A while back, I watched Lisa Eldrige's (makeup artist) YouTube video of a makeup tutorial on Alexa Chung. It was the look that was created for the campaign of Alexa's Eyeko range. I picked up 2 out of 3 of the Eyeko Me and My Shadow pencils(?) in Chocolate and Taupe, third shade being Charcoal.
I'm always on the look for a fuss free eyeshadow pencil that I can smudge on to my eyelid and walk out of the house. And theres plenty of these pencils on the market. I'm also on the hunt for a perfect taupe shade that DOESN'T turn silver/grey on me.
These twist up pencils come with a flat brush on one side to smudge the product. Its a great concept and it actually works. At first I thought this would be gimmicky, I mean would it actually smudge the product well? And it actually does. And as it's flat, I can build the product on the back of my hand, and dab the brush on to it and line my bottom lash line. However on my lid, I much prefer a rounder eyeshadow brush.
I really like the formula, they blend so easily and they work well on the waterline. So they are quite a soft formula, but not as soft say...like the Rimmel or the Maybelline ones. So you have quite a bit of control to it.
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| Eyeko Me and My Shadow in Chocolate |
On the downside, I'm not that hyped about the actual colour of these. I hoped the brown would be a lot warmer. I bought them based on swatches online. But, on me, it has a greyish tinge. This probably won't happen if I applied it to Nuria, or anyone paler than me. Same with Taupe, it turned very silvery on me. Which is such a shame as I find the formula perfect.
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| Eyeko Me and My Shadow in Taupe |
I bought these on Asos and there's a sale at the moment, so you can pick these up for £10.50 each (RRP £15)
Do you have any eyeshadow pencils I can try?
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