If you're a regular reader of my blog, you might recall me
raving about the Bobbi Brown Eyeliner Duos way back at the beginning of December. They were the softest, most pigmented, long-wearing eyeshadows out there and were supposed to be a pencil alternative to Bobbi's famous Gel Eyeliners. Typically enough, they were limited edition with the Christmas collection, and sold out in a flash.
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The limited edition shades from Dec 2011 |
The people at Bobbi Brown must have realised just how much of a loss this was to my makeup bag however, and have brought out the same formulation of eye pencils into the permanent line this month (along with some new shades of their cream eye shadow, and their Long-Wear Mascara).
They no longer come as dual-ended pencils, but are available in 6 shades: Jet, Black Navy, Black Plum, Mahogany, Smoke & Hunter (l-r above).
Although they don't have the stunning metallic shades we saw in the Christmas Collection, I love the new colour selection, especially Black Navy, Black Plum and Hunter. All of the colours are very subtle so would be a great way of accentuating your eye colour without wearing too 'wild' a colour.
The formulation is identical to the limited edition versions, it's super creamy, very highly pigmented and once dry
will not budge. It even stays put in the water line for a good few hours. There has been a lot of hype around this type of gel/pencil liner, but I can honestly say this is my favourite. It knocks the socks off my Urban Decay 24/7's and MUFE Aqua Eyes.
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From top: Black Plum, Black Navy, Hunter, Smoke, Mahogany, Jet |
These are £17.50 and available on counter now. If you want to see swatches of the new shades all together, there are some great ones
here.
**On a side note, if you do purchase one of these, make sure you replace the cap firmly everytime! If you leave it off, because they are a gel formula, they will dry out!**
These look great! Im always looking for a long lasting kohl liner and I may have to take a look at these;D
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ReplyDeleteThese look amazing! And not crazy expensive, thanks for letting us know as I most probably will be purchasing one of these!!
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These look fantastic, really want to try the black-Plum one and if they are so budge proof might have to trade in my Urban decay 24/7 black liner for one of these instead. x
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I have never tried those. I love my UD ones, but if U say this ones are better I will give one a try. thanks
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sounds ace, never heard of gel pencil liner before! I currently use Maybelline gel liner but it smudges like crazy, I'd like to think this is nothing to do with my small chinese eyelids, but who am I kidding?! 17.50 sounds worth it for such a nice concept! xx
ReplyDeleteps. I love the way the swatches are drawn over her entire arm, that's dedicated swatching for ya! xx
ReplyDeleteI've always wanted to try these! So glad they are on the permanent line now :) Will have to wait until next payday!
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Can't wait to try them!
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They sound great. I'm lusting after Hunter and Mahogany. I have hooded eyelids also Vivthediv and are hoping they don't smudge.
ReplyDeleteThey are slightly on the expensive side, but I guess when eyeliner is such a staple product of my everyday makeup I'd definitely get every pennies worth out of it. Thanks for the review, I think I'll pick one up after my UD runs out :)
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These look great! I love the packaging! :)
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Can't wait to get my hands on a few of these!!
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the look great, might buy the silver or gold and the plum colour.
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I use the Avon Supershock Gel Liner Pencils and never looked bck or tried another since...these sound really similar, maybe Avons ones are dupes? You should compare them Fleur :) xx
ReplyDeleteI have an eyeliner obsession ... trying not to look at these ;)
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these look so nice! xx
ReplyDeleteThese sound really good. I especially like the sound of the plum one. I do love a bit of bobbi brown :) xx
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these look lovely especially the gold :)
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These look amazing! Might try and pick one up next time i'm near a bobbi brown counter :) xoxo
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I can never find an eyebrow pencil the right consistency! So will definitley be checking these out!
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These look amazing!!
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These look amazing but they are nearly £20 a pop .....:/
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they look so nice would love to try them but they are a bit to expensive :) xx
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Thanks for posting Fleur!! :)
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ooh might just have to try these :)
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Lovely tones, I love dark tones, I love to do intense dark smokey eye! thanks for sharing! take care
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I'll definatly have to pick a couple of theese up! they'll be perfect for doing my makeup in a hurry or everyday use! i love bobbi brown and after being so disapointed about missing the dual ended ones this is great!!
ReplyDeleteThe plum one looks amazing - perfect on green eyes!
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ReplyDeleteThe Black Plum one looks amazing! LOve your blog! :)
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Great post Fleur!
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Great! :)
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I've never used one of the Bobbi Brown pencils cos I'm so in love with my gel eyeliner but I might have to give them a go now! X
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I haaave to have these, they are amazing! xxx
ReplyDeletethought you couldn't get any better than UD 24/7....so I'm very excited about these! Going to purchase Hunter first!
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Cant wait to try these out!! missnixi.blogspot.co.uk :) x
ReplyDeletereally want to try these now !!!! oh dear!!
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