Hey lovelies,
Here are two cheap & cheerful eye products from Essence! I've really enjoyed many of the other Essence products I've tried, so let's see what I thought of these.
Superfine Eyeliner Pen
The Superfine Eyeliner Pen ($5.65NZD) is a felt tip style eyeliner with a long, thin sponge applicator. It has just the right amount of flexibility to make drawing a line easy. The holographic writing on the packaging is a cool touch!
Swatched heavily (left) and a single pass (right), photographed on bare skin under daylight bulbs
This isn't the blackest eyeliner I've ever seen; it has buildable colour pay off and a satin finish. It feels a bit dry during application but doesn't drag. I noticed some creasing after eight hours of wear.
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I Heart Stage Eyeshadow Base
I quite like the packaging for the eyeshadow primer, it's fun and the doefoot applicator spreads a thin amount of product across the eyelid easily.
The I Heart Stage Eyeshadow Primer ($5.65NZD) is a semi opaque ochre coloured primer. The yellowness is a great idea, as it's wonderful for cancelling out any redness on the lids. Sadly this primer fell flat on my oily, hooded eyelids and did not prevent creasing on me. I have a couple of friends who use this and it works really well for them, so I definitely don't think it's a dud - eyeshadow primer is just one of the most subjective products out there!
- The doefoot applicator on the primer spreads a thin amount of product easily
- The primer's yellow tint helps to cancel any redness on the lids
- The felt tip on the eyeliner pen has the right amount of flexibility to easily apply a line
- Wallet friendly
- Primer creases on me
- Eyeliner creases on me
- Eyeliner isn't super opaque
- Eyeliner feels a bit dry
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Lani
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