6th December already….this month really is flying by!
Today’s advent calendar treat was the Eyeko Skinny Liquid Eyeliner in black.
I am not great at using these felt-tip style eye liners and much prefer the thin line that can be achieved with something like Urban Decay’s RazorSharp eyeliner. That said, I thought I would give it a go as I wasn’t planning on wearing much makeup today. Generally speaking if I am going for a bold eye look or have done something fancy with glitter, I tend to stay away from these types of eyeliner because the line I draw ends up getting thicker and thicker plus if the line is thick, it potentially covers any nice effect I had going with the eyeshadows so that’s just my thought.
Today I wore a basic neutral shade on my eyelids and a light brown in the crease, then used the eyeliner just above the lash line…I cannot for the life of my draw winged eyeliner freehand with a pen like this and I didn’t have time for the old tape trick!
I find the name of this bizarre…’Skinny’….as eyeliner pens go, I thought this was a bit thicker but perhaps not…as I say, I don’t tend to favour these.
As you can see, the line is quite thick, but that could just be my technique isn’t great….more practice needed I think! Review in terms of long-lasting, colour transfer and so on, I applied this at around 10am, it is now 7pm and the colour is just as vividly black as it was this morning, there is no smudging or colour transfer onto my lid so that is great as I have thrown pens away before that have transferred onto my lid so that’s a thumbs up from me.
Would I buy it? Yes if I used that sort of pen. Will I buy it? No because my preference is a much thinner line. Will I use this product now I have it? Indeed…no point in wasting it so I may have to have a play with the Full Spectrum Palette bright colours and try a winged eye with the assistance of tape and see how that goes.
Come back tomorrow for Day 7….a week through December already!
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That advent calendar is so cool – is it a full sized item every day?
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It is cool isn’t it?! No they’re not all full sized but they’re decent sizes so the Rodial Peel for example was 20ml and the hand cream was 50ml so they’re decent sizes if not full x
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They are good sample sizes, and some full sized too – that’s good that they balance them. Do you know what’s coming each day or is it a surprise?
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There’s a list on the back of what is in the whole thing but you don’t know which day is what 😊 I know there’s a makeup brush coming just don’t know what day haha!! 😁😁
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You look great! Using liquid eyeliner is my weakest skill when it comes to wearing make-up. And the more I try to avoid it; the lack of practice I have become. I like your fresh look, your eyeliner really makes your eyes stand out!
Vivienne X
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Ah thank you! Lovely of you to say 😁 I always feel like the line is uneven and when I try to even it out it gets thicker and thicker 😂😂 X
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This is a great post! Love seeing what you have received in your advent calendar 🙂 And thank you for trying on the eyeliner! I am doing every day of Look Fantastic Beauty Advent Calendar too if your interested 🙂 XO https://beyoutifulinsideoutblog.wordpress.com/2016/12/07/countdown-to-christmas-day-7-look-fantastic-beauty-secret-advent-calendar-2016/
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Thanks!! Yes I’ve been following yours too 🙂 it’s great to see what everyone is getting, makes next years choice a bit easier 😊 x
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Yes hehe 🙂 XO
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