
Product Type: Rimmel makeup
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SpecialEyes Eye liner - 121 Azure Shimmer
Rimmel Special Eyes Eye Liner

Member Name: xisorosix
Product:
Rimmel Special Eyes Eye Liner
Date: 31/01/12, updated on 31/01/12 (26 review reads)
Rating:
Advantages: Lovely pigmented colours
Disadvantages: Wears off quickly
I went through a phase of wearing more vibrant colours (usually metallic) and ended up purchasing several to try out. I spotted the Special Eyes pencil in Azure Shimmer whilst shopping and realised that I didn't have such a colour...cue, impulsive purchase...The colour is a lovely medium, metallic blue colour.
~~Product Description~~
(Superdrug) Special Eyes Eye Liner Pencil delivers a precise, sharp and perfectly placed line. This wooden eye pencil can be kept sharp with a standard size makeup pencil sharpener.
~~Price&Additional Information~~
Superdrug currently sell them for £2.99.
Weight: 1.2g/0.04 oz
Lasts: 30 months
Packaging: The eyeliner looks pretty standard and measures around 13.5 cm with the cap on. The lid is the colour of the eyeliner, so mine is a rather pretty blue. The cap doesn't really reflect the colour since it's quite a bit darker than the eyeliner colour. There is a lot of writing on the eyeliner body in white on a black background. The barcode itself takes up a lot of the body since these eyeliners don't come boxed up.
~~My Thoughts~~
The biggest selling point for me was definitely the intensity of the pigment. The consistency isn't hard nor soft, but you don't need much force to apply. To get the intense blue though I did have to go over the same line several times; this didn't bother me though. This eyeliner also smudged quite easily, which is quite nice if you want your eye makeup to look softer. The colour remains quite vivid after smudging. The colour isn't completely uniform, but there was no blatant flakiness like the Khôl & Contour eyeliner I reviewed before. Staying power wise, it wasn't so great and did not last that long, which was disappointing since I did want to like this eyeliner.
~~Overall~~
Nice colour during initial application, but wears off pretty quickly. I wouldn't repurchase it and will give it 3 stars out of 5.
Summary: Nice colour and consistency, but let down by poor lasting performance.
