Wet n Wild Mega Liner (Black) Review

This was probably one of my "ugly relationship" where love and hate can occurs at the same time!

I got this product sometime back when I was hauling from Nonpareil Boutique.


Here's the promo pic that is randomly taken from the web.



They have many more pretty colors for this liner.

Please see one of the swatches from Make up Alley.

The Turquoise one looks fab here!

However, I only got the black one. =)

Here's the actual product.


What attracts me to try out this liner is not only because of its price, but also this:-


The descriptions on the box.


But do you know that this liner is also very tiny?!

The product picture looks normal but the actual size of this is tiny! So cute! =)

And here's the felt-tip liner.


Product description:

Make a statement! Create a thin line for a subtle yet distinctive look. Or sweep on bolder strokes to lay on the drama. Available in a variety of shades to complement every eye color and skin tone.

The product details:

Fast drying, smudge-proof color

Glides on smooth
Create a thin line for a subtle look or thick line for more drama
Brush applicator
Be the girl with the eyes. Create dramatic eye emphasis in a single stroke. This long-wearing, quick drying formula applies smoothly and evenly for instantly bigger and bolder eyes.

Not tested on animals

Made in China

Product size: $2.99/0.12 oz; Or you can get this from Nonpareil Boutique

My thoughts:
Before I tell you about my own thoughts, let me show you a little experiment that I've done.


See how easy it smudges?
I'm not sure about the reviews from Make Up Alley but for me, I would have rate only ONE star for this because of it's cuteness. =)

Frankly speaking, this Mega Liner smudges pretty badly on me. Not only it's not waterproof, the staying power isn't as great as well. The liner only stays on about 30 minutes or so on me. Or maybe I have oily lids and a pair of teary eyes. Also, this liner takes quite a while to dry off too.

On the bright side, the liner glides on very smoothly and the felt tip didn't felt "pokey" as well. Too bad the formula doesn't work for me, if not I would have stock them up for their the turquoise ones. =)

Overall, if you don't have oily lids like me, maybe you could try them as well since it's less than $3 bucks. =) Please also let me know if you felt otherwise. (I hope I don't break too many hearts for this one) =\

Coastal Scents Gel Liner & White Angled Liner Brush

Gong Xi Fatt Choy People!!

I hope your CNY hols was a blast! :D


Looks familiar? Yeah, its from Coastal Scents.

I got one myself sometime back ago, and the color I got was Indigo Blue.

And I thought I wouldn't like it since it looks very creamy from the vloggers review. My my, I was wrong! I am loving this as much as I love my Bobbi Brown's gel liner.



My indigo blue just doesn't look any blue here. Much more of a very dark bluish-purple color. I like!


Indigo Blue gel liner on my eye! Excuse the sleepy-eye shot. :P


And again...



Squinting the eye so that the real color shows up! XP



Oh, before I forgets, their white angled liner brush does its job just well too!


The bristles may look a little annoying (a lil' too soft and a little "hay-wired" bristles..), but it works pretty well with their gel liner though.





Overall reviews:
I loved it! And best of it, the price of the gel is super affordable. And you can get a few jars of it compared to you get only ONE from Bobbi Brown. :P Also, it DOES NOT SMUDGE! *Yay!!* I did put on this when I went for my dancing class, and the liner was still staying there nicely (I applied TFSI as base at that time).

However, I do noticed the inconsistency of the gel liners. Colors such as Indigo Blue and True Black works fine as a liner but from the other colors (ie. Grape Vine), their texture was even creamier which works much better as an eye base. Good ol' Multi-use liners. =P

Price: $6.95/ea (about RM25.72 itself)
* CS ships worldwide yo!*

Size: 3g/0.11oz

Overall rating:

* almost my HG but I'm still loyal to my BB gel liners =P*

Gel Liner Ingredients:

Isododecane, Polyethylene, Trimethylsilocysilicate, Cyclomethicone, Ozokerite, Ploymethylsilsesquioxane, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Quaternium-18 Hectorite, Propylene Carbonate, Phenyl Trimethicone, Tocopheryl Acetate, Lecithin, Propylparaben, BHT. May contain: Mica and Titanium Dioxide, Iron Oxides, Ferric Ammonium Ferrocyanide, Ultramarine Blue, Ca Lake, FD&C Blue No.1 Al Lake, D&C Black No.2.

The Battle of Cosmetics : Stage vs. MAC

Have you seen or been to Stage lately?

Penang Queensbay Mall: Stage Cosmetics (next to Loccitane/Haagen Dazz)


Interesting huh?

It reminds me of someone... that I used to donate my money to.



Well, I went in twice to Stage, and there are some interesting stuffs I've found there.

Stage's exterior/outlook is similar to our beloved MAC Cosmetics. Let's do a comparison exercise here. Do I smell WAR now?

Stage Cosmetics vs MAC Cosmetics

1. Stage paint their whole shop in black where as MAC does their renovation lately this year and their shop interior is in white with black pillars.
2. Just look at their name, both also have "Cosmetics" in their website link. MACCOSMETICS.com and Stage-cosmetics.com.
3. Just look at their paperplastic bags below. Same design-wor. I wonder who is the copy-cat here.
   

Posterior design

Noticed the website link on both plastic bags (Try to look harder in MACs' and you'll see it).

The Stage MUA told me that Stage cosmetics is made for export market. Manufactured in Malaysia, that is. Just like Silkygirl.

So, I went on and test some random eyeshadows and eyeliners, but I must say I am not impressed with the eyeshadow quality.

I'm sorry for the quality of this (my camera emo-ing at me).

But anyway, the quality of eyeshadows is not good. FYI, their eyeshadow cost RM45 EACH.

Dark colors such as dark blue (top left in the pic) has a better color payoff than the lighter ones. But the staying power is not good. And I feel the eyeshadow and blusher's texture are too powdery. -_-

The Stage MUA did however recommended me the liners and their cream foundation.

Pencil liners are quite limited in color, they have 2 types of greens, 1 dark blue (above), 1 brown, 1 black and 1 white.

Their liquid liners have only 2 colors if I remembered correctly. The liquid tip is unlike MAC's pen type, though. Quite lasting too! But for a shakey-handed like me, I got myself a green pencil liner (greenish-bluey color).

Anyway, their product packaging has quite the same style as MAC's but different shapes and sizes though.

One is Stage Pencil and the other is MAC's technakohl (retractable) liner.




As for the color swatches, I've made a few comparision between some of my colour pencils.
Could you guess which is which?


Answers:
1. Silkygirl
2. Stage
3. MAC
4. Make Up Forever

On my naked eye :)


Ok, now my review for this:-

• The liner glides really well on my lids despite of its creamy texture.

• The texture is quite similar to MAC + Silkygirl's pencils.

• The liner is also waterproof (claims by the MUA), but it does smudge a little bit at the end of the day. If you apply loose powder upon your liner application, it stays on quite well, which it impressed me unlike their eyeshadows.

Price: RM45

Cons: Very limited colours

Overall Rating:


Aside from the liners and eyeshadow colors, the MUA also introduced me their two of their "must have" brushes (Kabuki & Powder Brush).
Their KABUKI brush is so soft! and it cost RM140 (if I remember correctly).
Their Powder brush fur is similar to the Kabuki's which is RM135.

Both are synthetic brushes, and a slight cheaper alternative compared to MAC.

The MUA also informed me that they will be ushering some eyeshadow palletes with blusher colors soon. So what are you waiting for?