Despite the fact that I like wearing lip liners and as a makeup artist, I am all for the contour & definition that liners give, I somehow don't use them much in my daily routines.
With Kendall/Kylie Jenners making waves in full-lip-routine across the web, lip liners are now all the crack and I really really should show them more love.
Essence Cosmetics is a favorite brand of mine - especially when it comes to fun packaging, decent quality and superb prices. Essence kinda makes up for the fact that we don't get E.L.F or NYX or Milani or Jordana or one of the other many drugstore brands so freely available with Canada's neighbour.[Not quite, but gotta take what we've! sigh]
I've 4 shades - which pretty much covered almost all shade ranges of lippies I use except for the darker berry or purple shades.
Red Blush is a much loved Cherry red shade.
Honey Bun - my most used pink-brown nude shade; perfect for creating that nude contoured outlined with many shades of lippies. Love it.
Hot Chocolate is a beige-y nude shade. Not something I wear for definition, but as a base with other lip shades. The name is misleading as this is more of a brown-based nude than a chocolate shade.
Cute Pink is your average common pink. Good for a fresh lip color. Again not something I wear much.
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| Top to Bottom - Honey Bun, Cute Pink, Hot Choc, Red Blush |
OVERALL: These liners are decently creamy, soft to apply and has great pigmentation. Add the extremely friendly price and you've a winner :) However, dont look at these fellas for staying power [max 2 hours]
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| Left to Right - Red Blush, Hot Chocolate, Cute Pink and Honey Bun |
Sorry for the crazy lip swatches.. I was in this weird mood.. ah well...
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| Crazy huh! Top Left - Cute Pink, Top Right -Red Blush, Bottom Left - Hot Choc and Bottom Right - Honey Bun |
