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Eyeliner Problems? This Quick Tip Might Help You Even Out Your Eyeliner.

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Why is eyeliner so difficult to get perfectly even, you guys? The following situation is sadly too familiar to many of us:

The Frisky Putting Eyeliner On
Source: The Frisky

Total FML moment, right? Last week while fixing my uneven eyeliner, I found an effective and really simple fix.

Wonky eyeliner
Uneven eyeliner

Here’s our starting point. The liner on the right side is drooping and not as lifted. You wanna fix that; it’s not cute.

So everyone and their mother already knows and loves the awesome Bioderma Sensibio H2O Micelle Solution for sensitive skin. There’s also her sister Bioderma Sébium H2O ($22, in drugstores) for combination/oily skin, which is what I’m using today.

Bioderm Sebium H2O
I like you, Bioderma Sébium H2O.

Next: Q-tips, right? Wrong. I don’t know about you, but I have a hard time using Q-tips for precise makeup removal. It’s just messy to me. The cotton soaks up a lot of makeup remover, ruining my makeup more than actually fixing it. Plus, there’s no precision!

Fix your eyeliner q tips
Q-tips. In the words of Grumpy Cat: NO.

Keep reading to find out how I fixed my eyeliner!

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Karl Lagerfeld for shu uemura Holiday Collection: blackish satin purple painting liner Review, Photos, Swatches

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Onwards with Karl Lagerfeld for shu uemura week!


painting liner in blackish satin purple

 The collection has a special edition painting liner in blackish satin purple ($29). It is a violet with golden shimmer. This gel eyeliner is creamy like my favourite MAC Fluidline. The shade itself needs two to three passes to get fully opaque with an eyeliner brush, but to me this works better as a budge-proof cream eyeshadow. Because it is creamy when you put it on, you have about a minute of playtime to blend it as an eyeshadow base. Any longer than that and you are SOL; this liner isn’t going anywhere, baby!


painting liner in blackish satin purple

This stuff holds on to skin like its life depends on it. The swatches below stained my arms after my attempt to remove with micellar water. I was only successful at removing it with my shu uemura cleansing oil.


painting liner in blackish satin purple – swatches


painting liner in blackish satin purple – worn

I love to wear purple liner as an alternative to black (case in point: Marcelle’s liner in Amethyst) because it works great for all eye colours. Having it in a gel liner/cream shadow format makes it a must-have for me.

MAC Styleseeker Collection Reviews, Photos, Swatches

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Some items from MAC Styleseeker Collection

MAC Styleseeker is MAC’s big fall colour collection that launched last week. We are seeing eyeshadow duos, Fluidlines, Mattenes and blushes in warm, moody colours to suit the season.

MAC Dark Diversion Fluidline ($18) is described as a blackened plum. I wanted this when it first came out in 2010, and now it’s being repromoted for a limited time in this collection. And the verdict? Meh. It’s not as dark and opaque as I’d like. It requires 2 or 3 passes before I get “blackened plum.” Not black enough. :( The Fluidline is still one of my favourite products that MAC offers because of its longevity and ease of use. I wish I could love it but this shade’s formula is a miss for me.

MAC Supercontinental Powder Blush ($24) is a beautiful glowing light coral pink in a satin finish. It is wonderfully pigmented, and the shade goes with everything. The glow is very fine, but it may highlight big pores or uneven texture on some. I personally love this and have been wearing it constantly.


From left: Dark Diversion Fluidline, Delectable and Fashion Nomad Mattene Lipsticks, Supercontinental Blush


MAC Fashion Nomad Mattene

Here we’ve finally arrived at lipstick! This collection has introduced me to the infamous Mattene lipstick and it is love, you guys! MAC Fashion Nomad and Delectable Mattene ($18) lipsticks are both amazing. I experience no hard tugging on application, and the formula is a new matte that is not flat. I really adore Delectable, which is a great nude for my tan skin tone (NC40). I don’t have issues with dryness with these, and that is a sign of a good matte formula.


MAC Delectable Mattene

Did you check out the MAC Styleseeker collection? What did you end up grabbing? I think I’ll go take a look at the other Mattene lipsticks from the collection.