Showing posts with label Eye Pencils. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eye Pencils. Show all posts

Thursday, 9 June 2011

NYX Jumbo Eye Pencils

I've wanted to try the NYX jumbo eye pencils for a while and in particular, I've been after the shade 'Milk'. On Tuesday Love-Makeup got a delivery of all of the NYX jumbo pencils, so I ordered 'Milk' and two others; 'Oyster' and 'Horse Raddish'. I only ordered 3 of the jumbo eye pencils as I've never tried them before so don't know what they are like. The NYX jumbo pencils are available at Love-Makeup and they are £2.99 each.

Here are the pencils...
A close up...
Swatches...
From left to right; Milk, Horse Raddish, Oyster.

I haven't used the jumbo pencils yet but I thought I'd swatch them for you all. My first impressions of the NYX jumbo pencils are that they are very pigmented, creamy and are great for £2.99 each. The only downside is that they are so chunky I'm going to have to invest in a new sharpener!

Whilst on my shopping trip I decided to look at the Urban Decay shadow pencils and I noticed that 'Oyster' is pretty much identical to the Urban Decay 'Morphine' shadow pencil. 'Oyster' is 100% a dupe for 'Morphine' and if you don't believe me then find a swatch of Urban Decay 'Morphine' and compare it to my swatch of NYX 'Oyster'.

I'll going to be using the jumbo pencils tomorrow so I'll let you all know what they're like, in terms of staying power and blend-ability etc.

Thanks for reading!
:D

Saturday, 23 April 2011

Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On Eye Pencil

I have many all time favourite eyeliners but I have to say that Urban Decay eye liners are by far my number one. The technical name for them is a glide on pencil but it's easier just saying eyeliner.
I recently bought the 15th year anniversary glide on eye pencil set and I was really made up with it when I got it. The only downside to the set is the price as it's £60. It may seem like a lot of money but when you're getting 15 Urban Decay eyeliners for £60 it really is a bargain considering that a single glide on eye pencil is £13.00. This little nifty set is worth £195, so getting it for £60 is an absolute steal! I know they have this set on the Debenhams website for £54.40 as they are offering 10% off so if you're thinking of buying this set then now is the perfect time to buy it! Here is the link to the website; Debenhams

This is what the 15th Year Anniversary Glide On Eye Pencil set looks like...


Here is my own picture of the pencils...

The colours (From left to right); Perversion, Zero, Uzi, Corrupt, Bourbon, Stray Dog, Baked, Midnight Cowboy, Stash, Mildew, Binge, Ransom, Electric, Rockstar, Asphyxia.


The swatches...
And also in daylight...
From left to right; Perversion, Zero, Uzi, Corrupt, Bourbon, Stray Dog, Baked.


More swatches...
And also in daylight...
From left to right; Midnight Cowboy, Stash, Mildew, Binge, Ransom, Electric, Rockstar, Asphyxia.

Some of the colours in the set are unfortunately Limited Edition. The limited Edition colours are Asphyxia, Stray Dog, Perversion, Corrupt, Midnight Cowboy and Uzi. My favourite Limited Edition eyeliners have to be Asphyxia and Perversion. Asphyxia is such a lovely colour and it's probably the most unique eyeliner that I've come across, Perversion is also the blackest eyeliner I have ever seen, I used to think that Urban Decay Zero was a true black but it's clear to see that Perversion is the truest black. I really will be sad when I've used up these 2 beauties, they should definitely make these Limited Edition eyeliners permanent. If they did, Urban Decay would make a very big fortune! :)

The permanent eyeliners in this set are Baked, Binge, Bourbon, Electric, Mildew, Ransom, Rockstar, Stash, Zero. You can buy these from Beauty BayDebenhamsUrban Decay USA

Other than the eyeliners in the 15th Year Anniversary Glide On Eye Pencil set, I also have more of the Urban Decay permanent eyeliners.

Here is a picture of them...
The swatches...

And also in daylight...
From left to right; Yeyo, Gun Metal, Covet, 1999, Lust, Lucky.

Overall I think Urban Decay eyeliners are the best eyeliners I have ever owned. They are so long lasting, you could probably apply them at 7 in the morning, go to sleep and wake up the following morning and no doubt they'd still look exactly the same as when you applied it. These aren't called '24/7' for nothing, they are just simply amazing! They have massive pigmentation and they smudge really well so would be perfect for creating a smoky eye! They go on so smooth too, I find that when you apply some eyeliners you get that kind of 'dragging' feeling but with these you don't get that at all. I think these eyeliners will always be my number one, well done Urban Decay, you genius brand!

You can buy these eyeliners from the following; Urban Decay USADebenhamsASOSBeauty Bay
These retail at £13.00 and in the USA $18.00

Thanks for reading! :)

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