I love black eyeliner – oh how I love deep dark black eyeliner. But I realised a few months ago that it is really easy to go overboard and look panda eyed in the day. I bought a number of brown eyeliners but I found that it was hard to find the right tone for me, and the right texture.

I like dark browns that look brown rather than a slightly lighter black, as I found some liners to be.

I bought all three of the liners in the Creer Beaute La Rose de Versailles range – I bought them one by one mind:

I have the pencil liner, liquid liner and gel liner.  There is also a range of eyeliners from Creer Beaute, called the Oscar collection which are all black.  So how would I describe this brown?

I’d say it is actually a warm brown but it is dark enough for it not too look too warm which I can find a bit wishy washy.

I don’t know why but this shade works well with my olive skin and medium brown eyes – it adds definition without being really harsh.  If you like cool browns only you may find this range a bit too warm for your liking.  If you have say, a lot of red in your hair, you may find these liners look even redder on your skin.

I do struggle to find good brown liners but I love this entire range! It’s also quite affordable – I paid around £6 per item.

The liquid liner is my newest haul – this is the lightest of all three product and it looks nice on but doesn’t give the strongest definition. I still like it for a really natural look altho I would still wear black liquid for day to day quite happily.

The pencil liner is perfection – it’s hard but still soft enough to use on the waterline.  I like the hardness because you can get a defined line without it smudging everywhere. (Full review here).

The gel liner is nice too; it takes a minute to set though, but once it does it lasts quite well. The shade is quite hard to find in gel liners I think. (Full review here).

Do you substitute brown eyeliner for black liner on natural days?

*I buy Creer Beaute from adambeauty.com

See the first full review of Too Faced Exotic Color Intense Eyeshadow here!

Poison Orchid, so I am told is one of the more popular shades in the Too Faced Color Intense range!  It’s a mid toned purple which looks like a blackened purple in the pan.

Purple is one of my favourite colours for the eyes in that, I know it suits me more than other shades, yet I still reach for green more often! Go figure…

Swatch – this to me, swatches lighter than expected. It is still really pretty, a mid toned silvery purple, but it’s not a deep dark smokey shade I expected:

I quite like this shade even if it isn’t as pigmented as I wanted!  It feels pretty soft and has a nice metallic finish.

Score: 3.5/5

What do you think of this shade?

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Petal to the Metal is one of 3 knockout shades in the Too Faced Exotic Color range.  It’s a brown infused with blue/green – I know there are quite a few brands which now do the blue/green/brown thing, but I still find it a real novelty and I still think it’s such an interesting mix of colours.

I favour blue-green over green-blue, which I think can look a bit odd. Luckily I’d say this Petal to the Metal errs on the blue side more.

The texture and pigmentation for this eyeshadow is brilliant…

Super creamy, soft and easy to apply. So lovely.  Just one swatch looks like this:

I love this shade, it’s one of my favourites, if not THE favourite from the whole range. I can’t fault the product quality and the colour is interesting too.

Verdict: 5/5