It's Sunday!

Though I'm not going anywhere of importance today, I wanted to throw on a true colored look since I haven't worn one in super long. I did head out yesterday and took shots of a LOTD (which I've yet to resize etc but will later today), it was still a relatively neutral look in comparison since I was meeting relatives and didn't want to go crazy with it.

Long story short, I played around with a look today since I was bored at home.

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I tried out the L'oreal HIP Duos which I received back in their little launch party last year. I've yet to try the colored duos so I decided to be a little 'flashy' today and used.... Flashy.

L'oreal HIP Duo in Flashy

I didn't do a full face of makeup (skipped out blush and lip color) since I wasn't going anywhere.

I guess there's no need for me to rave about the pigmentation of these shadows, it's pretty much a known fact that they swatch well and do blend well. I sort of liked how in this combination it seems like there's nothing on my inner corners, though I did use the lighter skin-tone shade on there. Pretty interesting.

Shall only list down the products I used for my eyes since that's the only thing worth showcasing. Hence EOTD in the title instead of LOTD :)

Products Used:

EYES
Etude House Proof 10 Eye Primer
L'oreal HIP Duo in Flashy
88 Color Palette (darker blue/black for contouring)
MAC Powerpoint Liner in Engraved
Majolica Majorca Lash Enamel Glamour Neo Mascara

It sure was fun wearing a bit of color even though I wasn't really going anywhere. Will post up my more neutral look from yesterday once I resize them all.

For now I shall wash this off and head out for dinner, I heard my dad say something about spicy steamboat, just had something like that last friday, haha, oh well.

Hope you are all enjoying the last few hours of the weekend and have a good dinner to get you set for the week ahead!

I'm not sure if this is considered a part by part review of this product but here's my second encounter with the L'oreal Kohl Liner.

While I'm fascinated by this product I certainly don't reach for it on a daily basis and rarely even try it out since I haven't mastered it yet. I find it scary to experiment with things like eyeliner just because if it doesn't work right, it completely ruins the look for the day. At least for me...

(if you haven't read about this product, what it does, how to use it etc, I explained it in my first encounter)

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Learning from the first attempt, I tapped the heck out of the product on the applicator this time around. It is not advised or recommended to tap product off since that is what you are using to 'draw' on the liner, but I felt that there was way too much product on it the last time and that resulted in nasty fall outs and smudginess.

Here's how the second attempt looked:

Much better! And certainly little to no fall out this time around. I assume that as the product runs low you might not have to tap the applicator clean as excessively. I'm definitely feeling a bit more confident to wearing this out now and testing how it would wear through the day - if it would remain pretty decent and smokey or become smudge-city.

I'll probably try it on a day where I'm not going anywhere important. I have this feeling that this product is just going to smudge and I'll be all panda-eyed, though I sure hope not! As I've said, I love how intense it lines the waterline.

Again, I tried this without my contacts. I'm predicting some slight irritation or initial discomfort if I tried this with contacts on.

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Lastly, this product is actually a little hard to remove. I suppose because it puts down quite a pigmented amount of product.

Here's a little comparison:
What I do to remove my makeup is to first wash my face with the L'oreal Elixir Concentrate Makeup Remover and that takes away everything including mascara, foundation and all. It does however leave some eyeliner residue since the oil can't get to those areas. This is how the L'oreal liner compares to my Holy Grail MAC liner after this step.

A bit creepy... I know.

After this I use the Neutrogena Makeup Remover with a q-tip and remove the residue but even so I had to go over the L'oreal Kohl Liner with a bit more effort then the MAC one.

But those are just some things I have noted from the L'oreal HIP Kohl Liner thus far. Will report back about how it wears through the day once I gather enough guts to brave the panda-eye premonition and wear it out.

Thanks for reading!

Not an official review of this product (but filed under review, just cause).
In this entry I'll simply be sharing my first encounter and experience with this product.

I got this product from the US thanks to Hazel for letting this hitch a ride to Singapore. As of now, I'm sure it is not available in Singapore ~sorry guys!

Just a recap, the product looks like this and the shade that I have it in is black

Another quick product recap... The inside of this vial basically contains highly pigmented kohl powder. Pure powder, no cream or liquid of any sort. When you remove the applicator, it will look something like this:

It looks almost like a felt tip of a liquid liner, but it's not. It's kohl powder clinging on the 'spongey' applicator.

There are various methods that you can 'apply' this and it all depends on what you prefer. I've held back on trying it because it sounds a little scary to apply dry powder like that straight on your waterline and lashline. We are not talking about a thin liner brush here, it's an applicator dripping with powder.

Nonetheless, I decided to try it out today after I got home and had removed the makeup I wore during the day. I was pretty positive this was not a product I wanted to try just before I head out the house, at least not yet.

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As far as application method goes, I used the 'place on water-line, close your eyes, and pull' method.
Yes, text descriptions can only say so much so I found a video demonstrating exactly what I meant, click here.

One thing to note: Don't tug on your under eyes too much, it's not good and will produce wrinkles over time (: I press down on my under eye, so my waterline is a little easier to get to and that's it, no tugging needs to be done actually.

I'll probably do a demonstration video at a later stage, when I actually master it, because right now it looks like this:

Yes fall out~ Inevitable.
And no I did not wear this out for an entire day that caused it to smudge or anything. This was merely 10 minutes after 'applying' it.
I think I have to work around how I apply to reduce the 'smudgy-ness' of it.

All that aside, I LOVE how it applies on both the top and bottom waterline. The intensity is insane too!

Here's how it looks on the top lashline, and I don't have on mascara or any previous liner to distort the effect.

It's a little messy, and I could use with more understanding of the product to work with it better, but so far I'm liking it.

I tried this on after I took my contacts off and I could feel the little specks of powder that got in my eye. It's a normal phenomenal (from what I know), I am just not sure how I would apply this with contacts on. I know you are supposed to wear contacts after you're done with makeup, but I usually wear it before because I don't like fussing with water on my already drawn liner etc.

Edit 10/03: Miwitch found out from this site that you are advised to wear your contacts before makeup. Yay~ Not sure of the source where I got the after makeup information is from but it seems places report differently. Overall, so long as you take care of your contacts and eyes, it should be alright.

I haven't tried wearing it out so I don't know about the lasting power just yet. I will take note and list that in my proper review.

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I'll keep you all updated again if I manage to master tightlining with this lovely, but messy, product.
Does anyone have any tips to apply it or experiences to share if you have tried it (either this or the Guerlain one)?

Thank you for reading!