Anti Haul - Eyeliners
Considering I very rarely wear eyeliner, I own far too many to feel comfortable about.
As a teen and in my twenties, winged eyeliner was pretty much my signature look. But I've found that now I'm older, I'm just not favouring this style anymore. And more practically, the more wrinkly my eyelids have gotten over time, the more that eyeliner bleeds - which ends up looking messy and unseemly! Plus - I've completely lost my wing skills in the intervening twenty years!
This is what I'm working with:
Starting total:8
Starting total:8
The moral of this story:
Absolutely no new eyeliners! To be fair, a lot (most) of them came in Beauty Subscription boxes where eyeliner seems to be a guaranteed inclusion and since I've stopped subscribing to any regular Beauty Boxes, I shouldn't end up accruing any more in that way.
De-Cluttering:
I've been trying these out again recently but still haven't regained a love for eyeliner - so some of these have got to go!
* An easy choice was the Tony Moly Liquid Eyeliner - it's far too wieldy to keep neatly in my stash - so that's one off the total. GONE!
* I'm in two minds about the Inglot black gel eyeliner. It's the blackest eyeliner I've ever owned and stays that way all day. It's also very easy to apply with a small eyeliner brush. But the downside is that it takes forever to dry and never fully dries, so I'm often left with transference onto my eyelids, and that's a messy look! It's also the oldest item in this part of my stash. ERM?/KEEP!
* Maybelline - Colossal Kajal - It's a classic soft black kohl liner KEEP!
* Maybelline - Blue Kohl Liner - As the only coloured eye liner in my collection, and something that I reach for occasionally, I think this one can stay. KEEP!
* Eyeko - Eye do Liquid Eyeliner - My most recent acquisition, from a beauty box. Another one I'm in two minds about so I'll keep it for the time being. ERM?/KEEP!
* Sport FX - This is a double-ended kohl liner with very fine pencils. So I have previously used the brown end as an eyebrow definer. However, this has dried out somewhat and drags a bit on the skin, so I think this one can go. GONE!
* Ciate - Fierce Flicks - I like this liquid eyeliner as equally as I like the Kat Von D, so I've decided to keep this too. KEEP!
* Kat Von D - Tattoo Liner - This is a great liquid eyeliner with a fine brush which enables the product to get close to the lash line. It's nice and black, applies easily and doesn't smudge. So this is a keeper. KEEP!
After the cull total: 6
De-Cluttering:
I've been trying these out again recently but still haven't regained a love for eyeliner - so some of these have got to go!
* An easy choice was the Tony Moly Liquid Eyeliner - it's far too wieldy to keep neatly in my stash - so that's one off the total. GONE!
* I'm in two minds about the Inglot black gel eyeliner. It's the blackest eyeliner I've ever owned and stays that way all day. It's also very easy to apply with a small eyeliner brush. But the downside is that it takes forever to dry and never fully dries, so I'm often left with transference onto my eyelids, and that's a messy look! It's also the oldest item in this part of my stash. ERM?/KEEP!
* Maybelline - Colossal Kajal - It's a classic soft black kohl liner KEEP!
* Maybelline - Blue Kohl Liner - As the only coloured eye liner in my collection, and something that I reach for occasionally, I think this one can stay. KEEP!
* Eyeko - Eye do Liquid Eyeliner - My most recent acquisition, from a beauty box. Another one I'm in two minds about so I'll keep it for the time being. ERM?/KEEP!
* Sport FX - This is a double-ended kohl liner with very fine pencils. So I have previously used the brown end as an eyebrow definer. However, this has dried out somewhat and drags a bit on the skin, so I think this one can go. GONE!
* Ciate - Fierce Flicks - I like this liquid eyeliner as equally as I like the Kat Von D, so I've decided to keep this too. KEEP!
* Kat Von D - Tattoo Liner - This is a great liquid eyeliner with a fine brush which enables the product to get close to the lash line. It's nice and black, applies easily and doesn't smudge. So this is a keeper. KEEP!
After the cull total: 6
Not a massive de-clutter! I'm happy to keep one black gel liner (Inglot), I couldn't make up my mind between the liquid/pen eyeliners - so I'm keeping three (Ciate, Eyeko and Kat Von D), and one black kohl pencil in my stash (Maybelline), just in case the mood should take me. Plus I'm happy to have the blue Maybelline Kohl liner hanging around too.
Ideal total: 4
Ideal total: 4
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