Ever Bilena Original Eyeliners (Black & Brown)

I remember the good old days when my mom still goes to work and is obliged to put on makeup. I am 4 years old that time, and I would always get her lipstick and eyeshadow and put it on my face, making me look like a clown. What amazes me most is how she puts eyeliner with ease, as if she's just drawing something on her eyes. No tears. No smudges Just a perfect seamless line. And throughout the day, you will never see her with raccoon eyes. Take note, she is not fond of retouching.

So when I became addicted to makeup, I always told myself, I shouldn't be afraid of eyeliners. These pencils should not make me cry. I practiced and practiced until I perfected the craft. Now the next question is, what eyeliner to use? I spent years of trying out different eyeliners. Different brands, some expensive, some are not.

 Little did I realize that I will go back to the old trusted eyeliner of my mother - Ever Bilena Original Eyeliner.

Pros:

Affordable at Php 68 for a short pencil and Php 80 for a longer one.

Widely-avaialable

Does not give me raccoon eyes

Cons:

Can tug eyelids.

You have to swipe it many times before the color shows off

Only has 2 colors, black and brown

Brown has red undertones and may make your eyes look tired.

swatch (L-R): brown and black

Elemente USA Liquid Smudgeproof Eyeliner

I am really an eyeliner junkie. I just love the way a simple glide of eyeliner gives definition to my eyes. It gives enough drama and perks up my face at once. I usually use the conventional pencil eyeliners. When I tried using liquid eyeliner, I was disappointed because it is very hard to apply and it gave me uber raccoon eyes (I will not mention the brand anymore, please bear with me). Then I came across with this new liquid eyeliner from Elemente USA.

Elemente USA Liquid Smudgeproof Eyeliner is a felt-tip liquid eyeliner exclusively distributed by E. Excel International. Yes, it is not readily available in department stores and beauty shops because you can only get it if you are a distributor or if you buy from a distributor. But believe me; it is really worth the hunt.

As its name implies, it is a smudgeproof liquid eyeliner that glides on easily. Application is really easy and the packaging is very handy. You can apply it thinly for a seamless effect or you can apply it thickly for more drama. I like this one because it doesn’t give me raccoon eyes. It does not sting my eyes,too! You don’t have to shake or squeeze the tube because only the right amount of product will perfectly come out of it when you swipe it.

It comes in one color only, black. But I tell you, its color is just the right intensity of black, not too intense, just black. So it gives a more natural look. It does not look like you’ve lined your eyes with black ink.

Though it’s a bit pricey (Php 1,860), a tube can last a long long time because you will need too little every application. Plus it does not dry up in the tube easily.

Sometimes when I’m just too lazy, I just swipe this on my lashline and have a nice lippie and I’m all set!

I do not use it for my waterline though because my waterline is really sensitive. So for my waterline, I use Elemente Eye & Brow Definer in Dark Brown.