Jumbo Eye Pencil in Iced Mocha

3 Reviews

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   scornfulPorpoise8

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   I use this product solely as an eyeliner. I LOVE the way it looks on my lower lash line! It gives me very soft, subtle definition that works wonderfully with my fair skin. It spreads easily and is VERY difficult to use too much and make your eyes look too intense, which is something I’m always paranoid about. I do, however, have 2 complaints about this product. My biggest issue is that it doesn’t have great staying power. I find that at the end of my work day, the color has faded significantly. It does also have a tendency to migrate, but since it’s such a soft color, it’s not a huge deal and kind of just gives you a subtle smokey look to your lower lashes. My second complaint is with the packaging. I have owned several of these and on every single one, the plastic cap cracks so easily! I can’t speak for this product as an actual eye shadow, but I love it as a subtle, every day liner for my lower lash line.

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   enviousLizard1

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   Great subtle colour. Texture is smooth with decent pigmentation. It’s a frostier finish and I think would make a good base for earthy toned/bronze eye shadows. Price ($5) and packaging are great as well. Not sure about repurchasing as I don’t need this colour but it’s good to have on hand, but def will buy other pencils from the same line to try out the different colours.

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   ecstaticBasmati4

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   Iced Mocha, Strawberry Milk, and Yogurt are MUST HAVES. I do like the ideas of potting the product and freezing the pencils to sharpen them so they don’t crumble. I love my Maybelline color tattoos but after seeing how easy an eye can be made up with a shadow stick or two, I decided to try these out, since I was actually able to use them before I got them. Late in the game because I like to try things in store and I just couldn’t with other brands. Best purchase in a long time, I am obsessed. Although NYX calls these jumbo eyeliners.. whatever that means.. I obviously use them as shadow sticks, which are good enough for newbies and beauty junkies alike. These are my first but I have a feeling the formula can hang with the best of them. Do not get the eyeshadow base, it sucks, it is drying and I used it on one eye and it was flaky as hell even before I applied the makeup. The other eye looked very nice with nothing under it but sunscreen and BB cream (yea on my lids I only tear up if I don’t blink for a long time). Normally my reviews are long but there’s just not much you need to know about these. Yogurt and Iced Mocha make good on a neutral day, but I like Yogurt and Strawberry Milk because it brought out the color in my lips.

   My favorite lip products I have been using are Almay’s color + care “lip balms” (they look like stubby glosses but they perfect my lips like no other I got the colors Nudetrients and Blooming). But as I was trying on NYX cosmetics, I happened to also get two soft matte lip creams. Soft flexible light lip color disguised as a gloss. How ironic I’ve never been into glosses, but I guess their design betters lipsticks and lip balms! I got the shades Istanbul and Tokyo. Some may only need one or the other since they are so close to each other in color but I loved them both the second I “glossed” the middle of my bottom lip and used my finger to cover the rest. I think Tokyo must be popular because it’s the pink leaning toward the nude shades. Istanbul is a tad darker, but that just means it’s more pigmented. So your eyes and lips are covered, the rest is up to you!

   Also real quick I gotta recommend NYX’s pore killer or destroyer whatever it’s called. It works.

   Only negative to the shadow sticks are the cheapest caps ever. Unused pencils have cracked caps.