Do not let you down: 16 tools for drawing arrows
Text: Moore Soboleva, chief editor of the blog Fierce & Cute
Pencils, liquid eyeliners, felt-tip pens and cream shadows - our services thousands of products for drawing graphic arrows and soft lines. The past Fashion Weeks once again reminded of the relevance of the arrows: in addition to the timeless classics, color and inventive will come in handy (recall the juicy yellows from the Haider Ackermann show), and cosmic and romantic glitter is good not only for parties (look at the delicate makeup of Marchesa models). If you know how to beautifully and smoothly bring your eyes - consider that you have mastered the lion's share of make-up wisdom. Moore Sobolev made a list of products with which it is really convenient to do, and picked up the most dull colors and textures.
Eyeliner marker of YSL Couture Eye Marker
BLACK TINT
Following the current fashion for wide graphic arrows, many brands have produced multifunctional eye products that are convenient for drawing cat eyes in the style of young Sophia Loren. The novelty YSL fits well in the hand, resembles a school marker and features an interesting tip slice. You can make an ultra-thin arrow with an edge, or you can attach a tip to the eye flat to get a line several millimeters wide. The eyeliner is produced in the only version to match the sixties style - black and matte.
Urban Decay Heavy Metal Glitter Eyeliner
TINT SPANDEX
Urban Decay makes not only great persistent pencils 24/7, which blend perfectly, do not lubricate and do not flow, but also desperate glitter liners Heavy Metal. Although the product with glitter seems to be subject only to the master shooter, in fact it is perhaps the easiest type of eyeliner to use: glitter floats in a transparent base, so it can be easily layered and easily corrected in case of an error. These liners can be worn on their own (most effectively - in several layers), and you can decorate them with a pencil line: both options are good. Urban Decay also proposes to remove the limiter and use Heavy Metal as shadows if you wish.
Shadow Fluid Dior Addict Fluid Shadow
Univers shade
Peter Phillips, the current art director of makeup for Dior, has long loved risky and complex products. A year ago, as part of the autumn collection, he first presented liquid shadows that look like lip gloss in packaging: all six shades from that collection were included in the brand's basic range. They are exclusively pigmented, shimmer and shine, looking equally impressive in the quality of the actual shadows, and in the form of liner. The arrow can be drawn with a native brush (it is flat and evenly cut off) or with a special one designed for this purpose. Bonus - exceptional stamina.
Thimble Sephora Fingertips
Sparkling Gray
The new Sephora is designed for those to whom drawing arrows with a liquid eyeliner still seems alchemy: the tool is made in the shape of a thimble that is put on the index finger. Thus, the felt tip of the liner (quite classic in itself, rather short) becomes like an extension of the hand. It is really comfortable, it looks funny, and the product itself turned out to be excellent: five shades (from classic black to bright blue), a fine tip, good pigmentation and durability.
Nouba Write Blend Eyeliner
Violet Parade
Following Make Up For Ever and Bobbi Brown, the Italian brand Nouba made a multifunctional product: persistent and highly pigmented shadows that can be shaded (only quickly), and can be used as an eyeliner. Of course, no one forbids the use of ordinary cream shades as a liner, but they may not be as stable and bright. The most beautiful shades of Write Blend, bright blue and grassy green, did not reach us, but the Violet Parade (which turns out to be gray-blue for some reason) is also very good. The funds in the jars for many are the easiest to use - you just need to find the right brush. As a rule, the most convenient is flat and sloping: it is easy for her to draw a line and draw a tail of an arrow.
Liner By Terry Liner Designer
Brown Glaze shade
For those who prefer the classic shape of the eyeliner, brands offer a lot of options, among which there are outstanding ones. For example, here is this spinning Liner Designer: it has a comfortable elastic felt tip, rather long, narrowed downwards - you can draw a thin line, but you can draw a wide one. The hue of Brown Glaze, an unusual sparkling brown, due to glitter, graciously refers to small errors of application, but it is necessary to work quickly - the liner is waterproof and dries out almost instantly.
Pencil Estée Lauder Double Wear
Sapphire shade
Estée Lauder’s Double Wear series includes tonal tools, mascara, and these waterproof eyeliners, which last year updated their formula and assortment. They were also quite good before, and now they have become completely different: they do not roll down, they lie down tightly without any friction, the color looks saturated when applied in one layer. At the back end there is a rubberized applicator for feathering: it is more convenient to use a brush, but if necessary, you can also use it. Best of all with these pencils are soft arrows without a claim to graphism.
NYX Vivid Brights Eyeliner
Vivid Blossom
Vivid Brights - this is a classic spinning eyeliner pens, inside which have a thin bendable brush. Successful, accurate, she does not push and does not stick out in the parties; holding the handle is also convenient. The main thing is a variety of beautiful and bright shades. In the assortment, as is often the case with the NYX, you can find colors that are no longer found in the mass market. Among the shades of Vivid Brights - rich scarlet, lime, pink and this beautiful lavender.
Eyeliner marker Shiseido Automatic Fine Liner
shade black
Of the classic eyeliners, the most convenient are usually those that come in the form of felt-tip pens, but instead of a felt tip, they have a thin brush tapering to the tip. It is not clear why they have not yet enslaved the world, but brush applicators do not make so many marks - for example, Clinique, not represented in Russia by Shu Uemura and Kat Von D and Shiseido. The brush at Automatic Fine Liner is thin and docile, and the pigment is fed if you press the button below (there is a risk to be completely smeared with eyeliner, but it is minimized). Alas, there are only two shades - black and brown.
Pencil Chanel Stylo Yeux Waterproof
shade eros
Automatic unscrewing pencils have several advantages over classical ones: they do not need to be sharpened (and if you want a super-thin line, as a rule, a mini-sharpener is hidden in the lower part), they are more resistant and dense. Waterproof Chanel can boast not only of the above: besides, they glide well over the eyelid (sometimes automatic pencils sin with excessive dryness) and are bright, so they do not need to be layered. The shades here are more interesting than in the usual line of the brand: for example, this red Eros from the autumn collection.
Pencil Sisley Phyto Eye-Twist
Khaki Shade
Last year, the prim French brand headed for youth and made fun and successful novelties in the Twist series: twisting lipsticks and the same twisting thick pencils known as jumbo pencils. They are waterproof and can be used as both shade and eyeliner. They will not achieve thin lines and clarity, but this is an ideal product for beginners: with them it is easy to portray any eye makeup in a few seconds. You can even do without a brush and shading them with your fingers, where necessary: pencils are very soft, obedient, and before the pigment grasps, you can do anything with them.
Pencil Lord & Berry Smudgeproof Eye Pencil
Black / Brown shade
Lord & Berry is a Milan professional brand that has existed since 1992, but appeared in Russia only this autumn. As true Milanese, the brand is tightly connected with the fashion industry: the brand participates in Fashion Weeks, produces collections in the colors of the season twice a year and calls itself a “make-up studio”. Smudgeproof is a perennial bestseller: it is one of the most resistant pencils on the market, which even holds on to the inner eyelid. Unlike most soft kayals, Smudgeproof is convenient for drawing sharp graphic lines - they look neat even without feathering.
Pencil WYCON Cosmetics Long Lasting Eyeliner
shade bright silver
WYCON Italians have a huge assortment in which there are a million different products with which to bring eyes - glitters, automatic pencils, and gel liners. But the well-deserved hit - resistant Long Lasting Eyeliner pencils, which are produced not only in traditional colors, but also in fantastic metallic shades. This silver looks like a real liquid metal; moreover, it is applied with one light movement, does not require layering, does not tarnish over time and is also easily washed off.
NARS Unrestricted Eye Stylo
Black Panther
The novelty of the fearless NARS brand is an ultra black eyeliner in two versions, glossy and matte. In fact, this is a classic felt-tip pen with a thin felt tip: NARS has such one for a long time, it is made in four shades. Limited news is good, firstly, a variety of finishes, and secondly, an improved applicator, which American journalists rejoice about: it is thin, soft, comfortable, well bends and allows you to control the resulting line. Resilience is also on top.
Maybelline Master Precise Curvy eyeliner
shade black
The mass market kings are famous for their carcasses, but the tools for the shooters are no less good: soft and resistant Master Drama pencils, Lasting Drama liners, liquid Master Ink, a thin Master Precise marker. The latest addition to the collection is the Master Precise Curvy felt-tip pen with an unusual drop-shaped applicator: it has a wide base and a neat, thin tip that can draw a good tail. The most convenient way is to draw with the edge of the applicator - it is not clear what the secret is, but the arrows are obtained at a time.
Gel eyeliner of Smashbox Photo Angle Pure Pigment Gel Liner
Cocoa shade
Gel liner in the handle with a beveled rubberized tip - an Asian invention, which is perfectly mastered by some American brands: for example, Benefit with their ruler They're Real! and smashbox. Such an airliner is one of the most convenient: the plasticity of a classic eyeliner in a jar here is combined with an applicator that resembles an ordinary beveled brush. Dosing eyeliner is easy by pressing a button on the opposite side. Thin arrows such a thing can not draw, but wide and bright, with perfectly sharp tips - easily.
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