Hip hip hooray! At last a crayon that I can use on my waterline that is well and truly the colour of my skin:-) Crikey, I'm so in love with this brilliant little NYX product, and it's a bargain at $8.95.
This pencil is one of the first things I bought when NYX arrived at Target in Australia, and I reckon it has cornered the market in versatility with three functions:
1) It's a concealer. Comes in light, medium & deep, so there's bound to be one that will blend with your complexion. The consistency is thick so it provides excellent coverage, but being super creamy and soft it's easily blendable, and it doesn't drag on your skin. And the fact that it's a sharpen-able pencil means it's perfect for small troublesome areas because you can apply it so precisely. I'm using the light shade to disguise my under eye bags, which are huge and decidedly nasty. I apply it along the line where the bag casts a shadow, and I'm amazed at how it makes them far less noticeable. This is a technique I learnt from guru Wayne Goss, but I've never been able to get it to work successfully, until now. No pic at this stage because I'm not that brave yet, and besides I don't want to frighten anyone lol...
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| Bare arm swatch in natural light alongside essence white kajal (for comparison) |
2) It's a reverse lip liner. This is not something I've experimented with as yet, but I understand the principal of how it works, and will play around with it for my next LOTD, so stay tuned...
3) It's a waterline brightener. Hallelujah! I've been searching for a liner that is close to my skin colour for many many years. I've tried white (essence kajal), pale pink (Benefit EyeBright) and a yellowy toned one (Inglot #44), but this is the most natural looking shade I've ever come across. At my age, white can be too much of a contrast and consequently look quite stark, but this is perfect!
Here's a couple of pics so you can compare the difference between my bare (and blotchy pink) waterline, and the difference this pencil makes...
This crayon doesn't irritate my eyes ONE BIT, in fact it's quite soothing, glides on evenly and easily, and...wait for it...lasts ALL DAY. No wonder they call it a Wonder Pencil!
In my opinion, the Wonder Pencil is the 8th Wonder of the World, and I wonder how I ever managed without it. My beautyheaven review of it is here.
Have you tried the NYX Wonder Pencil yet?
Take care of you,
kats xxx
From the sounds of your review, it was named very well!
ReplyDeleteIt is everything I'm looking for because lately I have not been sleeping much, been looking for an under-eye concealer and waterline brightener so I'll definitely look out for this.
For under $9, you can't say no! Thanks so much for sharing, I could have wasted so much time looking around.
I saw your post on bh, loved it. Sent it to my friends, hehe ;) I love how natural and not-harsh looking it is, can definitely see myself reaching to use it a lot.
A trip to Target it is tomorrow!
Oh, and how can this be used as a reverse lip liner? Curious to know! :)
Hey themissues - I hope the NYX pencil works equally well for you hon. And thanks heaps for alerting me to my blogstar article - I wasn't aware it had been published!
DeleteTo use the pencil as a reverse lip liner, you actually outline the lips with the light crayon (instead of a matching your lipstick colour), but you draw it just outside the natural edges of your lips, and then you blend it slightly into the skin around your mouth - it's an interesting technique that I'm going to play around with over the next few weeks :-)
It sounds amazing to me! :D And it really is so versatile. I love all the different ways you can use it. And it is such a bargain! Ok I want one for myself now LOL
ReplyDeleteI love that it is long lasting too :) Sounds really lovely.
Kats there is nothing wrong with your waterline when its bear! Seriously it is lovely :) and what blotchiness????
Thanks so much for sharing such a gorgeous product x
Golly it's just so wonderful to have a place to share the things I love with gals like you hon :-) Sweet Gemma, some days my are worse than others, and if I have a late night, the whole waterline turns pink - ewww, thank goodness there's something I can do about it lol...
DeleteThanks for telling us about this "Wonder" pencil, *Kat*. I haven't purchased the Essence White kajal pencil because there is a white in the eyeliner pencils that I've ordered from Ozsale. This one interests me because it is skin-coloured. However, I do recall you telling me that my waterline is fine so I wouldn't need to purchase this for that area.
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Hi arty, you don't need a liner to disguise anything because you waterline is fresh and clear, but you can use any color you like to make it stand out or to enhance what you already have going for you xxx
DeleteGosh, so many uses! I need this wonder pencil!
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Highly recommended Indi - this little gem sure has solved a few of my problems, and the price is amazingly affordable :-)
DeleteMy dear, I don't think there is ANYTHING wrong with your bare waterline! But I do love your review and it sounds like a fabulous product. :)
ReplyDeleteHi beautiful lady! What a treat to see your gorgeous face darling, I've missed you so much, hope you are doing ok - massive hugs and kisses to you ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
DeleteAwesome review! These are hard to get. I've looked for them a few times but they are always sold out. I'll keep looking!
ReplyDeleteOh boo Rose, hope you can find a supply soon, it's disappointing when the cupboard is bare. My local Target is reasonably quick to restock, I hope I can grab a spare :-)
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