Friday 14 September 2012

It's time to let go, of everything we used to know


I'll admit it, I'm normally a huge snob when it comes to make-up brands. These eyeliners are probably the cheapest make-up items I have EVER purchased.
I've only recently been attempting to learn how to do liquid eyeliner (I know, I know, it's only taken me a whole 23 years). It always just seemed like more effort and trickier than pencil. 
It definitely gives a more clean, precise line than pencils, and doesn't tend to go smudgy either, so I suppose it depends what kind of look you are going for. I decided as my make-up course is creeping closer and closer (woop), I should probably try it out.

I bought the MUA liquid liner in shade 5 for £1. It's brilliant if like me, you are practicing how to use a liquid eyeliner, it means you won't be wasting a good quality liner.
The tip of the liner is really fine, which means you can get a really precise line, this is very tricky when you are used to using pencil though!
The first time I used this liner, the quality was great, I got a clean line and it was really jet black, very dramatic. It bloomin' well hurts if you get it in your eye though, so try not to overload the brush. 
After the first use, I found it went a little watery, and needs 2 or 3 layers to get a good line. Don't use any more than this though, otherwise it can get a little clumpy looking. The staying power isn't great, so I wouldn't recommend if you need to wear it for a long period of time as it can start wearing off and looking a little patchy , and if you try and fill it in, it begins to look clumpy. I really like the post though, it looks like a little ink well, how cute! For £1, to experiment with, I would say you can't really go wrong.

I've also only just started bothering to use white liner on my waterline too, I'm such a bad beauty blogger! I don't use this everyday, just if I'm having one of those days where I'm a little tried or hungover, and I want to look more awake. It really opens up your eye and makes you look brighter.
Although it's a really soft pencil and doesn't drag, I find I have to do a couple of lines before it shows up properly, the pigmentation isn't te best. Same again with the staying power too, you will need to top up every 3-4 hours really. I really like the fact that it comes with a little sharpener on the end. I don't know about you, but I can never seem to find my sharpener when I need it. So to have one on the lid is just pure genius in my opinion, and for £1!

I don't think I would purchase these eyeliners again, purely because of the poor staying power, I don't like wearing products that I have to keep touching up. As I said though, they are good to use if you are learning how to do eyeliner, as you wont be using up a more expensive one. Or if your in you teens and are just wearing them to school. They'd be great too if you'd forgotten your eyeliner that day and just wanted a cheap one temporarily!

Have you tried the Mua eyeliners before? Which eyeliners would you reccomend to me?
Oh, sorry for the lack of face with eyeliner on... every photo I took I looked like a greasy, tired mess. Currently cracking open the wine.

18 comments:

  1. I find liquid eyeliner SO tricky but I really want to master it as I think it looks really good when it's done well. £1 definitely isn't bad if it's just for giving it a go though! xx

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  2. ooooh i need a good white eye liner... none of the ones i've ever bought do anything! :)
    not sure where i can get the MUA brand in ireland though..
    xxx
    http://eleanorcos.blogspot.com/

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    1. any superdrug stores should have a MUA stand, most things are £1 :) x

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  3. How have I only just found your blog? It's beautiful! Following :)

    I've never tried liquid liner, so this is definitely one for me! My usual liner is Collection 2000 - the felt tip one :)

    http://www.danielleyc.com/ xx

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    1. awwwww thank you soooo much, I absolutely love your blog, I've followed you for a little while now, so that means a lot to me coming from you :)
      I'm still finding the liquid liner SUPER tricky! hehe xxxx

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  4. Hey dear, nice blog here, I like your posts and header =)
    Wanna follow each other? Visit my blog and let me know!
    XOXO
    Ylenia

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  5. I haven't gotten around to try their eyeliners yet but I do love the idea of including a sharpener! And I think the longevity of their eyeshadows makes up for the quality of the pencils ha :) x

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    1. oooo i haven't tried the eye shadows yet, I went to buy the undressed palette (supposed to be a Naked palette dupe) and accidently bought the wrong one :( definitely still want to try them now though! x

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  6. I'm impressed how good the MUA eyeliner looks, just ran out of L'oreal may buy this one instead!
    Beauty Fiends Blog

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  7. black liquid liner need practice practice practice. I needed quite some time to become a pro at it :D
    I just ordered my first MUA products, and this liquid liner is one of them, too. Can't wait to try these pretty thing out! :)))

    xo Deja
    Deja Zu

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    1. eugh I know, i find it really frustrating though when i cant do something straight away! MUA is so good if you just want to try things out though :) x

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  8. i'm kind of a makeup snob too! for liquid liner i've been a loyal fan of the lancome artliner.. but i am thinking of getting the maybelline liquid liner after hearing some youtubers rave about them... good luck with your liquid liner - it's all just practice practice practice! :)

    rachel xx
    http://blushandbrunch.blogspot.com

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    1. ooo thank you hun, i'll deffo try that one next, didn't realise it was a beauty cult, that means it's probably really good! It might be a great step up once ive mastered my practising with this one xx

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  9. That eyeliner looks really good!

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  10. Ahh great post....just reminded me about my white eyeliner....used to use it all the time and really works to make your eyes look bigger :)


    http://blaiseruby.blogspot.co.uk/

    @BlaiseDyer

    x

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  11. I may have to try this, the brush looks pretty similar to a Barry M one that I use. Also I've never tried the white eyeliner trick, but I may have to try it for a £1! x

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  12. I did the same as you with the MUA liquid liner, but just couldn't get the hang of it. I then got the L'Oreal Paris Super Liner for around £6.50 from boots and I haven't looked back! It's so easy to apply, and lasted me a good three months, and considering I used it every day, I thought it was quite good! It stays on all day and gives a good, precise line:)

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