After I found the B.E. Round The Clock liner, it restored my faith in pencil liners. But..... if I could have my way I would add a sharpener, smudging tool and also make it last just a bit longer on my waterline. So my faith may be restored, but so has my mission for the perfect pencil liner.
Basically, this liner comes off as a higher end drugstore purchase of a twist up eyeliner, but it's the tweak of packaging that really made my eyes wide and the corners of my mouth turn up. You see, this liner comes with a sharpener and a smudging tip. But this is no regular tip. This is actually a rubberized nub as opposed to the tiny sponges that usually cap the ends of these drugstore pencils. You know the one. The pointed sponge end that seems perfect at first but really just wipes off whatever you just put on and then gets so built up with product that by the 3rd use is just depositing smudged old liner and wrecking your fresh line. Not to mention the gross germ factor of those sponges. L'Oreal finally figured out a better way.
The tip is angled to give you many sides to work with. It's soft to the touch and is very bendy and malleable so you're not taking a hard piece of something to your eye. But because it's rubber and non porous, it's not wiping off what you've done but just blends or smudges exactly what you're trying to. And the best part is when you're done you can simply wipe or wash it off! Perfect!
There is a cap on the smudge tip and I've found that every time I pull it off the entire end comes off, which is where the sharpener lives. Not ideal, but only a minor nuisance really. I've been using this far more than I thought it would and will probably hold onto this one because it's quick and I love the idea behind it, but it still doesn't stay on my lower waterline for as long as I'd like so I can't say with confidence it's my Holy Grail, but it's pretty close!
So far the Infallible line for L'Oreal is showing to be pretty promising. They have some great products that work well for the experienced makeup hoarder as well as beginners. I suppose if this was a survey I would have to check off 'Would Recommend'.
With that in mind, I picked up the L'Oreal Infallible Never Fail Eyeliner in carbon black $9
First things first, the color. it's a great deep black. When I hear the name Carbon Black I expect something rich and it delivered. It's smudgeable, which is also crucial to me and my run-out-the-door look. The formula is creamy and glides on more like a gel than a regular pencil and on my top lash line, lasts a full day. The package says it last 16 hours and you could probably get that longevity from this if you take the right steps to apply, such as primer, maybe powder etc etc. On a no primer run out the door day, this lasts the day, but I can tell that it starts to smudge onto my eyelid at nighttime, but not completely so I look like someone drew on my eyelid or a fake eyebrow has migrated somehow.
The tip is angled to give you many sides to work with. It's soft to the touch and is very bendy and malleable so you're not taking a hard piece of something to your eye. But because it's rubber and non porous, it's not wiping off what you've done but just blends or smudges exactly what you're trying to. And the best part is when you're done you can simply wipe or wash it off! Perfect!
There is a cap on the smudge tip and I've found that every time I pull it off the entire end comes off, which is where the sharpener lives. Not ideal, but only a minor nuisance really. I've been using this far more than I thought it would and will probably hold onto this one because it's quick and I love the idea behind it, but it still doesn't stay on my lower waterline for as long as I'd like so I can't say with confidence it's my Holy Grail, but it's pretty close!
So far the Infallible line for L'Oreal is showing to be pretty promising. They have some great products that work well for the experienced makeup hoarder as well as beginners. I suppose if this was a survey I would have to check off 'Would Recommend'.
