It's been quite a while since my last post. But since I don't have many followers yet (only 1, actually hehe...Hello there Toscaberries !) I'm not really worried :p Not a good habit I know...
So today, what's cooking?
Have you ever heard of expression "Eyes are windows to your heart." ? Well, windows mostly have frames, don't they? For eyes, no reason we don't frame them too, right? Enter the one stuff that made Cleopatra's cat really jealous of her eyes : Eyeliner!
There are many types of eyeliner : Pencil, Liquid, Gel, Powder (in pressed form or even loose). I consider Kohl and wax types in pencil group. And with each their different form, they also have different ways of how to apply, which tool to use to apply perfectly, and how long they will stick around before smudging (yaiks...)
I'm not really an eyeliner collector. But without realizing, I've been hauling these stickies for quite many and just realized it when I took them all out and lined 'em up for this post. I have 1, 2, 3, 4.....oh well, I have 14 eyeliners in total. That is already excluding the 3 liquid ones I threw away after capturing their photo when I found out they were all drying up in their tiny bottles like puddle of mud in Sahara. And this post is not a tutorial for eyelining (save it for next time *fingers crossed*) , so let's just check them out and the swatches below :
List of items above :
1 - Oriflame - Eye Intensity - Chestnut Brown
2 - Revlon Beyond Natural - Defining Eye Pencil - 08 Plumberry
3 - The Body Shop - Eye Definer - 03 Taupe
4 - The Body Shop - Eye Definer - 09 Olive
5 - Shiseido - Eyeliner Pencil - 5 Violet
6 - Revlon - Eyeliner Pencil - 02 Brown
7 - MAC Powerpoint Eye Pencil - Engraved
8 - The BodyShop Liquid Eyeliner - 02 Dark Grey
9 - Oriflame - Eyeliner Stylo - Black
10 - Oriflame Very Me - Liquid Eyeliner - Grey , and Blue (connected by ClickIt connector)
11 - Mavala - Khol Kajal Pencil ("Brun")
I just realized as well while I was typing this, that I forgot to take shot of my Etude Liquid Eyeliner in Black as well. Maybe because I loath that eyeliner since 1st time I used it and it's just been sitting inside my makeup drawer, neglected, waiting to die (or dry up by itself which, alas, is taking far too long...) I bought it on an impulsive purchase, when the 1st time I hunted for liquid eyeliner. When applied, I immediately didn't like the brush (too soft, not pointy, flat) and the liquid texture (too liquid, takes forever to dry so I ended up with dark lines on my creases). The color is a good solid black though, but not waterproof. A liquid eyeliner that is NOT waterproof is as good as nothing. Mark that.
Anyway, what triggered me to do a post on eyeliner is that I finally bought the Maybelline's gel-eyeliner! After months looking for it without result, finally Maybelline included it in their stores here...I knew about it from Lisa Eldridge's video about her favourites highstreet and drugstore makeup. Among several items, she recommended this gel-liner. It started hitting some Maybelline's store here a month ago, but no tester was available until last Saturday one store provided the testers.
I tried both the testers of Black and Brown. And although black would've been best choice naturally, I decided to buy the brown one, simply because I fell for the beautiful shimmer apparent when it's applied. And I've had my MAC Fluidline Blacktrack that is only used up for half pot, adding another black gel-liner in my collection didn't seem necessary.
Colorwise, the black Maybelline gel-liner was as black as Blacktrack, but it appears more shimmered when rubbed after dried. Not that one would rub the lines on their lids, but it just appeared so when I swatched them and accidentally rubbed the Maybelline before it was completely dried. Blacktrack would be a bit shimmered too when rubbed after dried up on skin but the pic below just doesn't show it. It's also waterproof (won't smudge or budge when rubbed with plenty of water!), like all gel-liner you just need to wait a few seconds for it to be completely dried on your lids to ensure it to be fully waterproof. Texture is creamy as butter, very easy to apply. I think it's even more buttery like than Blacktrack, which reminds me of Benefit's Creaseless Cream shadow's texture.
1 - MAC Fluidline - Blacktrack
2 - Maybelline Eye Studio - Lasting Drama Gel Eyeliner - 01 Black
3 - Maybelline Eye Studio - Lasting Drama Gel Eyeliner - 02 Brown
Almost identical, no?
And did I mention about the eyeliner brush included? Main reason why I eventually decided it was really worth it was because of the brush. The brush is, surprisingly, of very good quality, one that matches eyeliner brush from high-end brand like MAC or even Bobbi Brown. If you plan to buy Bobbi's eyeliner brush, I suggest you save your money and buy this Maybelline gel - eyeliner instead. It applies the gel-liner smoothly, sharply, you can even have a nicely curved cat-eyes using it. And after cleaned, the bristles remain as soft as new. For a price at IDR 89,000 per piece, it's a golden bargain.You won't find better, yet.
Fun part, I brought the gel-liner to office yesterday, and few girls at office tried it. 3 of them actually decided to buy it and asked me to help buy it for them :) Aaahh I'm so happy when I can do so : make some girl believe that certain makeup item is fabulous on her and she finally agrees with me and decides to buy it :)
Although I don't get any profit from doing it, I just feel satisfied and happy in my heart :)
So, do you "buy" it? :)
So, tempted already? :)
