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Monday, 9 January 2012

Beauty:Comparison on liquid eyeliners feat,mac,dollywink,illamasqua and more

I'm putting up this post(rather hastily :( ) after a post on the UK gyaru fb page was made asking about eyeliners and I realised I could take comparison photos of all my eyeliners.

I've tried a fair few eyeliners,not loads but enought to compare the ones I have tried.

At the moment I rotate between Illamasqua's precision liner,Dolly wink liquid liner, Kate quick liner and Mac fluidline gel liner.

In the past I have tried,collection 2000 liners,Revlon Colorstay liner,No 7,Gosh and Maybelline's gel liner.

This isn't really a review post more of a comparison post.

Here are all the liners I have at the moment

As you can see from the pictures the deepest black is the Illamasqua precision liner.The revlons liner looks(and is abit watery) and both gel liners come out mattish/flat.

Out of the 2 Japanese liners(Kate and Dollywink),Dollywink to me is the most black.Kates looking abit thin here which in real life its not quite so much.

Which is the easiest to use?Persoanlly I prefer applicators that are long like a pen,I find it easier to control.However whats good for one wont necessarily be good for another.For example I have friends who swear by super thin brush liners whereas for me I prefer abit more of a triangle brush. So what Im saying is I think its best to play around with the testers and see how it feels for you.Do you find you have more control with a shorter handle? or the thinnest brush?

(I have photos of all the brushes but bloggers being a dick and not letting me upload pictures properly ,i'll try to edit the post with them later...so far this post has taken me about 3 hours ..that just getting the stupid photos up)

These next series of photos show how the liners cope with me running a finger dipped in water through them.

This is after doing that once.

As you can see collection 2000 liner is nearly gone!:O Kates going too but the others are holding out well.

Maybelline has gone abit weird but I suspect it hadn't dried properly before I begun these experiements.

Running my finger through again ....

Collection 2000 has pretty much gone,with Revlon joining it.The others are holding out.Maybelline seems to have dried and is now holding out well against the water.

And the finally photo ...in this one I used abit more water and I scrubbed more.

Kates beginning to go now and you can see some of the others are beginning to aswell(dollywink,illamasqua ,mac)

I had thought that the Maybelline had only run like that because it hadn't dried but as you can clearly see its run again.weird.

I can report that the Illmasqua outlasted the rest by a long while,it was still on my hand the next day!!

So a quick recap......

Kate quick liner:

Pro:Pen type liner,sponge tip.Last well.

Con:Not intense Black,can fade abit after wear.,availability

Dollywink Liquid Liner:

Pro:Brush is perfect size(love the brush) , staying power isn't bad

Con:brush can fray :( (mine already did) availability

Illamasqua precision Ink:

Pro:It really does last!Super black!Long handle on the brush gives control when applying.

Con:Price,some may find the thin brush abit difficult to use and availability.

Mac Fluidline

Pro:long lasting

Con: flat and not an intense black(to me) price,not supplied with a brush(I use a ruby&millie angled brush as seen~here and I have better photos of how it looks ~here)

Maybelline gel liner

Pro:price and availability,seems to last ok (by that i mean in the photos u can see its definitely lasting but it runs:S) get a brush with it

Con:Fade after a while,not an intense black,and takes a while to dry.

Revlon colorstay liner:

Pro:price and availability

Con: watery,doesn't last,hate the applicator,the nib is annoying too flimsy

Collection 2000 extreme felt liner:

Pro: price and availability

Con:Does not last at all!Nib is very thick

Overall: I think if you have the money that Illamasquas precision liner is the way to go.Its long lasting,easy to use and super black(love that!)

If you after a pen type,try the Dollywink or Kate.While I love the dollywink brush,its hugely disappointing that it frayed after such a short time(like a week) so I prefer sponge tips like Kate. As for gels,I'd recommend MAC,its was my HG(before Illamasqua) since 2007.Maybelline I'm unsure of ....it usually fairs so well in gyaru mags,its heavily recommended by alot of them(especially egg).Maybe mine is just a dodge one but I found it disappointing.I'd be reluctant to recommend them from my experiences but it is easy to get hold of and often Superdrugs and Boots have offers on them.So that gives you an opportunity to try a gel liner cheaper than saying buying a MAC one and realising you hate gel liner.:)

Hope this was helpful,I'll no doubt rework this tomorrow as i feel its very rushed but I want to sleep.:( (and i need to sort out the photos...grr stupid blogger)

For tips on applying eyeliner have a look at my tutorial

Thursday, 29 December 2011

Life:update, travel

I'm sure every post I've made this years has started with the exact same sentiments...."I haven't posted much...Im sorry ...wow its been a while..blah blah blah" and after ever post I say to my self I will get back on the posting wagon .......and then don't because of some reason or other.

Initally I wasn't posting because I was having issues with posting pics which in turn just made me not want to blog.I have a lot of post ideas but ultimately get put off with the idea of sitting on my computer for hours preparing a post only for blogspot not to upload any of my pictures or just the 1 out of a load(yerr annoying) and then just giving up.

Why now?Tbh blogging became a chore and I would feel stressed at the idea of prepping a post.
When it gets like that you know you need a break or to quit entirely.
Anywho I hadn't thought about it for months and months and then I had a few people ask me "what are you doing with your blog?are you still blogging?You should start again..etc etc" .....and my reply would be well at the moment its dormant but I intend to write again I just need some time and some inspiration.(So I hope that I can make time from now on and since the trip I've felt far more inspired to write)

So quick update,most of my time since I stopped regularly updating has just revolved around work and sleep.I work a lot of evenings (which was when I liked to blog) and incidentally never ended up doing much,due to saving for my trip and an epic hatred for my home town and its lack of facilities.

I also took on another job again but its not like before(where I sometimes ended up working 20 days straight and not knowing which job I was suppose to be at)as I'm only a bank teacher(reserve) and thus when they have the work I get called in.Good experience but well since its unreliable I haven't been able to give up my main part time job (which I do kinda kinda loath sometimes..its shitty minimum wage)

anddddd .....I went to Japan!(back in October/Novemeber for 3 weeks)
I had been wanting to go for a very long time but just never seriously got round to organising things.Then this years after completing some goals(CELTA,getting some drive/ambition back) and being offered (very generously) accommodation at my friends who lives there.
I used my tax rebate(yerr they were taxing my min wage job the bastards!) and after some thinking/getting opinions,I did it! I booked my tickets,flew on my own for the first time(I've flown before just never on my own or for so long,) I decided to go alone because if I'd waited for my friends I'd have been waiting a really long time!aka never.
Best decision I've made all year!!Love it!I had an amazing time,ate lot of awesome food,saw lots of interesting thing and meet lots of wonderful people(who made the trip infinity more wonderful than it already was).

So I'll leave you with a few pictures :D (not amazing quality I'm a shoddy photographer and some are from my bb)