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If you are a fan of the series, you probably have noticed Project Runway season 5 winner Christian Siriano is out for some sort of world domination. He’s on the fashion runway, he has a shoe collection, and now…he has cosmetics!

Christian Siriano for Victoria’s Secret Makeup Collection is hot, especially the Kajal eyeliner pen. It’s pigment-rich, and has a very Cleopatra  luxe feel. It even has helped me to create the smokey eye look…which I NEVER master!

By the way, now’s a great time to shop. There’s a fabulous VS coupon code: Type in SAVE09 at checkout to save $15 off orders over $100, $30 off $150, $75 off $250, and $150 off $500.

(Offer is good through September 3.)

Please don’t spoil tonight’s episode for me! I’ll watch it this weekend, I promise!

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So, when an eye pencil promises to stay in place for 12 hours, I tend to laugh and disregard.

However, I stand corrected: Estee Lauder’s new Double Wear Stay-in-Place Eye Pencil actually stays on, and looks fresh, all day!

It’s double-ended, so you will find a smudger on one end, color on the other.

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I also LOVE MAC, and their Hello Kitty collection.

So, when they sent me their new Glitter Eyeliner, in several shades to play with, it was like a kid in a candy store.
It’s exactly that – glitter suspended in a gel liquid liner!!!

It’s not crazy-overpowering glitter like some other brands, so you will not look like a club kid gone wild – rather it will help you create a subtle yet playful glitter-line around the lid.

It even comes with its own small precision-line brush!

I have been wearing it all week, and getting tons of compliments – it’s a must-add to your beauty wardrobe!

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shu uemura ‘Shimmer Liquid’ Liquid Eyeliner
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shu uemura
‘Shimmer Liquid’ Liquid Eyeliner

Long-lasting, shimmering liquid eyeliner defines your eyes without creasing or smudging!

I’ve been well-addicted to the MAC Fluidline, a gel liner, since I had gotten my hands on it a few months ago. Loving it for the ease in application and that it’s long-wearing. But there are instances albeit rarely when smudging has been a problem.

Unlike this one from shu, which seems to come in a package that allows you to apply the makeup with its own applicator, the gel liner needs a separate brush. The gel liner’s problem would be if the user is aware of what sort of makeup brush she’ll us that will work best. Though, I wonder if the liquid eyeliner IS easy to put on, applicator and all.

In terms of portability, the liquid eyeliner looks seemingly like a pen which you can shove in your vanity kit with ease. But the downside would be if a child gets a hold of it and mistakenly uses it as one and doodles all over the place! I reckon you’ve got to have a makeup remover handy, just in case. Hehe.

The shu uemura Shimmer Liquid Liquid Eyeliner is priced at $33 over at Nordstrom and is available in black and brown shades.

If any of you beauties have tried the liquid eyeliner, please do let us know what you think and I’d love to hear a personal account.

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Guerlain Terracotta Loose Powder Kohl Liner
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Guerlain
Terracotta Loose Powder Kohl Liner

An exceptionally elegant eye makeup innovation, this ultra fine, loose powder, with a touch of iridescence, can be applied as an eyeliner using the wand applicator or applied as an eyeshadow using the brush.

This baby has my mind reeling. I’m absolutely intrigued! Admittedly, I’m not as familiar to the use of Kohl as I’d want to be, though, I do have a white Kohl pencil that I particularly am fond of. More on that in a later post.

Anyway.

Having come across this elegantly packaged — seemingly like an original container of Middle Eastern Kohls — eyeliner-slash-eyeshadow Kohl cosmetic, I couldn’t help but work on a small feature.

According to Wikipedia, Kohl is known by various names in South Asian languages, like sirma or surma in Punjabi, kajal (Devanagari: काजल, kājal) in Hindi and Urdu, “Katuka” in Telugu, “கண் மை Kan Mai” in Tamil and “Kaadige” in Kannada. In India, it is used by women as a type of eyeliner that is put around the edge of the eyes. Even now in southern rural India, especially in Kerala, women of the household prepare the kajal. This home-made kajal is used even for infants. Local tradition considers it to be a very good coolant for the eyes and believes that it “protects the eyesight and vision”

In my readings, it’s best to make sure that the Kohl you’re purchasing doesn’t contain lead sulfate as certain kohl preparations. We are all aware of the toxicity in lead, yea? And it’s also good to note whether the makeup is simply using the term “Kohl” to describe its shade or colour rather than its actual ingredient or what it is made of.

This brings me to wonder if this Guerlain liner is indeed a “healthy” Kohl or simply labeled as such to describe its shade. Would any of you know? Also, I’d appreciate thoughts on how this baby fares. Is it any good? Is it value for money?

I’ve read some reviews and they say that it’s amazing and versatile. It gives eyes an intense, sultry look. Long wearing, too!

The Terracotta Loose Powder Kohl Liner is available in other shades: Black 1 (deep charcoal black), Brun 2 (golden brown), and Blue 3 (deep teal blue) and is priced at $33 over at Sephora.

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