I will NEVER master the art of using a fucking script liner. Fine lines with paint are NOT in my future!

My mom taught me to mix the paint with a little bit of water to thin it out and claims that’s the key to using a script liner but I’ve never gotten it to work for me and it’s infuriating!

Right now I’m doing hair. The base colour is a metallic gold and acrylic metallics have no tooth and are very rubbery and don’t absorb paint, so usually I skip the paint and use a marker. Or at least I try to use a marker. It seems like I kill a marker with every 3 girls I do and at like, $6 a piece, that gets expensive!

I’ve tried Prismacolour Premier markers (don’t like ‘em), PITT artist pens (they’re okay and smudge/waterproof but they run out fast) and my favourite, Pigma Microns, but those are the ones that die for every 3 girls I do. Does anyone know how to revive them? That’s ALL I’ve used them for, they just hate being used on this metallic paint.

Does anyone have any other recommendations on smudgeproof, waterproof, fade-resistant, archival pens? I’d like to try Sharpie’s poster paint pens but I don’t think they’re available in Canada yet and I don’t think their nibs are fine enough for what I need them for.

Stupid pens. *kicks the cat*