Battle of the Eyeliners - Round 1: Loreal Super Liner VS Essence Superfine Eyeliner

HELLOOOOOOOO EVERIBARDEI.

Long time no see! School started and sucked everything once again. After completing this post, I'm back to the enormous pile of drawings that I should be starting on. Anyway, CNY is coming up, and I really don't want my relatives telling me that I've gained weight over the past year. It's really really a mood spoiler and it will probably result in me eating every pineapple tart in hesitation - HOW COULD THEY!?

So yes, I've been running (again -_-), although not very religiously, ever since the year started, and thought that 'hey, it'd be a good time to try out the fade resistance of some of the eyeliners!' I find that sometimes, the insane weather makes walking home from school, feels like I just ran a marathon. So, why not let's exploit the chance of leisure running, and test out the fade resistance of the eyeliners!

And the first two contestants are.....

Loreal Super Liner Black Laquer VS Essence Superfine Eyeliner Pen

BEFORE running:

So, I simply applied a slight winged eyeliner, with Essence on the left, and Loreal on the right. I didn't apply anything prior to the eyeliner, so this is tested based directly on my bare skin. I applied sunblock on my face, but I excluded the eye area.

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AFTER running:

TADA! No smudges to both, I must say that they both did really well for the test. I wasn't expecting much of a change with Loreal's, but am pleasantly surprised with Essence. :) I usually apply Essence on a daily basis - to school. However if I intend to hang out after class with my friends for dinner/movies, I'll apply Loreal to save me the hassle of touching up and all that.

However, while bathing, I realised that Essence came off really easily with warm water, whereas Loreal stayed put until I gently rubbed it off. Funny how Essence managed to withstand heat and facial oil, but lost with lukewarm water! So, no Essence for sobfest movies or dramas!

Loreal Super Liner Black Laquer - $21.90 SGD
Essence Superfine Eyeliner Pen - $7.90 SGD (definitely less than $10!)

Essence brand make up can only be found in major Watson's store. I got mine from Bedok Central, and saw that Parkway has them too, so check their stuff out :)

Survival of the fittest!

THIS UPDATE IS DAMN FAST RIGHTTTTT! :D

As you may seen from the last post, I bought the maybelline eyeliner! previously I have been using this eyeliner called KissMe Heroine eye liner... Well, it's damn popular in Japan. This eyeliner is superb. It's thick, waterproof and long lasting! However, it takes quite sometime to set. Not suitable for impatient people like MOI! haha! Also after 6 months of usage, it started to smudge :( so I gotta get a new liner.Guess no liners can last long :(

I stumbled upon the maybelline liner and I think it's awesome! not only does it dries almost instantly, the tip is ultra thin! Although it means less room for errors, in turn you can get an ultra natural look :) (So we don't look so WELL DONE everyday) HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

As you can see from the peektures above, the line above belongs to kissme heroine and below belongs to maybelline ultra thin! JUST AWESOME

XOXO
Cynthia

Review: Maybelline EyeStudio 2-in-1 Impact Shadow Liner

I have been into these pencil shadow/liners recently because I like colors, but at the same time, Im just too lazy to apply the eyeshadow powder onto my eyes and blend them accordingly. Plus, I have hooded lids - which means I need extra lessons on eyeshadow application. (read: im bad at that)


In anycase, I was clearing my counter and I found this! I think it came free, along with a Maybelline Mascara or something!

It's in the shade Bronze and it's more like a warm copper brown. I find that it's more of a Summery color for the eyes! Oh, I wore this the same way as Silkygirl's Funky Eyelights in Ocean Blue and I'm quite pleased to say that, it held up pretty well! Of course the minute smudgings were inevitable due to the climate we're in - wet and humid! But at least, at the very least, there were no raccoon eyes or obvious transfers on the upperlid:)

The color, thankfully, appears to be matte with a slight sheen and very very very tiny glitter dust. Definitely wearable to school since it's so not OTT! I set mine with a similar eyeshadow color - Silkygirl's Mocha Latte and it does the trick.

I'm not too sure about the price and I'll check it out at Watsons' tomorrow since I'll be passing by there pretty often:)

Alright, I'm insanely tired right now. Talk to you guys in abit! :D

Review: Silkygirl Funky Eyelights (II)

Remember in one of the previous entries, I reviewed these Funky Eyelights and stated that they're quite a nice pop of color to add in this festive season? Well, I went down to Watsons again and they were having the 'Buy 2 get 1 free' promotion from the same brand! So I was thinking, why not? 

I bought the colors Pure Purple, Sky Blue and Olive Green, and pictured together with them is my Frosty Silver! 

I was in a dilemma between Sky Blue and Ocean Blue. After multiple swatching and rubbing and thinking (LOL), I decided on Sky Blue - which was relatively much more of a Blue, compared to Ocean Blue. Ocean Blue came off as this strong purple-hue Blue that was quite close to the Pure Purple I was getting. 

And Olive Green.. I love my dirty greens :) I fell in love with Olive Green at first swatch! It's a gorgeous dirty green with a tinge of yellow. Besides my usual browns for eyeliner, Green was second on the list. I decided to get blue and purple become they seem to be a good choice for eyelining as well. Plus, they complement dark brown eyes right?  

(L-R) Sky Blue, Pure Purple, Olive Green, Frosty Silver. All swatched without base.

I decided to play around with the blue, because it seems really cool-toned and I wasn't too sure if it would complement my warm/yellow skin tone. This would probably be how I'm gonna wear these colors - just to add a pop of color to my entire eyes. Sky Blue was applied on E.L.F Eyelid Primer (US$1) and I dabbed on a blue eyeshadow to set it. I also applied a little of Sky Blue onto the bottom lashline and finished it up with normal eyelining.

After all that phototaking, I showered as per normal - with all that scrubbing, but I left the swatched area untouched and hey, the colors are still visible! That's quite amazing, eh? ;)

No difference from Frosty Silver, but one thing would be that Sky Blue was not as opaque as I wished it was. But no biggie. So head back to my review on Frosty Silver for all the breakdowns!

It's about 10pm now and I took the photos about 4? And they are still on my hand, as I am typing this entry. Been rubbing over it every hour or so and it still looks like the above picture! Yay for good deals!

Review: The Face Shop Face it - All About Eyeliner

I used up the last bit of my favourite eyeliner - Stage's Liquid Liner in Woodstock. Sadly, I can't seem to locate Stage anywhere right now, so I had to make do with whatever I could get at my mall. Afterall, all I need is longlasting and smudgeproof liquid liners for my daily use. Randomly, I decided to pop in The Face Shop and take a look at their eyeliners and I'm pretty impressed with what I found.

Face It All About Eyeliner comes in a purple tube that trims down at the bottom. It's rather sleek and I foresee it being in my makeup pouch for the first week of heading out - just in case touch ups are looming around the corner since it has been raining crazily. It contains 4.5g of product, but doesn't feel much of a weight.

It seems to come in only 1 color - which is Black 01. I don't think Korean brands carry much of brown eyeliners. Most of the eyeliners I see in Korean cosmetics are black, maybe because Korean Make up looks are known for its crisp, and clean look? 

And it comes with a fine brush applicator that seems to provide a decent amount of control. I'm still not too used to the winging out of my eyeliner with this brush because it can be a little too soft. But I'm sure I'll be able to overcome that with daily practice!

These are the possible lines of different thickness that I randomly drew on the back of my hand, to show that it has a good amount of control. Face It All About Eyeliner is highly pigmented and dries to a matte finish - which I prefer over the shiny finish. (and yes, I've been swatching like crazy for an upcoming review on the different colors of Silkygirl's Funky Eyelights)

Price: $13.90~ thereabouts.

It survived through day 1 of testing without any base or primer- where I had to brace the drizzle on my way home. There were no obvious smearing, but very very minimal smudging was noted when I looked really closely in the mirror at the end of 9 hours of wearing - very decent I'd say, since I got caught in the drizzle! It came off easily with warm water and facial cleanser - no raccoon eyes! Yay! 

In a nutshell: It's travel-friendly, has a decent brush applicator and dries to a matte finish. It also survived through a drizzle session that lasted for about a good 5 minutes and as well as 9 hours of exposure to minimal sun and slight rain.

I really like this product and I'm sure after a week or two of wearing, this is definitely become my go-to eyeliner!