Sheer Brilliance

Love gloss, but hate the way it can migrate if you don't use a lipliner? And lipliner in itself is a minefield because no one wants to look like Caroline from Big Brother 1. Not only did she teach us the importance of modulating our voices but she also hammered home the lesson that dark pink lipliner should never, ever be used with a frosted pale pink lipstick.

So if visible lip liner is the stuff of your beauty nightmares, you might be interested in Clinique's Sheer Shaper Lip Pencil. It's a sharpenable sheer lip pencil that gives the definition and wear of a traditional lip pencil, but with an ultra-natural lip line. Good news for gloss wearers! It comes in 7 shades and will blend with a sheer gloss to provide an invisible finish.

It should set you back about €14-15 from Clinique stockists.