Ways to use Nude Eyeliner (Readers Contributed !)

Its no secret that nude eyeliner did not work for me. I did a post about it and a lot of you suggested different ways I could use it.

So, in today's post I share with you different Ways to use a Nude eyeliner and most of it contributed by you !

• As a waterline eyeliner to make your eyes awake - Well this is the main use of this eyeliner. A white or a nude eyeliner tends to open eyes and makes you look more awake as opposed to a black which tends to close eyes. 
• As an eye shadow base - You can depot it and use it as a base or even in the pencil form you can use this as a base to even out the eyelid area and to make the shadows pop.
• As an inner corner highlight - Inner corner highlight is another way to open up eyes, to give you the bright eyed effect. A nude or a champagne eyeliner seems to do the trick.
• As a brow highlight - This is how I have been using my nude eyeliner. I draw a line and then smudge it below my brows to highlight the arch. 
• As a highlight for cupid's bow - You can see its all about highlighting :). Nude eyeliner can be used just to highlight your cupid's bow just as you would use a lighter concealer or highlighter.
• Eye shadow corrector - If the color matches your skin tone, you can use this to correct any mascara smudges on your lid or eyeliner mistakes .. just as you would use a q tip with makeup remover.
  
  Previous 'Ways to Use' Posts
  
• Ways to use Qtips or Cotton buds
• Ways to use Coconut Oil
• Ways to use Facial Mists/Water/Toner
  
  What is your favorite way to use a nude eyeliner ?

Products that did not work for me !

Today I am sharing with you the products that are not worth the hype (in my opinion) and did not work for me.

Rimmel  Scandaleyes Kohl Kajal in Nude 

I am big fan of these eye liners, I love the black and bright blue but the nude is definitely not for me. I bought this for lining my waterline thinking it would make by eyes look more bright and awake, but this just did not work for me. It makes me look sick, I believe because the color does not suit me. See my post HERE.

MAC Paint Pots

Now don't get me wrong, I love MAC paint pots, because I love cream eye shadows. I have MAC Paint Pot in Painterly, Indianwood and Rubenesque. I love how easy they are to apply. I heard about how fab these are as bases and that they are long lasting and don't crease. One of the main reasons for buying Painterly was to use it as a primer. But that just don't work for me. They crease, and crease pretty fast on me. I usually wear them with a primer and only then I get them to last a bit longer. I love them as cream shadows but I was disappointed in them as a primer ( I know they are technically not primers, but I had huge expectations as I had seen videos and posts mentioning that) 

 

Lush Snow Fairy*
I may get beaten up for this as I know Lush Snow Fairy is quite a popular shower gel (apologies to all the fans out there). It only comes during Christmas and I know people who love this baby, stock it up during that time. I hate the smell. To me it smells like a cough syrup. It is too sickly sweet for me. 

Bioderma Crealine H20

I may again get beaten up for this too ! I had seen so many reviews about this being the best ever makeup remover and I expected it to work like magic. This may be a good general makeup remover, but definitely not for waterproof makeup. I do wear waterproof eyeliner. This just takes too long to remove, especially the liner and mascara. By the end of the day, I have no patience to spend so much time doing this. So this just doesn't work for me as a makeup remover, however I love it as a cleanser. See my post HERE, comparing it with my favorite makeup remover.

Lush Grease Lightening

This absolutely did nothing for me. I bought it as I thought being Lush it would relatively be a gentle spot treatment. It did nothing to my pimples, nothing at all. 

Have you tried any of these products ? What do you think of them ?  

Please note that, I am not saying that these products are bad or anything as such, they just did not work for me. They may totally work for you.  
* This was gifted to me by the company.  

Products I have Repurchased !

When you love buying makeup and beauty products, it is rare that you repurchase them, as you keep getting sucked into the plethora of new releases. 

To be honest I hardly am able to finish my makeup products, so repurchase, not much of a chance, but there are definitely skincare products that I repurchase. 

In today's post I share with you some products that I love and I have repurchased couple of times.

1. Garnier Clean Sensitive 2 in 1 Gentle Make-Up Remover - This is my go to makeup remover. I have talked about this HERE. I have been using it for the past three years and totally love it. I hope Garnier doesn't discontinue it. If I have to sum it up quickly, this product is affordable and super effective. Gets the makeup off like a breeze, no rubbing or tugging. If you have not yet tried it, what are you doing, give it a go !
   
2. Sukin Hydrating Mist Toner - I have used two bottles of it and have a backup in my stash. This toner has a lovely fragrance and feels light and fresh on the skin. This can be used as a toner, facial mist and also as a makeup setting spray. I have reviewed this HERE.
   
3. Girlz Only Dry Shampoo - I have blogged about this HERE and HERE. I am currently using the third bottle of this dry shampoo and I already have a backup. Does the job and the best is that the powdery feel is very less. Also it is priced at $2, what's not to love ?
   
4. Olay Complete Defence daily UV moisturizing lotion (SPF30+) - This is my go to day moisturiser. Its a lovely, light and non greasy moisturiser. Review HERE . 
5. Rimmel Scandaleyes Waterproof Kohl Kajal in Black - Rimmel Scandaleyes is an awesomely pigmemted and creamy eyeliner, stays put all day. I have raved about it HERE .
    
   What are the products you have repurchased ? Have you tried any of these ? What do you think ?

Review - Rimmel Scandaleyes Waterproof Kohl Kajal in Black

I have blogged about the Bright Blue shade of this eyeliner before, check HERE. I love this eyeliner, it is super pigmented, super creamy, affordable and stays put all day. 

I don't know what it is about me but I prefer sharpening pencils over the retractable ones. I have tried a lot of drugstore water proof pencils and this is the best of the lot. I have already repurchased this and also have a back up in my stash. I picked it up in the Priceline 40% off sale.

The Good

• Awesome pigmentation (super black)
• Creamy texture, glides beautifully on the eyes
• Long staying  - stays put on my upper lash line through the day, on my waterline and lower lashline, starts wearing off only on the inner and outer corner towards the end of the day, but so do most of the long stay ones on me.
• Water proof but not completely smudge proof
• Colored Packaging - easy to locate 

The Bad

• Bit difficult to remove from lower lashline, but nothing different than any other water proof liner. 

The Price

9.95 AUD (1.2 gms)

 

Where to buy

Priceline, Kmart, Big W, Target

Priceline 40% off Haul

A while back Priceline did a 40% off all cosmetics over two days and no surprises here, that I definitely wanted to dig in. 

I tried to be a good girl and only bought stuff that I knew I will get good use of.

I am lazy with my daily makeup as I don't have enough time in the mornings, my everyday makeup mainly comprises of kajal, some colored or black eyeliner, mascara and lipstick or lip balm and my haul is mostly on the same lines.

I bought two mascaras, the newly launched "Loreal False Lash Butterfly and an oldie "Covergirl Lash Blast". 

I also bought the "Loreal Lumi Magique primer" as I have heard good things about it and who doesn't love a glowy and dewy finish.

I bought four eyeliners, two Rimmel Scandaleyes Kohl Kajal in Black, I absolutely love this eyeliner, its a beautiful deep black eyeliner, so I bought backups. I love wearing colored eyeliners, so I bought a Savvy by DB eyeliner in Jade and Revlon Colorstay in Grey. 

Finally also bought a Models Prefer dome smudge brush. So that was my haul :)

Did you haul at Priceline ? What did you pickup ?

Nude Eyeliner - One ghostly mistake !

We, beauty bloggers and makeup lovers usually get swept with all the hyped products and sometimes land up with fab products worth all the hype and sometimes totally the opposite. I am sure most of you can associate with this, don't get me wrong, this post is not about, finger pointing at the product but rather the trend, that definitely did not work for me.

In case you are wondering, I have already reviewed Rimmel Scandaleyes Eyeliner in 'Bright Blue' and I do think it is a good product.

I have always been a lover of rimming my eyes heavily with black kohl and still do every single day. When I started reading posts and watching videos of how a white or nude eyeliners on waterline can make your eyes pop and make them look more awake, I really wanted to try the same. 

Obviously thinking I would look crazy in white, I tried nude. But, OMG, the nude eyeliner makes me look sick, ghostly, washed out and what not :(, its a total fail on me.

It rather makes me look dull and tired. I think one of the reasons, it did not work for me was the color was not right for me.

I am thinking of using this as a brow highlight now. 

Knowing my situation, how would you recommend me using the product.

A Haul A Day - Makeup, Nails and more !

Priceline's current catalogue was too hard to resist. I obviously I had to take advantage of the offers :)

Rimmel is currently 1/2 off on everything, so this is what I ended up buying from Rimmel 

• Rimmel Scandaleyes Kohl eyeliner in Nude
• Rimmel Apocalips in Stellar
• Rimmel Apocalips in Apocalyptic 
• Rimmel BB cream 
• Rimmel eye makeup remover
• I also bought the new Maybelline Tattoo in Electric Blue

And from Manicare I bought the following  :

• French Tip tapes
• Tweezers
• Cuticle Therapy oil
• Nail polish remover

Some  hair and hair removal stuff :

• Schwarzkopf Straight and Glossy Zero Frizz spray
• Nair Sensitive Hair Removal cream - Review HERE
  

What have you been hauling lately ? Have u tried any of these products ?

Review & Swatch - Rimmel Scandaleyes Eyeliner in 'Bright Blue'

Have heard a lot about Rimmel Scandaleyes Kohl Kajal eyeliners and have been wanting to try these since a while now. I finally bought it when Big W had 4 $ off on Rimmel products. I will be reviewing Rimmel Scandaleyes Kohl Kajal in 'Bright Blue' today.  

There are a lot of good pigmented, long staying, smudge proof, creamy eyeliners out there in the market both drug store and high end. I have so far tried Urban Decay Glide on pencils, Nyx Slide on pencils, Maybelline Master Drama Eye Studio and now this and I have been impressed with all of them. Lets see the good and the bad of this product ..

This is how it looks on me (Maybelline Tattoo Bad to Bronze on the lid)

 Rimmel Scandaleyes Kohl Kajal Eyeliner in 'Bright Blue'

Three swipes on the right, One swipe on the Left

The Good

• Decent Color payoff
• Creamy texture, glides on well on the eyes
• Long staying  - stays put on my upper lash line through the day, on my waterline and lower lashline, starts wearing off only on the inner and outer corner towards the end of the day, but so do most of the long stay ones on me.
•  Water proof but not completely smudge proof, will smear a bit if you forcefully try to smudge it 
• Colored Packaging - easy to locate 
• Perfect for a pop of color

The Bad

• The pigmentation could have been better, though its easily build-able . As you can see in the swatches above, one swipe is not that pigmented. 
• Some people may find it too bright (though I find it gorgeous)

The Price 

10 AUD (circa) - I bought it on sale

 

Where to buy  

Priceline, Kmart, Big W, Target

Overall I would recommend this eyeliner and I would love to try other colors from this Range ..