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Eyeko Skinny Liquid EyeLiner Review (Free With Instyle Magazine)

June 8, 2016 by Zoe-Lee Skelton

I can’t believe how awesome some of the magazine freebies are these days. They’re mostly full-sized beauty items – and they’re not cheap either.

I recently bought InStyle magazine because of the free Eyeko Skinny Eyeliner. I live in thick black eyeliner. I’ll probably be buried wearing eyeliner so this was a magazine freebie not to be missed.

But before I parted with my cash,  a quick Google search told me that Eyeko products aren’t tested on animals and the brand as a whole “are against animal testing”. And this product in particular is vegan friendly. I didn’t need anymore convincing.

eyeko make up

When I took the cap off I was thrilled to see a thick nib. I cannot stand those spindly applicator brushes as it’s impossible to draw a straight line across your eyelid. This is why I’ve been a die hard fan of Barrie M’s liquid eyeliner for years, but I’m starting to find that it isn’t as long wearing as it once was.

drawn eyeliner

The application

The application of the Eyeko’s liner goes on smoothly over the top of my eye shadow and the thick nib makes it incredibly easy to draw my preferred “Amy Winehouse style” flick.

closed eyes fresh make up

I’m pretty impressed with the precision and the control I’ve achieved first time.

close eyes sideways

I’m not one to spend ages on my face in the morning, so including applying my moisturiser, powder, eye shadow and eyeliner, I had barely passed the five minute mark. So far so good.

The eight hour test

I don’t re-apply my make up throughout the day, nor can I be bothered to wear make up that needs to be reapplied so if an eyeliner can mostly stay put, I’m impressed. Here’s what my eyes looked like after a full day’s work:

after 9 hours

You can see that it has transferred to the lids but the structure of the line is in tact with some vibrancy. Therefore I would agree that it is a long wearing liquid liner. It hasn’t smudged as much as the cheaper brands.

full fake with make up

Overall, I’m really pleased with Eyeko’s liquid eyeliner. I’ve actually been using this everyday since I first tried it and my Barry M liner has fallen to the bottom of my make up bag which usually means it has fallen out of favour with me.

This product currently retails at £12.00 – double the price of what I usually pay for Barry M. But I’m willing to spend more because the quality and precision outweighs what I normally use.

So if it wasn’t for my current magazine addiction, I would have never been introduced to this brand. Spending £4.99 to receive a full-sized product which usually retails at £12.00 was definitely worth it.

*I bought InStyle myself and all opinions are my own.

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  1. Erin MacNeil says

    June 8, 2016 at 9:56 pm

    I hadn’t heard of that brand before! The liner looks great, especially the staying power of it. A full day at work can do serious damage to eye makeup 😉 I can’t believe you got a full size as a magazine sample! Last time I got a magazine with a sample of any kind was just one of those perfume inserts. I wonder if we just don’t do them here, haha.

    Erin
    http://sexycardi.blogspot.ca

    • Zoe-Lee says

      June 9, 2016 at 8:14 am

      Hey Erin, where are you based? The freebies in the UK have got a lot better over the last ten years. I was so impressed with this.

      Zoe-Lee x

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