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VOV Colour Crayon Creme Eye Pencil Blue Review and EOTD

by Dharu

I have already reviewed the cobalt green eye pencil in this range. I have been searching and searching for blue eye pencils. Blue is my favourite jewel tone. I had liquid liners but they got dried up so easily. When I saw VOV one, I immediately took one more blue in this as well. You will see how much I love blue soon.

Claims of the Eye Pencil:

It says long lasting
Beautiful denim matte blue colour to give an instant pop to eyes and also makes eyes look smokey and chick.

How to Use?:

Line your eyes with this pencil and add lots of kohl for smoldering blue smokey eyes. Best suited on brown eyes.

Price:

Rs. 55

My Take on VOV Colour Crayon Creme Eye Pencil Blue:

I already said, its color coded so comes in a blue colored pencil. There is no name or anything but only numbers are given. This has 007 though. The cap fits perfectly and tight so no problem in carrying in your purse, travel issues and breakage. It is thin and light in weight, easy to handle as well.

It is beautiful denim blue. I have one jean in this exact colour and I frequently team it up with it. The colour is intense and glides on pretty easily without tugging. You may need to swipe a lot to get complete perfect denim blue but office goers can give single swipe for instant pop to your eyes. It can be teamed with brown as well. It makes my eyes look wider that way. I use loads of mascara.

The pencil is so soft but not breaking much. It glides on easily but I saw once uneven distribution of color on my eyes, but later I realized it was because of faulty foundation blends. This eye pencil can be easily smudged and used as a eye shadow as well.

This eye pencil stays for around 4 hours on my eyes without fading. Oily lids will have problems here but nothing that a good translucent powder can solve. It has no fragrance and it can be easily removed with any normal face wash.

On My Eyes ~ EOTD:

I have the pencil on upper lash line, with brown on lower lash line and dazzler mascara single coat.

Why I like this Eye Pencil?:

Excellent denim blue colour
Good pigmentation and soft on eyes.
Staying power is good
Light on pocket
Travel friendly and good cap.
Variety of colours available
Easily removable and applicable.

Why I don’t like this Eye Pencil?:

Availability (now a days I have seen stock problems. These are going around like hot cakes)

MABH Rating: 4.7/5

Do I Recommend?:

Yes, always. It is a great colour and a must for college going girls who need budget products like these.

Would I Repurchase?:

Yes, I will. (Need to stock up)

MUA Liquid Eyeliner Shade No.6 Dark Brown : Review, Swatches, EOTD

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Hello everyone!

Today I am going to review a brown eyeliner from my current favorite makeup products. I purchased this liquid eyeliner online when I recently hauled from MUA. Read on to know more about the product!

Price:

£1.00

My Take:

This eyeliner comes in a neat plastic tube with a sleek applicator – very similar to Faces Ultimate Pro Eyeliner. (But this one has a flat structure) The applicator brush which it carries is a felt tip one and I find nothing messy about the packaging part while considering its price. The body of the tube reveals the color of the eyeliner.

Shade No.6 is described as a dark brown shade by the brand and well, it is true! It is one of beautiful brown eyeliners I have ever come across. If seen from a distance, it almost looks black and so it is wearable. If you are new to colored eyeliners, I highly recommend this shade to you. If you are a regular black eyeliner user and you feel you need a change – then try this. No.6 is a beautiful dark chocolate brown color (It’s few shades darken than Cadbury Dairy Milk) 😛

Swatches:

Soon After Application

After Getting Dried

After application, it takes 2-3 minutes to get dried off completely and leaves a semi glossy finish that looks natural. On me, this brown liquid eyeliner stayed for 5-6 hours without smudging and then fades evenly. The staying power is really great for the price! My mild face cleansers did not remove this properly and hence you will need at least a light eye makeup remover to remove this eyeliner.

EOTD:

I am wearing this eyeliner here with Elle 18 Kajal on my waterline. Excuse my messy eyebrow!

The applicator picks up right amount of the product and it is quite good. (Though not excellent in terms of ease of application). This shade ‘dark brown’ is well pigmented and gives that opaque finish with single swipe. If worn above an eye shadow or eye pigment, you will need 2 swipes to achieve the perfect color.

My only ‘dislike’ is the smell! This eyeliner smells extremely ‘chemical-like’. I did not like its fragrance even a bit. I prefer my eye products to be fragrance-free. Anyhow, from an eyeliner below 100 INR, there’s nothing to expect high. I have bought two other shades of MUA liquid eyeliners along with this one and I will be reviewing them soon.

Why I like?:

Super affordable price
Good packaging
Average quality applicator
No.6 is a beautiful dark chocolate brown shade!
Very wearable shade – photographs almost black
Pigmentation is good. The texture is smooth too
Staying power is awesome for the price!

Why I don’t like?:

Availability in India
Bad chemical-like smell! Grr..

Rating: 4.5/5

Final Verdict:

I highly recommend these eyeliners for their price and quality. You have to read reviews and check swatches online before buying one from their website – just to know about the pigmentation and quality because some shades are greatly pigmented whereas few other are duds! Anyhow, I love this dark brown shade very much and I will be repurchasing it once I finish this tube!

You know what? I found these two little neem tree embryos today morning when I took Tommy for a walk. I was afraid they might die due to heavy rain or speedy vehicles. So I took these two cuties home – planted them in paper coffee cups and named them Pinky and Ponky! 🙂 I am going to plant them soon in a pot and grow them till they achieve at least 15 cm in height. And then I have to plant them somewhere else safely! See how cute they look with tiny leaves!

P.S: I must thank Pinky and Ponky’s mother tree for being my skin’s best friend! 🙂

Maybelline Hyper Sharp Eyeliner: Review and Swatches

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Hello ladies! Today’s review features another brilliant product from Maybelline. I think that, by now, we are all quite used to Maybelline’s amazing quality products for reasonable prices, aren’t we? The Hyper Sharp eyeliner is a bit steeply priced compared to other Maybelline products but read on to know why it’s worth the slightly larger hole in your pocket!

Price and Quantity:

Rs 375 for 0.5 g

My Take:

The eyeliner comes in a classy black and gold plastic packaging which is very light weight. It’s like a pen actually and that’s funny because drawing lines with this eyeliner will come to you as naturally as writing. The tip is very sharp (It actually is 0.05 mm!!) and so you can draw the thinnest lines possible with it. Do you girls realize what that means?! The possibilities are endless!

Thin lines as close to your eyelashes as is humanly possible, thick lines that are super precise and perfectly tracing the shape of your eyes, gorgeous feline flicks for cat eyes – ALL of these are a piece of cake with this eyeliner. It is perfection in a plastic casing!

According to the outer plastic seal (which I tore in a hurry to get to this eyeliner :P) the eyeliner is waterproof but you can wash it off easily with soap and water. That sounds contradictory, but it’s sort of true. The liner won’t start running at the slightest hint of water and it doesn’t go fully even with water. But you can remove it with soap and water. So I guess you could say that it is water resistant, not waterproof. It is smudge proof too.

The eyeliner stays on my semi-oily eyelids for about 7-8 hours – come on, I didn’t really expect that 24 hour claim to hold up anyway! It has a slightly matte finish, with a shine.

I just can’t get over how easy this is to use, it’s really unbelievable. I usually have to pull my eyelid taut to put on eyeliner; I didn’t even have to do that! Overall I absolutely adore this eyeliner and I really hope it doesn’t dry out too soon, because these eyeliners tend to dry up relatively faster than others. Fingers crossed!

(Both pics show Hyper Sharp liner on the upper eyelid and Maybelline Colossal Kajal on the waterline. In the second pic, you can see a lot of gap between the eyeliner and my lash line, which needs to be covered using kohl/liner via tight lining. However, the purpose of that pic is just to show you how thin the line can get, so please ignore the gap! 🙂

Why I like?:

Very precise application
Super easy to draw all types of lines
Water resistant; easily removable with soap and water
Jet black, semi-matte finish with shine
Smudge proof, sweat proof
Stays on the eyes for about 7 hours

Why I don’t like?:

Slightly expensive given the quantity

Rating: 100 /5

Final Word:

The new love of my life – the eyeliner what it claims to do, and how! It is precise and accurate, smooth and fine, and pigmented. If you have trouble getting even lines with liquid liners, pick this one up and I promise you will not regret the amount you have paid for it!

Do I Recommend this?:

YES! I’d only tell you to think twice about this eyeliner if you like your eyeliner to be very thick, because then you would have to swipe it quite a few times to get a thick line. For others – please go pick this up immediately if you haven’t!

Will I repurchase?:

100% yes