Eye Liner Pencil

This morning was one of those crappy starts to the day. Nothing in particular happened, I was just tired, disorganised and therefore running late to catch my train to work. To get to the station on time meant compromising on my usual routine – which I hate and sucks! I also didn’t get to play with my new eye shadow palette – wah.

So, today was a bare basics 5 minute face effort. Not something I’m fond of, but at least it makes me look human enough to get to work, run around the office for a bit before I can whisk myself off to the ladies and get a bit more slap happy!

It was here whilst rummaging around my handbag for products that I rediscovered the humble eye liner pencil. Yep the old school ones – nothing fancy like all the new  creamy ‘crayon’ types. Nope – this was the original Maybelline Expert Eyes Twin Brow & Eye Pencil 

I have no recollection of even purchasing this, nor the last time I’d used it. I’d noticed that in my rush I’d managed to get mascara onto my eye lid......messy makeup aint a classy work look! I wondered how I’d go trying to camoflage it with black liner along my top lash line.......but this pencil is the hard type & not the style I’ve been using for a few years now.

I sharpened it and gave it a whirl, and to my surprise – it worked great! It left a fine line of black definition along my upper eyelashes, and without any effort. I think it was even easier to apply than any of the other pencils I own at home or with using a brush, and gave a fantastic looking result! I think the key is to keep the pencil really sharpened to a point. I know this means using up the product really rapidly – but they’re cheap as chips if you can find them! I’m now going to hunt out some more.

Isn’t it amazing what you find in your handbag when you least expect it.

Does anyone else use these type of pencils anymore and can recommend some other brands to try out? Cheap brands especially!