(NYC Liquid Eyeliner)
I have had times in my life where I utterly and completely struggled with makeup. I remember my first couple years of college were especially rough in the eyeliner department… I would use old Jordana and NYC pencil eyeliners from high school. They would melt off my face throughout the day, so every couple of hours, I was running to the bathroom to do touchups (luckily I only wore a little undereye concealer, the eyeliner, and some decent mascara, but it was still a nightmare). I didn’t know about primer, and I had very few tricks up my sleeve. I don’t know why it never occurred to me that better formulas were out there—in my head, they simply didn’t exist. I chocked it down to the fact that everyone must have been doing what I was doing, and I was just failing at keeping up with it quickly enough!! Luckily, in addition to having some good tricks, I’ve overcome that naiveté and I can share with you something cheap that actually WORKS—and phenomenally, dare I say it.
I had avoided this brand like the plague for some years after my horrible experiences with their eyeliner and other unmentionables that would melt off my face. But I am a believer in following advice from professionals—via Youtube—and so when I saw a makeup artist I really respect, Chrisspy, using the NYC Liquid Eyeliner, and not only that, but saying it was her, “favorite,” let’s just say I hopped over to the nearest NYC-selling location (unfortunately for my wallet, not very far away--fortunately for my wallet, it’s NYC!).
(wearing NYC Liquid Eyeliner)
I’ve been in the market for a GOOD liquid eyeliner for a while now.
I’ve been sticking to gel pots
of eyeliner (Stila was my first, which I bought for 20 dollars, until I found
ELF’s version, which was the same exact thing for 3), because in the beginning
of this fascination with makeup, what little research I’d done had pointed to
that gel pots of eyeliner had that majestic staying power that College Lyza
wanted so desperately and did not have (and gel pot eyeliners work great by the way—last ALL
day, even when they get wet, and they come in intense black shades, though not
as deeply pigmented as liquid liners).
Until present, I have also been using some mediocre liquid
liners—and in a way they work for me, because I like to layer them over pencil
eyeliner to define and intensify the color—and also to bump up the staying
power. I did that in my About Me picture
on the right side of the page using a Milani pencil eyeliner and ELF liquid
liner in midnight (the elf doesn’t have great staying power at all, until you
enter in a good black pencil). It works. Cleans up the look and greatly turns up the
staying power.
But, I never dreamed something so cheap would prove to work
well on it’s own.
(wearing NYC Liquid Eyeliner)
First of all, let me just say this stuff is the blackest
eyeliner I have ever owned, and I have always wanted a highly intensified,
pigmented, black-hole black eyeliner, because the deepest shade of black
intensifies every look more than any other shade could (just be careful with
it!). I just adore the intensity of
this. It’s wonderful.It also dries extremely fast, without being so fast that there’s no room to fix errors…In less than a minute, it is completely dry. The tip of the brush is pointed, but is thick enough to where you can line your eye without having to constantly draw back to create a thicker line (I recommend using the tip of the point to line the middle of your eye to remove some of the product, then going back over after the point is somewhat dryer to create the wing, that way there’s more room for error and you can more easily create a cleaner, pointed wing). And the staying power is incredible. It lasts, lasts, and lasts without fading! I am hooked!
And some swatches on my arm actually lasted without changing
or smearing all night long. Although, I
noticed that the thinner swatch of eyeliner, where I barely applied much
product but still got a solid line, faded though, so use a thicker layer on
your eyes (two coats is safe for me).
(NYC Liquid Eyeliner swatches)
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Consensus of Cons: Okay, there is one con that I haven’t
mentioned yet, and it’s pretty important. This eyeliner is in NO way, shape, or form
waterproof. Don’t even touch it
with water!!! This could be a great
thing for someone who hates taking their makeup off at the end of the day and
would like to remove it quickly.
However, for someone like me, who constantly has to put eyedrops in,
this could make things a little precarious.
So I won’t be putting this on my under eyes. Don’t wear this in the rain without an
umbrella, don’t wear this if you think there’s a chance you may cry that
day—DON’T. Stick to gel pots if you have
those concerns!! I still love this
eyeliner because of the amazing pigmentation and the staying power. I can wear it from morning till night and it will not budge or fade in the slightest, and I do have combination skin with oily eyelids.
Because of the water concern, I give this a 4/5. Still fabulous stuff though, and I haven’t
been having problems with it, even with my eyedrops. I hope it works as well for you as it does
for me.
Because of gel pot eyeliners and some other eyeliners with fantastic formulas, like this one, my eyeliner woes are completely over :) When you want something a lot, never settle
for something that doesn’t work for you!!
At least give yourself a chance to look around and do some research
first, no matter how silly or small you think it is! You should be using makeup that you can rely on, otherwise you shouldn't bother using it at all.
And when in doubt, stick to gel pots!! (Some dependable, affordable, and pigmented ones are ELF Studio Cream Liner, ELF Essential Smudge Pot, Essence Gel Eyeliner, and Wet N Wild Mega Eyes Creme Eyeliner. All of the expensive ones perform exactly the same as the ones I just listed, so I am not going to bother mentioning them!!)
Take care and have a fabulous day!
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