Some background:
I had seen this line and they looked like nice gel pencils but I preferred the colors of Nyx Slide Ons and thicker intense black liners so I didn't give it much thought. What drew me in was the highlight shade, which looked nice. A lot of brands chose a white or iridescent color for highlight pencils and I prefer a more pink champagne color.
But I was using a lip crayon from Sally's for like, $2 for an eye highlight and I loved it. I thought it was such a clever and cheap beauty hack. It was really soft and got on my lashes but I just brushed it out. But, I guess the company realized it was a really ugly lip color (lol) so they discontinued it! So I went to get this and the silver during a sale.
Onto the review:
Formula: I get what people are saying about it being soft, but I'm used to that with gel pencils. I don't think it comes off all over or stays on so long that you can't remove it. It just seems normal to me, comfortable in the water line and not irritating. A lot gel pencils don't stay in the water line too well but I haven't had an issue with these yet. I also don't mind the small amount of lash transfer because it does it a lot less than the lip crayon I used previously. So formula is fine for me. I could see it possibly being worse for darker colors? But these are ok.
Color wise, the silver was a total impulse buy so I could get the sale and I figured I could use it once in a while for crazy looks. I bet I'll hardly use it though. But I think it could be fun to mix with a black or blue liner to make it more shimmery, as opposed to buying a glitter liner (*cringe*).
The Highlight shade I love color wise, it's not as noticeable as my crayon was because that was far more waxy and thick (and probably bad for my eyes, tbh). But color wise they are identical. I swatched a lot of other pencils and jumbo eyeshadow pencils and this was the closest to what I used and liked already. The shade is pretty unique. I couldn't find another pencil similar from high end or drugstore brands, as evident from the fact that I was using a lip crayon for the past few years...lol.
I didn't want to review until I tried to sharpen it, so that's what I did. I've seen black 'pencils' that are made of some kind of smoother wood than the regular pencils are, but this (at least my version) is not a black wood pencil, but actual plastic. I also asked the girls at the store if you can just sharpen the plastic and they were like, yup. And it was completely fine for me. I don't know if it's the sharpener, but I have a small completely metal one (also from Sally's) that works amazingly for every pencil I use. It doesn't make a super fine point, but it gets through the plastic like a breeze. Plus with these, I can't see them making a really fine wing anyway, I see them as more of an accent liner for a pop of color.
Just as a tip, I have wanted to wing my colorful gel pencils before, so I use a small liner brush and brush it on and try it that way. It's tricky and I would not have the patience to do that all the time but for once in while it might be handy to try.
So I think these work fine, and I especially recommend the highlight shade!
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