A few years ago I was at my local Foley’s (ok maybe it was 5 years ago since they are now Macy’s) Benefit counter and the girl working the counter suggested I try using a liquid eyeliner instead of a pencil eyeliner. I can’t remember why I was there or what I was there for but it definitely was not about eyeliner. So after much pondering I decided to give it a try and order a brush and liner from sephora and I have yet to go back to pencils since!
Since buying my eyeliner brush I have learned that by adding a tiny bit of water to any eyeshadow you can have instant eyeliner. The only down-side is that if you use too much water you can end up with a complete mess in your compact or hard spots from adding the water. Too Faced actually has a promising tool – Liquif-Eye which is a stiff brush with a pot of solution that you rub across any eyeshadow and create instant eyeliner. While this isn’t really new from what I was doing before I thought it would be good for traveling or keeping my eyeshadow clean (ie not drenched). So here it is:
As you can see its rather compact. I would say the whole thing is about as tall as a pencil liner. It is not any thicker than a tube of mascara so great for traveling. I have tried this out twice so far and well I’m rather disappointed in the product. Yes it stays true to its word in that it is not messy and it can turn any eyeshadow into a liner but… it doesn’t really work unless you are using a dark shadow as the liner on top of a really light shadow on your lid. In other words, eyeshadow as a liner and not a shadow just isn’t dark enough without trying to cake it on. I can see this coming handy with the Benefit Bebe Cakes which are dry liners that you add water too. I think I’ll dig one of those out this weekend and give this a try with it. I quit using the Bebe cakes because they are very dark and one off stroke can leave you with Cleopatra eyes instead of subtle eyes for work.
So overall – I think its an easy product to use and helps keep eyeliner from going on too thick or ruining shadows by adding too much water, I just don’t think it delivers what it is marketed to do. So my recommendation is to stick with a brush and your Stila Smudge Pots and forget the Liquif-Eye (or at least return it before you lose out on the $18).
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I’ve actually been using this for awhile since I saw them selling it on HSN. But I always use it with a navy blue or a brown tone, so it works well. I hadn’t thought to use it with a lighter color. Maybe I’ll try to use it with glittery white under my eyes the next time they are dark and let you know how it works for me.