Cover girl Liquiline Blast Eyeliner Pencil in Green Glow and Blue Boom Review

by Row on November 3, 2010 · 0 comments

in General,Make Up,Review

TAGS: Covergirl • Eyeliner •

I got someone to purchase these Cover girl Liquiline Blast Eyeliners for me from Canada just to try them out! Cover girl products aren’t sold in the UK…

Liquiline Blast Eyeliner:

With liquiline blast, you’ll get all the intensity and staying power of a liquid with the ease and blendability of a waterproof pencil. Use the liner as-is for intense definition or smoke-it-out with the built-in smudger end for a subtle, smoky look.

The pencil comes in six shades:

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I have a ton of black, blue, brown liners so I went for two interesting shades, Green Glow 460 and Blue Boom 450 – two brights that look almost out of place.

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I am super fussy about my eye pencils – I can’t bear anything that is hard and scratchy but at the same time, I want something that will stay put all day. It must work on my waterline too! It’s a tall order…So first off the pencils – I am always concerned when choosing bright shades from cheaper brands because I find the coloured pencils can be less pigmented than the black and browns. And scratchy.

These two brights don’t disappoint visually – they are super bright, an electric blue and a bright acid green.

Texture wise they are LOVELY. So creamy and easy to apply, similar to Urban Decay’s 24/7 pencils, which I adore.

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Each pencil as a smudger on the end. It’s a weird one, made of robber and sort of half rounded, half a hoof shape. I didn’t like using this although it does work, I felt it tugged the skin around my eyes too much.

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They say this pencil is waterproof and will stay put…it does last very well actually but I’d say calling it waterproof is putting it a bit far. It does start to run eventually (I have SUPER watery eyes though) but the result is the same with almost any eye pencil I use regardless of price.

Swatches:

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It’s certainly superior, I think to pencils of a similar price range like NYX or GOSH ones. I think they’re better than my Shu Uemura Drawing Pencils too – less waxy.

One thing though, is that because they are so soft you have to be careful how you sharpen it. You need to use a GOOD sharpener, not the one you’ve had in your Take That pencil case since 1997, and it’s better to chill the pencil a bit. Otherwise it breaks off.

On the eye:

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I’d buy this pencil again if I could find someone to buy them for me, and also if they brought out more interesting colours. I won’t buy black liners any more unless they are interesting in some shape or form.

What do you think?

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