Have I mentioned how much I adore this product?
It’s a gel eyeliner that goes on with a little angled brush (sold separately) and STAYS ALL DAY. It stays on through Zumba class, it stays on through preaching, it stays on through meetings, it weathers tears and naps. If you fall asleep in it, you won’t look like an escapee from the Snake Pit the next morning. You can apply a sexy cat eye, a professional everyday line, or make a crazy smudged rock-and-roll eye. I’m a huge fan of liquid eyeliner because I find it easy to apply (after years of practice) and indestructibly long-wearing, but a bit harsh in pigment intensity. This product is much less harsh, and I swear it’s easy to apply. The bronze shade is dramatic but in a low-key way, the blue is stunning and brings out the grey circle around the iris of my dark brown eyes (it looks hideous in the pot, so don’t go by that), and I just ordered the black from www.drugstore.com.
It’s a huge amount of eyeliner, too, so you can guarantee at least a year of use out of it for $18. Just make sure to close the lid tight so it doesn’t dry out.
I still use smudgy pencils and I still love my Maybelline liquid liner for traveling (who wants to have to pack a separate pot of liner AND a brush?), but Stila Smudge Pot is first in my heart. I just feel so pretty in it, and what girl doesn’t want that? I mean that and world peace, of course.
Hi PeaceBang! May I just say, first of all, that reading your blog with my morning coffee before my first class is a lovely way to start the day. [Well, isn’t that nice! Thank you. – PB]
Your post is so timely for my eyeliner travails! I have been using a cream/gel eyeliner that I really like (I am poor college student, so I use Jane’s Be Pure Mineral Gel Eyeliner) but I am having a terrible time finding good eyeliner pencils! I have tried all sorts of drugstore brands (Cover Girl, NYX, Rimmel, Prestige, etc) but so far none of them are quite right. My skin is kind of loose near my lash line, so most pencils are not creamy enough to go on well even when warmed up. Any recommendations from you & your readership? Should I suck it up and get a department store brand pencil? Any help would be lovely, as having a good eyeliner pencil is great when one is in a rush or traveling. Thanks!
[My own experience is that eye pencils just wear off so fast that they’re not worth the money or the time. But there are some long-wearing formulations out there now that might work well — let’s see if any readers have any recommendations. I know Mac is a department store brand, but I have found that their eye pencils do last on the eyelid, and they’re nice and long so they last for a long time in your make-up drawer, too. – PB]
I’ve been loving the brush on eyeliner by Laura Mercier. You can apply it just below the lash line if you want and it looks more natural as well as making your eyes pop. I don’t normally wear make up every day, but do apply it when I’m speaking.
I second the recommendation on the Stila. I lucked into it earlier this year when I went into a Sephora for the first time in ages.