Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Lip Pencil 1993, Bittersweet, and Bad Blood Swatches and Review

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Hope you all are well :)

You might remember that recently I reviewed one of the Urban Decay Matte Revolution lipsticks, well now the company have released liners to match! A fantastic idea and will be very helpful to those of you out there that have trouble matching up lipliners to lipsticks. Lip products come in different shades, tones and textures so it can be a tricky one to figure out. Urban Decay have now made that process simpler, all you have to do is simply select a shade of lip liner and then locate the matte revolution lipstick with the same name and you're good to go!

The 24/7 Glide-On Lip Pencils come in 16 different shades and I have three of them in my collection so today I'm going to give you my two cents on Urban Decays latest releases.

First up we have Bad Blood. This is a gorgeous deep red shade that sets to a matte finish.

Bad Blood Swatch

Next up we have Bittersweet. This is a vibrant fushia shade that has a cool undertone and sets to a matte finish.

Bittersweet Swatch

Finally then I have the shade 1993, which I can imagine is going to be extremely popular. 1993 is a medium brown shade that also sets to a matte finish.

1993 swatch

Application 

1993 just applied 2pm

1993 end of day 10.30pm

1993 just applied 2pm

1993 end of day 10.30pm

Bittersweet just applied 2pm

Bittersweet end of day 10.30pm

Bittersweet just applied 2pm

Bittersweet end of day 10.30pm

Bad Blood just applied 2pm

Bad Blood end of day 10.30pm

Urban Decay describe these pencils as creamy liners and they are just that. The pencils are soft and creamy making them glide onto the lips very easily, they don't pull or drag across the lips. However while they are soft, they aren't too soft that they crumble up on the lips. You can still get a nice sharp and defined lip line using these pencils. All of the pencils that I own set to a matte finish. As my lips are usually quite dry, it is more so evident that my lips are dry and cracked when I wear these lip liners. It isn't noticeable when I'm smiling or talking but when I'm resting my face it is more evident, as you can see from this photo below.

If you have dry lips like myself and you want to wear the lip liner on its own I would suggest to really prep the lips beforehand, this will ensure a nice smooth and even appearance. While my lips are dry I didn't find that the lip liners added to that, they didn't dry my lips out further and they weren't uncomfortable to wear. If you are wearing the lip liner on its own your lips will feel a little tacky but its nothing major. To eliminate the tacky feeling I add a very light dusting of translucent powder. This sets the liner in place and takes down the sticky feeling but it doesn't alter the colour of the product.

The lip liners are very pigmented and are long lasting so they can be worn on there own or as a base for another lip product. From the application photos you can see that all three lip liners performed more or less as well as each other. Bad blood perhaps performed a little better than the other two, only slightly. The colour didn't fade as much during the day as the other two shades but a little more product lifted from the centre of my lip. I tested them all for a period of eight and a half hours each because Urban Decay state they have an eight hour wear time. With eating and drinking throughout the day all of the lip liners only wore down in the centre of the lips, which isn't too shabby in my opinion. The lip liners stayed pretty much in tact until the six hour mark with some fading of colour throughout the day. After the six hour mark the liner started to flake and fade off completely in the centre of my lips. As my photos are extreme close ups it is very noticeable that the lip liner has worn in the centre of my lips but if we were having a conversation in person it isn't overly obvious. 

I tested out the lip liners as a base to see how they would perform and I wasn't disappointed. As I only own one of the Matte Revolution lipsticks and its not a shade that matches any of my lip liners I tested the lip liners with lipsticks from other brands first. They lasted on the lips for the full eight hours with just some fading to the colour, I wasn't left with a patchy appearance to my lips. I was curious then to see how the Matte Revolution lipstick would perform with the lip liner so I paired my shade 'After Dark' with the 'Bad Blood' lip liner. It didn't matter that the colours differed slightly because I was applying one on top of the other. Like with the other lipsticks, the colour of the lipstick had faded at the end of the day but I didn't have any product missing from the centre of my lips like I did when I wore the lip liner on its own.

Either way I'm extremely pleased with how the lip liners perform both on their own and as a base. On there own they don't live up to Urban Decays eight hour claim but six hours is good enough for me. I enjoy them more so when paired with a lipstick on top, the products last longer! 

I'm equally as impressed with the 24-7 Glide-On Pencils as I am with the Matte Revolution lipstick, I'm really looking forward to picking up more from the range especially a matching pair!

The Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Lip Pencils retail at €18.50 and are available from Debenhams online and instore. For a direct link you can click here.

Until next time!

Eimear x

Big, Bold, Beautiful Brows!

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Hope you all are well :)

Brows, Brows, Brows.

They are everywhere lately aren't they?

Whether they are in the media or drawn badly on someones face..brows are e everywhere lately.

Personally I adore the bold brow trend I find that defined brows give you a more youthful appearance and they do really frame your face, its so important to fill them in! Tending to your eyebrows can even be something as simple as applying a tinted brow gel, I think at least adding something to the eyebrows make the world of difference!

I am constantly asked questions about my eyebrows, whether it be:

Are they HD brows?

Do you pluck/wax them yourself?

What products do you use?

How do I define them?

The list of questions is quite frankly...endless!

Up until my last tutorial, for months I had been filling in my eyebrows using an eyebrow pencil. It was only until I posted my latest tutorial that they questions came flooding in. I received so many requests to do an updated brow routine to show you ladies and gents how to achieve "The Perfect Brows".

They are not perfect by all means in my books, sometimes I prefer it that way. 

Your eyebrows are sisters, not twins so it does not matter if they aren't exactly the same..it looks a lot more natural that way!

Years ago I got a bit "Tweezer Happy" and plucked the fast majority of my eyebrows off, I literally had two little lines for eyebrows..but hey! I thought they looked good at the time. Luckily, my eyebrows grew back.

This is how my eyebrows look now, before any product is applied.

Before

Sparse, Shapeless and Undefined! 

After

HD Appearance, Full, Defined!

Lately I have gone back to my trusty old Nyx Eyebrow Kit for Brunettes, I have already reviewed it so you can check that out here.

I won't go into too much detail as all the info you need is in the tutorial and the blog post, but this kit is brilliant! Its fool proof and it even comes with eyebrow stencils. As I am a bit of a klutz...unfortunately I hoovered up my stencils and that was the end of that! No worries though, I still get great use out of the kit :)

If you want to see the transition from before to after, just click on the play button below!

Thanks for tuning in guys!

See you in my next tutorial :)

Eimear x

Nyx Retractable Lip liner MPL16 Plum

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Hope you all are well :)

This is my fourth and last review as part of the Nyx Vlogger of the Month.

 I hope you all have found the reviews and tutorials helpful so far!

Today I have a lip liner review for you all :)

When it comes to lips I love anything from nicely nudes to very dark plums that appear almost black on the lips. 

I'm a sucker for a vampy lip!...see what I did there? ;)

I was torn between this gorgeous plum lip liner and the bold black liner.

In the end I decided I would get more use out of the plum lip liner, I find a black eye liner works well on the lips so I have no need for a black lip liner.

I love the fact that the lip liner is retractable.

 When it comes to pairing lip liners and eye liners it kills me how much product is wasted in the pairings. 

To the extent that I have actually started to depot some of my liners such as the jumbo pencils from Nyx. Its quite easily done and you really are getting the best value for your money I find!

As you can see from the swatch above the liner is very pigmented. 

The other thing I noticed was that the swatch on the website and the swatch that I did myself were basically identical. I was so delighted that the swatch on the website was as true to life as could be because that is not always the case with swatches on companies websites.

Bravo Nyx!

And finally here is what the liner looks like on the lips. 

Currently my lips are quite dry due to the fantastic Irish weather, so I always opt for a lipstick which is quite moisturising to apply over top opposed to a matte lipstick. A matte lipstick will tend to sink into every crack and crevice in your lips and unfortunately emphasise the dryness even more.

For the purpose of the review I just have the lip liner on my lips in the picture above :)

I have been using a matte eyeshadow in a similar colour to the lip liner opposed to a lipstick over the liner. Personally I have found that it actually lasts longer than your average lipstick, that maybe one to try out lades and gents!

This lip liner retails at just £4.00 and can be purchased from

http://www.nyxcosmeticsstore.co.uk

Yet again, we have another bargain buy :)

Thanks for tuning in everyone!

Talk soon,

Eimear x