I have finally found an eyeliner that I can use under my eyes that does not smudge and stays put. I have had a long, not so pretty history of raccoon eyes from both mascara and eyeliner and thanks to MAC eyeliner in black ice, Chanel liquid eyeliner and TF Mascara.I am saved from the eternal raccoon eyes. I do set my MAC eyeliner with translucent powder.I feel like a lot of product is wasted during sharpening and since it is $19.50 and I use it every day-well this can be depressing and costly all at the same time.It actually works so well that I have hard time removing it at night but I discovered Clinique Take the Day Off Cleansing Balm and the problem is solved.I buy 2 eyeliners every time I have to repurchase. I'd given up on wearing pencil eyeliners before I found Pro Longwear in Black Ice. All the others smudged on me - Stila, UD 24/7, and pretty much all of the drugstore 'non-smudge' pencil eyeliners. This goes on at 6 am and doesn't budge until I remove it.
MAC Proenza Schouler Collection has two Pro Longwear Eye Liners in the collection and today I'm reviewing Black Ice. LORAC PRO Palette 3 Review and How it Stacks Up to LORAC PRO 1, LORAC PRO 2 Angie Canning Eye Makeup, LORAC Cosmetics, Palettes November 1, 2016.
It's not the blackest black there is, but hey, you can't win 'em all. I have really disgustingly oily skin and eyelids and I live in a tropical climate, so not many makeup products pass the makeup meltdown test - this one does a hundred times over. My favorite everyday look recently is some beige-peach shadow on the lid, Black Ice flicked out into a cat-eye on the upper lashline and Pro Longwear in Powerline smudged under the lower lashline. I have this pencil in the color 'rich experience' which is a dark brown/black.Pros:- it is a rick deep color, the pencil is creamyCons:- It is water resistant but not waterproof, patchy wear- It looks patchy on my lower waterline after just a couple of hours and does not stay on well- Wastes product when sharpening the pencil- I personally just don't love pencil liners anymore, so I don't reach for this.- Expensive, $20 a linerMaybelline master drama liner is better IMHO. I would not buy again. I don't understand why this is marketed as 'Longwear' when it smudges after just 3 hours.
Needs sharpening. Too creamy to be 'longwear' for my oily lids.
I was a bit sceptical when the sales assistant recommended it to me when I asked for a longwearing eyeliner pencil, because it was very creamy in texture and I just had a feeling creamy will mean it will smudge easily. I turned out to be right.Too bad I trusted the Sales Assistant's advice. What a waste of £16.50. A very expensive waste.
I have since discovered the amazing Stila Stay All Day Waterproof Liquid Eyeliner and that one doesn't smudge a single bit and costs nearly £5 lesser than this crappy eyeliner pencil from MAC.
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