Spring eye makeup has never been so pretty or easy to apply. Editor Trudi Brewer proves how simple it is to master a liquid line, or smokey eye makeup look with Shiseido's Inkstroke Eyeliner and Brush with Paperlight Cream Eye Color - here's how to.

Shiseido Inkstroke Eye Liner Brush, $55 and Shiseido Instroke Eye Liner, $56.
It's been a long time coming, but finally Shiseido is the first to launch a brush and liner to help us tackle the tricky beauty duty of precision eye lining. Inspired by the art of Japanese calligraphy and Japanese painting the brush offers a precise, easy application, thanks to the arched, 30-degree angled brush with tapered bristles.. While the gel-like liner inspired by Suzuri (Inkstoke a ground ink-cake used to create Japanese art) offers smudge-proof, creamy colour that is sweat, water and fade-proof.

Here's how easy it is to use.

How to hold the brush to create a straight line.
Hold the curved part lightly between your thumb, index and middle finger, and then gentle run the brush along the lash line of the upper lid.
How to hold the brush to create to create a flick, or for under the eye.
Hold the brush upside down, to create a V, with the bristles facing upward.

Pictured here: Inkstroke Eye Liner Brush and my favourite shades: Inkstroke Eyeliner in Shikkoku Black. Kon-ai Blue. Nasubi Purple.

That brush ingenuity paired with a unique gel-based liner formulation and a V -shaped tab in the pottle to help dispense a small amount of liner ensures you get a gorgeous, fine or thick line, regardless of your makeup skill. There are six shades, created by Shiseido's artistic director Dick Page including Shikkoku Black, Shinrin Green, Nasubi Purple, Empitsu Gray, Kon-ai Blue (the shade I used) and Kuromitsu Brown.

Paperlight Cream Eye Color

Shiseido Paperlight Cream Eye Color, $50
The perfect base to a liquid liner makeup look is a wash of creamy eye shadow. And this cream colour is effortless to apply, as all that is required are your fingers. Inspired by Japanese washi paper, the colour is almost weightless; it melts into the skin to leave a pastel wash that lasts for hours. There are eight shades including Namiki Bright Green, Asagi Blue, Nobara Pink, Sango Coral (the colour I used), Shobu Purple, Yamabuki Yellow, Usuzumi Beige Gray and Hisui Green.

Pictured here: Paperlight Cream Eye Color in my favourite shades Hisui Green. Nobara Pink. Sango Coral and Usuzumi Beige Gray.

Here's how to

Get a pretty spring makeup look using the Instroke Eye Liner and Inkstroke Eye Liner Brush, teamed with Paperlight Cream Eye Colour.

Step one
Mastering the art of liquid liner starts with a flexible brush.
Step two
Apply a wash of colour over the lid. Next, anchor your arm on a table to steady your application.
Step three
Use the brush to create a flick, start at the corner of the eye and work outward.
Step four
For a smokey eye makeup look, buff the Instroke Eyeliner all over the lid, up to the crease.