A particular perk of the job whenever you’re a magnificence editor is attending to strive countless merchandise. It by no means will get previous, though truthfully, it will possibly make you somewhat fickle. I’ve leap-frogged via foundations, moisturisers, mascaras and forehead pencils. However one product I’ve by no means strayed away from, is the £3 liquid eyeliner I picked up in Boots after I was a teen.
From then on, winged liner turned my default and within the (many) years since, I’ve perfected a trusty fast cat-eye that brings me extra magnificence compliments than some other hair or make-up flex.
Many different liquid eyeliners have handed my desk over the last decade I have been doing my job, however regardless of how bougie, hyped, celeb-endorsed or TikTok-approved they have been, I’ve by no means been swayed.
So, let me let you know about my OG favorite and why I adore it. Assortment’s Quick Stroke Eyeliner is a game-changer for the slickest flicks. Slightly than the felt-tip format that many different liquid liners take, this options extra of an ink pot and quill resolution. The weighted lid helps to effortlessly information the liner up, throughout and across the contours of your lash line, then out for a crisp wing. And, because you’re capable of dip the comb out and in of the pot, you will have rather more management over how loaded it’s and – like a mascara wand – you may decant the surplus off on the neck of the pot, to tailor how a lot you apply.
The nib provides unmatched precision and it is much less versatile than others I’ve discovered, so it will not bend and splay, which is the dying knell for non-bulky strains. So, in case you’ve discovered you’ve got by no means actually been capable of get on with the felt tip liners (I depend myself a type of folks), it provides a extra manageable choice, no less than for my ability set.
The pigment is a deep, carbon black that offers beautiful definition and we’ve not even obtained to among the best bits but – the value tag. For lower than £3, Quick Stroke simply stands up in opposition to a few of the most costly and high-profile liquid liners I’ve tried.
So, yep, others have tried, however none have surpassed my beloved Quick Stroke.
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