NYX Tres Jolie Gel Pencil Liner

So many liners it's getting harder to see the differences! Today I have another one that might just bump the NYX Slide-On and Rimmel Scandal Eyes pencils out of the running for me. At least for the black and brown shades. I was super tempted to just pick up both shades, but limited myself to brown because I don't have a brown liner anymore and hadn't replaced it yet.

Etude House: Drawing Snow Dot Liner

I'm back with another Etude House post, this time it's an eyeliner! The first time I had ever heard about a dot liner was from Fleur De Force about the Clarins version and although Clarins is available in the U.S. that particular product was not. It seemed to be a U.K. only release. The long and short of it, I really wanted to try it and luckily, I was able to have my mom pick up the Etude House version while on her vacation.

This dot liner comes with a felt tri-tip that can be pretty flexible if need be. Unfortunately, the cap does not snap onto the back end of the liner, which I find is usually convenient for adding length, allowing me to hold it more steadily. Lessening rolling clutter around my makeup area would have been nice too, if I could have done it.

This liner is in no way waterproof since a bit of water and some light rubbing will wash it right off. However, away from water this liner is pretty smudge proof.  The dots and lines that you can draw turn out quite clean, but you do need a light touch. The liner itself can be inky so if you aren't light handed with the dotting, you can end up with a mess before you know it.

As you can see in the photo above, delicate dots can be made and they are nicely consistent in size. I don't know when you would ever need three equally spaced lines, but that is possible too! Lastly, if you're looking for a solid line, which is the example on the box itself, that can be done as well. Don't mind some of the bleeding you see in the photo. The back of my hand isn't as smooth as my lid and there's no primer to help out. I did not experience any bleeding while using it on my lid.

Personally, I don't see why I would choose my dot liner over my other usual liquid liners if all I want is a solid line. Despite not understanding the logic of it all, I did go ahead and try out a full on eyeliner look including the cat eye flick. It all turned out quite nicely, but one single fine point is much easier to control.

Personally, I really like using the dotting effect to thicken my lash line. I make a line of dots as close to my lashes as possible and you can barely tell it's there. It's great for people who don't want to mess with drawing a perfect line but want a more emphasized lash line. 

Dolly Wink Liquid Eyeliner

After a week and three storms, here on the Northwest side of the U.S. I decided that photographing black would probably give me the least amount of trouble, since I depend on natural light and it's been unpredictable lately.

Dolly Wink is the brain child of Tsubasa Masuwaka, a Japanese model known for her Gyaru style. The Dolly Wink liquid liner has had some buzz in the beauty community, especially for those that have an interest in Asian beauty products. If you're familiar with the Dolly Wink eyeliner you're probably noticing that mine is has different packaging.

Holika Holika Jewel Light Waterproof Eyeliner

With the winter arriving soon, I wanted to try some jewel toned eye looks, but was looking for more a subtle way to wear it. Visiting Sune, I noticed that they were stocking a new Korean brand called Holika Holika, which looked so cutely packaged, I had to browse for a bit. I don't wear eyeliner as often these days, but when I came across these Jewel Light Waterproof pencils, I fell in love with the smooth texture and the rich colors. Currently Sune only carries 5 shades.

I purchased No. 3 Lapis Lazuli and No. 8 Pink Topaz. Lapis Lazuli is a beautiful reflective navy and Pink Topaz is more of a highly shiny pinkish toned champagne shade. Both are quite generous with the fine shimmer, but they apply quite smoothly with barely any noticeable gritty feeling. There is some time to play around with smudging and whatnot when the pencil is applied, but once it sets the line drawn really won't budge at all. I've worn Lapis Lazuli for more than 8 hours and experienced no noticeable smudging underneath my eyes. I also did not have any fallout from the shimmering bits in the eyeliner. Unless you're the type to really rub your eyes quite vigorously, there should be no risk of glitter being where it's not supposed to.

These eyeliners to claim to waterproof and I feel that they do live up to that claim. Water alone did not affect the swatches I made. However, warm water along with a cleanser removed the eyeliner for me. I also tried using my Clinique eye make up remover and that worked like a charm as well.  

I wish the photos did more justice to the colors, but with how shiny and reflective they were, my camera just could not capture how alive these shades were. I usually wear Lapis Lazuli with very minimal eyeshadow and Pink Topaz on the inner corner of my bottom lash line to open up the eyes. The navy eyeliner is such a nice subtle pop of color for everyday wear.

As I was choosing which shades I wanted to buy, I thought these pencils really felt like plastic automatic types. But they didn't twist up at all so I asked the sales girl about them and it turns out these pencils sharpen just like any other. Once you start sharpening, it turns out that the casing is actually black and very easy to shave.

Do be careful though since the product itself is rather soft and could break during the sharpening process even thought the outside shaves away quite smoothly.

Apparently there are 12 color selections in total with these eyeliners. Hopefully Sune will stock them since I'm pretty curious about the more earthy jeweled shades. I bought mine for $9.99 each at Sune.

Urban Decay: 24/7 Naked Travel Pencils

I think having the Hautelook app on my iPhone is a bit dangerous. I've been wanting some new long lasting and smudge proof eyeliners for a while and when the Naked Travel Set showed up on Hautelook, I snapped it up without thinking too much.

Maybelline Master Precise Ink Pen by Eye Studio

I've been experimenting with the new Maybelline Master Precise liquid eyeliner pen or ink pen as they call it. It's been about a week I would say and I decided that it was time to finally post my review on it.

This pen advertises that it's a 12 hour wear liquid eyeliner and that the pen has continuous flow "for smooth and even lines." Maybelline also points out that their pen has an "exclusive ultra thin 0.4mm brush tip." The packaging is made of plastic and very light weight with white lettering printed on it. It's definitely not the most fancy packaging out there but there's something sleek and modern about it.