Whilst my entire makeup routine at school revolved around lashings of black liner, in the last year I seem to have ditched liner from my rotation in favour of eyeshadow. Since the new year, I've made a conscious effort to wear liner a little more often, since I really like the effect it gives, my eyes stand out a lot more when they're nicely framed.
I tend to reach for pencil over liquid liner, unless I'm not wearing any eyeshadow, and just pairing winged liner with a bold lip, and when that's the case I reach for the Soap and Glory Supercat Liner, a felt tip liquid liner with a fine but hard nib, making application really precise. I love this because it's jet black, it stays put really well, and it doesn't smudge.
A lot of the time I wear brown toned neutral eyeshadows and I feel like adding black liner to that would be too harsh. So, for that I tend to reach for the Smashbox Always Sharp Waterproof Kohl Liner in Penny Lane, a golden bronze with flecks of golden shimmer. I love Smashbox liners in general because they're easy to blend but they set and stay put for the rest of the day. This particular liner has a sharpener built into the lid, so each time you untwist the lid it sharpens the pencil.
The pencil I've been pairing with my Naked 3 palette recently is the Urban Decay 24/7 Glide on Eye Pencil in Rockstar, a dark brown with a hint of purple. This is a really nice alternative to black, and it looks gorgeous smudged along the lash line.
Another nice alternative to black that's been getting a lot of love recently, is the Smashbox Eye Liner in Graphite. This is a gorgeous slate grey that's almost black, I love adding this to smokey eyes to really ramp up the intensity.
And when a black pencil is necessary, at the moment I can't beat the YSL Waterproof Eye Pencil in shade 01*, a soft creamy formula that sets completely waterproof, and won't budge, even on the waterline.
Do you wear eyeliner? What are your favourites?
I love the Smashbox liners! I also bought the Stila liner recently and it's wicked :))Have you tried gel liner? I definitely prefer it to liquid versions.
ReplyDeleteI love the Supercat liner, it's the only one I've found that's both easy to apply and actually comes out jet black, rather than faded. I hate how many felt liners seem to run dry straight away xhepburnspixiecrop.blogspot.co.uk
ReplyDeleteThey're amazing right! Lots of people have recommended the Stila one so I'll definitely check them out! I have but I find liquid so much easier, I find gel to be such a faff! I still use it sometimes, normally if I'm gonna wear false lashes!
ReplyDeleteThank you! The YSL one is really great! Haha I know the feeling, it's only in recent months I've branched into colour, Stila and Smashbox often have good liner gift sets with different colours in! x
ReplyDeleteIt's really great isn't it! I do think the collection one is really good too but it's a little thicker than the S&G one, so not as precise! x
ReplyDeleteLots of people have recommended the Stila ones so I'll check them out! I love the smashbox ones, definitely worth a look! xx
ReplyDeletei'm a bit of a gel liner lady, might have to give the supercat liner a go as it looks really great! www.zoewithumlauts.blogspot.ie
ReplyDeleteI love the S&G liner for winged liner, it's so easy and looks so effortless :) lovely post! xx
ReplyDeleteGoing to have to check out the S&G liner xxanniewritesbeauty.blogspot.co.uk
ReplyDeleteI love that Urban Decay one. I've been wanting to try a colour like that for ages. Does it run when it's put on the waterline?
ReplyDeleteDefinitely!
ReplyDeleteIt does doesn't it! Thank you! xx
ReplyDeleteYou should, it's fantastic! xx
ReplyDeleteIt's not gonna last you all day but I can put it on at 7am and it still be intact by five which is good enough for me! Haven't known it run at all!
ReplyDeleteI'm a bit of a gel liner idiot! xx
ReplyDeleteThey're great aren't they!
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