Winter Blossoms: Review: KATE Quick Eyeliner

(All items reviewed were purchased using my own money, unless stated otherwise.)

Eyeliner is the most important item in my makeup arsenal. (Well, besides concealer.) I started my makeup journey with eyeliner, after watching countless Youtube videos and tutorial websites on how to apply it correctly. They all recommended that beginners start off with pencil eyeliners, but from my own experience, liquid eyeliner (the pen-type ones with felt tips) is my best, and only, choice. It's actually not much different from drawing a line using a Sharpie, lol.

Anyway, back to the topic. I recently purchased the KATE Quick Eyeliner pen in BR-1, which is a "natural brown" shade. I've always wanted to try brown eyeliner, but not many liquid pen types come in that colour, and those that do are quite pricey. This was on sale at Watsons (RM 26.90; usual price RM 38.00), so in it went into the shopping basket. :P

Well, as I've just mentioned, my preferred type of eyeliners are the liquid felt-tip pen type, so this one fit the bill perfectly. It is much thicker than the Empro, Dolly Wink or Maybelline ones though, so you can't really draw superfine lines. >_

Top: fine line; bottom: thicker line.

As for the shade and intensity, well, it was kind of disappointing, to say the least. :( The swatch above is at least 3 strokes layered over each other, so that the brown colour is more visible. One stroke only yields a light, watery brown line. The colour tends to feather/bleed into the surrounding skin, as you can see on the back of my hand. It does get darker after a while though, but to me it is still a let down.

On my upper lashline, it somehow appears more of a burgundy/burnt umber shade, rather than natural brown. Maybe because in contrast with naturally black lashes? =/ I guess brown just isn't my colour, so I'll have to stick with the usual black eyeliner. ^^" Nevertheless, I think brown eyeliner would be perfect for people who have fairer skin tones and/or lighter-coloured lashes, which would provide a more natural look. :)

✓ Pros: Convenient pen-type liquid eyeliner, brown colour for a more natural look. 
✗ Cons: Shade is light and watery, colour will bleed/feather slightly, felt tip is big - not suitable to draw fine lines.