A Mac lip liner will set you back £16.00 a Charlotte Tilbury lip liner costs a bit more at £22. I had to swap over to soar lip pencil by Mac when in control was discontinued but these days they are literally the only lip pencils I ever use.

It’s seriously a jungle out there with so many options to pick from and it’s difficult to work out what suits your skin tone, what stays on and lasts and what you need for your every day look and if you want to glam up or wear something a bit more dramatic at night time or on vacation.

The first thing I worked out is your liner colour if you get the right one will work with a whole myriad of shades of lipstick, lip pencil, gloss whatever is your favourite or even if you try something completely new. So you don’t have to keep buying a new liner to go with.

I have figured out two that work perfectly for me. The best nude liner I have found out there is pillow talk lip cheat from Charlotte Tilbury which is leaping bunny peta certified if vegan and cruelty free is your thing. This literally works with every shade of nude lipstick and Charlotte Tilbury is the nude lip expert offering every type of nude lipstick in both Matt and gloss.

My second essential lip pencil is Mac Soar, now this used to be in control but that got discontinued. Don’t worry Soar comes a close second and this works with every deeper lipstick I have right through the deep berry shades. I have a few Bobby Brown chubby lip pencils I love in darker browns and a Nars lip pencil Shade Do Me baby the soar pencil works perfectly with,

Even my rouge coco shine lipsticks I take on holiday soar is the perfect deeper line base, and when I want a dramatic pout in even deeper red, Rouge Allure Laque in shade 80 is my pick and Mac soar lines this perfectly too.