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Fri Jul 06, 2007 3:05 pm  |
| Can anyone please recommend a decent black liquid eyeliner? I cannot, for the life of me, find one. So far I've tried MAC liquidlast (too difficult to correct mistakes), Dr. Hauschka (flakes off- a flaky mess around my eyes after 15 min. of wear), Chanel (flakes off)...I have tried many gel liners as well, but I prefer liquid because it doesn't smudge like the gel liners do (even the gel liners that claim they're smudge proof aren't). I'm about to go mad spending so much money testing out all these liquid liners, only to find duds! So if anyone can suggest a good one, I'd be grateful. |
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Fri Jul 06, 2007 3:24 pm |
| Have you tried Lancome? I use their liquid eyeliner and it has become an absolute fav. |
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Fri Jul 06, 2007 3:28 pm |
displaced I am having the same problem finding a good eyeliner.
I was using MAC's cake liner with their liner brush and it was great then of course they discontinued the cake liner.
I don't love the gel liners from BB and MAC, for now I have gone back to pencil but I don't love that either!! |
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Fri Jul 06, 2007 3:45 pm |
| Alexis52 wrote: |
| Have you tried Lancome? I use their liquid eyeliner and it has become an absolute fav. |
I haven't tried Lancome, but was considering it. So I'm assuming their liquid eyeliner doesn't really flake off, since you speak highly of it? |
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Fri Jul 06, 2007 3:48 pm |
| mishie wrote: |
I was using MAC's cake liner with their liner brush and it was great then of course they discontinued the cake liner.
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The found that the cake liner smudged on me. And pencil smudges on me too...liquid liner is the only eyeliner that doesn't smudge for me, but with liquid, the problem then becomes either the flaking, or it's so super lasting and waterproof that it becomes unbelievably difficult to correct mistakes (which I often make). |
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Fri Jul 06, 2007 4:09 pm |
Displaced, It doesn't flake off on me. Can't say what it will do for you. I like it also because it comes in a tube with a nice brush attached - ease of use and all that.
I tried Laura Mercier once (at the counter) and that stuff stayed on like iron, too. But I think it's a cake, not a liquid. |
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Fri Jul 06, 2007 5:17 pm |
| You may want to try brush some loose powder on your eye lids first before you apply the eyeliner. If helps to prevent the smudge (from oil). It works for me, giva a try see if it works for you too. |
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Fri Jul 06, 2007 5:59 pm |
| I've wanted to try liquid liners, thanks for the info! |
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Fri Jul 06, 2007 6:12 pm |
| Alexis52 wrote: |
Displaced, It doesn't flake off on me. Can't say what it will do for you. I like it also because it comes in a tube with a nice brush attached - ease of use and all that.
I tried Laura Mercier once (at the counter) and that stuff stayed on like iron, too. But I think it's a cake, not a liquid. |
Thanks for the info- I think I may try the Lancome next. It was between that or the Dior liner.
The LM cake liner smudged on me. I tried that years ago- I probably still have it somewhere in my cosmetics drawer (I'm beginning to think it's me, and not the liners...) |
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Sat Jul 07, 2007 8:15 am |
| Cover Girl has a new one out called Line Exact that is very good. It is a short, felt tip marker that you can line thick or thin with. I like that its not long, so fits nicely in my hand to work with. And it lasts all day, doesn't smudge a bit. |
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Sat Jul 07, 2007 9:32 am |
| I use BB gel someone earlier mentioned the tip of using powder underneath and that seems to help. I'd like to try something more like a felt tip pen I haven't tried the Cover Girl product. |
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Sat Jul 07, 2007 10:01 am |
MAC Fluidline!!!!
I used BB for awhile but it dried out and is hard to apply MAC Fluidline is excellent...wears extremely well and comes off much easier than BB.
LOVE IT! It's my only liquid (though more of a gel) eyeliner now! |
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Sat Jul 07, 2007 12:54 pm |
You might want to try a liquid "pen" product. The ones I've used last a long time on the eye / are waterproof.
Cover Girl has had a liquid "pen" for a number of years. Maybelline has/had one too (if it still exists, it's hard to find). I've seen Physician's Formula came out with a few too.
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Physician's Formula Eye Definer Felt-Tip Eye Marker
http://www.physiciansformula.com/detail_list.asp?itemid=02431&scene=EYE PENCILS AND LINERS&categorid=103
And now I see a number of other options when I was in CVS this week.
For instance, Cover Girl just came out with a new one called Line Exact Liquid Liner:
http://www.covergirl.com/products/collections/exact/
Another brand I saw in a display had a blunt slanted tip -- I just can't remember the brand 
I know that the other one Cover Girl put out lasted a long time on the eyes. And at least products sold at drugstores are relatively inexpensive to try.
Only problem, and don't know if the new products solve this is the "pen" can dry out just like markers do. Also, in the past, the color selection was very limited but it seems like it is expanding with these new products. |
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Sat Jul 07, 2007 2:21 pm |
| Hi, many many years ago someone gave me a Chanel liner. It came in a compact size with a mirror with a blue section and a black section with a brush in the center. It stays dry until you run the brush under water and put color on it. It is the best eyeliner I have ever used. It glides on for a perfect line and does not smudge once dry. It was around $40.00 but I have been using it for more than 10 yrs. and it is still good. I am not sure if Chanel still makes that but they might have something similar. |
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Sat Jul 07, 2007 2:27 pm |
I was on the same quest and recently found a decent one (with one caveat); have you tried Wet 'n' Wild's H2O Proof liquid eyeliner? It is the longest wearing product I've ever tried and the colors are true. The only problem: the applicator is useless. Instead of using the stick-like applicator, I use one of my own tiny brushes- perfect! Hopefully WnW will change the applicator...Hope this helps.  |
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Sat Jul 07, 2007 4:45 pm |
| Have you tried the the Prestige Liquid Eyeliners? They are a cheap drugstore brand, but they really are pretty decent. And since you can't beat the price, it isn't much of an investment if you don't like it. They've had good reviews on MUA too. |
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Sun Jul 08, 2007 3:33 am |
| Blinc- Kiss me is the best mascara I've ever used |
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Sat Aug 25, 2007 11:48 am |
| I purchased Dr. Hauschka's eyeliner but it won't be a repeat purchase. If you touch, rub your eye at all it's coming off. |
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Sat Aug 25, 2007 12:03 pm |
| Has anyone here tried Sue Devitt's Microquatic™ Lash Line Enhancer? I'm sooo tempted by it! It's a liquid liner that supposedly also thickens and volumizes lashes at the root. |
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Sun Aug 26, 2007 12:28 am |
I don't use liquid liner, but my friend who does swears by the Sephora brand one that has a brush instead of a flexible sponge-tip applicator (it's very hard to tell the difference, IMO, but the staff should be able to help). She says it's much easier to apply and it lasts great.
Also, I'm a fan of the Cover Girl one I got years ago that's more like a Magic Marker than anything else - I don't know what it's called because the writing has worn off the tube, but it's seriously an ink-based thing and I bought it with the idea of using it to color in the base of my lashes where they're blonde, but I occasionally line my eyes for a big night out or something and I love the effect. Since it's an ink more than a paint, it doesn't flake as easily, and I never found it to smudge as long as you let it dry thoroughly. |
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Sun Aug 26, 2007 3:13 am |
| I've been using the Dr. Hauschka liquid eye liner for a while now, and I'm surprised to see people complaining that it flakes/rubs off. For a natural product I find that it stays on remarkably well! But I use a thin line so if you use it for a thicker line maybe that is where you run into trouble. |
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Sun Aug 26, 2007 5:42 pm |
My first choices are as follows;
Gel Liner: Bobbi Brown or MAC , both are water proof and don't smudge or flake, but a good application tool really help .
Liquid Eyeliner: the best is Maybelline. It's also waterproof and the texture of its felt tip is just right for easy application. Doesn't smudge or flake , long standing colour, glide on perfectly, best is it comes in a handy bottle.
I like drawing thick lines, my trick is using the gel liner to draw a thin line and to add on by the liquid liner (for the effect of the 60s make up trend). |
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Sun Aug 26, 2007 7:05 pm |
| Now I also wonder how to choose a perfect liquid eye liner.your information and experience are very helpful,thank you all! |
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Sun Aug 26, 2007 9:05 pm |
| skinmelon wrote: |
My first choices are as follows;
Gel Liner: Bobbi Brown or MAC , both are water proof and don't smudge or flake, but a good application tool really help .
Liquid Eyeliner: the best is Maybelline. It's also waterproof and the texture of its felt tip is just right for easy application. Doesn't smudge or flake , long standing colour, glide on perfectly, best is it comes in a handy bottle.
I like drawing thick lines, my trick is using the gel liner to draw a thin line and to add on by the liquid liner (for the effect of the 60s make up trend). |
I second Maybelline! It's inexpensive, too. Also second BB and MAC Fluidline (but like Paris I prefer MAC you can use it to the last swipe of gel because it won't dry up like the BB gel) and the liquid on gel for a thick budgeproof line.
HTH! |
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Sun Aug 26, 2007 11:51 pm |
I can't recommend a great liquid liner, as I don't use them.
My personal rec, though, is for regular eyeshadow applied wet with a flat eyeliner brush. It'll stay put all day, and well into the next if you don't whip out the eye makeup remover.
Yes, that does make mistakes harder to fix. But a flat brush makes mistakes prety much impossible to make. You'd literally have to drag the brush up your eye to mess it up. Seriously, I still have the hardest time with liquid liners. But I've never once messed up lining with a flat brush, not even the very first time I did it.
By flat brush, I mean this:
http://www.lauramercier.com/products/tools/brushes/eyes/flat_eye_liner_brush_long/
Mine is actually Trish McEvoy, but I doubt there's much of a difference. |
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