Lord & Berry 20100 Lipstick Pencil (various colours)

At La Bouche Rouge Paris, quality is the red thread that links everything from lipsticks and highlighters to the humble make up brush. Take this Eye Shadow Brush Shader - the thin yet beautifully curved beechwood handle comes complete with a branded engraving and the vegan fibres feel soft on the skin as you blend and blur the lines of your shadows.

As with all of their artist-like blending brushes, this tool was developed in Osaka in accordance with the tradition of Kaizen - a Japanese term meaning 'change for the better' - calligraphy that embodies the spirit of self-improvement. Crafted with beautifully smooth beech wood, you could almost imagine it being used to trace ink across parchment, alas this thin brush is designed to help you build and diffuse shadows for a precise, masterful result.