A cat-eye related rut

As you may or may not have picked up on, I cannot wear makeup unless I have somewhat of a cat eye going on. I don't care whether it's liquid or gel liner, I just need something on my upper lids to make me look a little less terrible (it's the main factor that helps me go from a generous 2 to a solid 4 on a day to day basis) but recently I'm just finding myself a bit bored with the eyeliners that I currently have.

Don't get me wrong, I've found eyeliners that I love but being the beauty blogger that I am, I just want to try out some new stuff that could possibly rival my current collection. I know that I love the Collection Fast Stroke Liquid Eyeliner which is matte, really black, pretty cheap coming in at £2.99 and fairly easy to use, and it's one that I've repurchased a fair few times. I'm also pretty attached to the Essence Waterproof Liquid Liner, which is also very black, very matte, waterproof, easy to use and it's also inexpensive coming in at £2.50. The most expensive one in my collection but one I really like to use is Maybelline Eye Studio Lasting Drama Gel Eyeliner in Black Chrome, it comes in at £7.99 but it's really easy to use and pretty long lasting, but it fails in the being-black-enough department, not that that's necessarily a bad thing because it makes for a slightly more neutral day-to-day look. These are all safe eyeliner options for me and ones I can, and have, repurchased.

But that's just not good enough for your average beauty blogger, I would really like to try more, I'd like to venture the aisles of Boots and Superdrug to try and find something to top what I've got. . .

So over to you, what's your favourite eyeliner?

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Review | Makeup Revolution Waterproof Liquid Eyeliner

Alternate titles for this post are: the best waterproof liquid eyeliner I've ever tried, and the most foolproof liquid eyeliner in existence - a step too far? Not for this bad boy.

Makeup Revolution Waterproof Liquid Eyeliner - £1.50

Makeup Revolution constantly impress me with their budget, high quality products, and their waterproof liquid eyeliner is no exception. I tend not to opt for waterproof liquid eyeliner because it has the general problem of sticking to my eyelashes and hardening them making it harder to apply mascara afterwards (which is obviously a tragedy, ain't nobody leaving the house with unvoluminous, undefined lashes - I personally am not about that life) plus, unlike my heart, it tends not to be the blackest of black, but that's not the case with this eyeliner.

This eyeliner is blacker than black, long lasting, and ridiculously easy to apply. It has such a thin nib making cat eye flicks achievable for those even with the most uncontrollable of hands, it is literally fool-proof, or as I prefer Bess-proof. You can build it up to a thickness you're happy with but still keep your flicks sharp enough to kill a man.

The only issue I have with this product is that I find it hard to dip the nib in and out of the pot, it's a rather tight squeeze which means it takes slightly longer to do my eyeliner than usual, but this is a tiny flaw and one that I can forgive for on-fleek eyeliner insurance.

Overall, this is possibly the best eyeliner I have ever tried and has quickly become a favourite (seriously, watch this space for my next favourites post, y'all gonna see me rambling on about this beauty I guarantee it). You can actually read and watch my first impression of this product and other Makeup Revolution products in this post (cheeky plug).

What's your favourite liquid eyeliner?

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Review | Essence Waterproof Liquid Eyeliner

I'm not sure when it happened, but I feel like over the past few years liquid eyeliner just became the big thing to do regarding make up again. Personally, I blame Alexa Chung. Is there a person alive who doesn't want to look like her? Don't lie to me.

I started wearing liquid eyeliner when I was about 13, I didn't know how to use it and honestly it was not a nice sight. A few years later at age 16 I returned to liquid eyeliner hoping to be able to achieve the perfect cat eye flick, to this day I still fail but I am improving and that's the important thing. I feel that whilst technique is important with the cat eye flick, the eyeliner holds a heavy role in how it's all gonna go down so since age 16 I have been on a quest, a venture, an endeavour to find the best inexpensive liquid eyeliner for me. In this endeavour, I decided to try the Essence Waterproof Liquid Eyeliner because from what I've tried Essence are very good value for money.

The first thing that took me by surprise is how small the packaging is because on pictures I had seen online I somehow imagined it being bigger, however it still provides a good amount of product for only £2.50.

The main reason you're here is probably to find out if it is durable against water like it claims, and I would have to say yes, yes it is. I am an emotional person, yes I cry, and I cried whilst wearing this and it didn't budge at all which is great! 

It is quite black in pigment which is good too, however I did find that when layered on top of eyeshadow it doesn't always come up as strongly black but I think that's the case with most liquid liners, it was still very black though.

It doesn't claim to be a long lasting product but I think it is quite long lasting as long as you're not an eye rubber (which I'm not). I'm able to wear this for at least nine hours without needing to touch it up, in fact I think it lasts me longer than that because when it comes to late at night and I'm taking off my make up it still looks fairly in tact, but of course if you're the type of person who rubs their eyes a lot then it will chip off fairly quickly.

The applicator is probably the thing I like most about the product. It's a felt tip like nib but it's not thick at all so you can make a very thin line and do a nice flick - I would say it's practically fool proof.

Overall, I really like this product and I will be happily using it until it runs out. I can see myself returning to this product in the future, and it only cost £2.50 which is very affordable for such a nice eyeliner.

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