liners, revealing a small cone-shaped piece of plastic which acted as a pencil sharpener
TikTok user @ayrshirefacepaints posted a video earlier this month showing how you can find a sharpener in the end of many of your brow pencils, eyeliners and lip liners
The make-up artist then removed the end of her P Louise lip liner to reveal the small sharpener.
She turned the pencil around, using the small sharpener to freshen up the end of her pencil to create a sharper point to get a more precise line.
The beauty fan then did the same thing with her Federico Mahora eyebrow pencil, pulling the end of the pencil off to reveal a cone-shaped piece of plastic which works as a sharpener.
She used it to sharpen the blunt end of the eyebrow pencil for a more defined look.
She then used the sharpener to freshen up the end of the lipliner, sharpening the blunt end into a point
Turning the camera back on herself, the make-up artist said: ‘Mind blown.’
The video has received more than 13,000 views with more than 1,200 likes and 130 comments.
TikTok users were also shocked to discover some of their products had this feature as many claimed they were heading straight to find their make-up bags.
One said: ‘Goes upstairs to search my makeup bag.’
The make-up artist then demonstrated she could do the same thing with her Federico Mahora eyebrow pencil, using the end of the pencil off as a sharpener
Another wrote: ‘Omg where is my make up bag’
A third commented: ‘Omg are you serious, I’m off to my make up bag lol’
Another added: ‘Oh my god I have to go check all my liners!’
Others already knew this neat trick, with one saying: ‘Am I the only person who knew this?’
TikTok users were also shocked to discover some of their products had this feature as many claimed they were heading straight to find their make-up bags, while others said they already knew about the neat trick