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| L-R: Elizabeth Violet, Barbarella Brown, Marlene Midnight and Eye Cheat |
Charlotte Tilbury. Where do I begin?
I love Charlotte Tilbury.
Her brand is so chic and beautiful and even though it is expensive, you do get what you pay for.
I feel like she knocks it out of the park in all aspects of her line, from her base, to eyes, to lips to cheeks.
This is the first of my Charlotte Tilbury posts, but let me assure you, there will be many, many more.
I will try to space them out a bit so this blog doesn't turn into a CT fan page.
I have four of the Rock 'N' Kohl eye liners to bring you today, in the shades: Barbarella Brown, Marlene Midnight, Elizabeth Violet and Eye Cheat.
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| L-R: Barbarella Brown, Marlene Midnight, Elizabeth Violet and Eye Cheat |
Barbarella Brown is a dark, rich, chocolate. This is my newest addition and my current favourite.
It applies evenly in one neat swipe and my favourite way to wear it is with a bronzey shadow on the lid and then I smudge this heavily into my lash line to create a hazy, smokey look, but due to the fact that is brown not black, its softer and totally day time appropriate. It also lasts well on the water line.
Marlene Midnight is a dark, dark navy. It really annoys me that I could't get a decent swatch of this. I just couldn't get the lighting to work, but please trust me that this is dark navy not black.
This was my first eye liner and I love it.
I don't really subscribe to the whole 'which colours suit what eye colours' thing, I think you should just wear what colours you like, but genuinely, I love this with my brown eyes.
It makes the whites of my eyes look whiter, clearer and makes my eyes really stand out.
Marlene Midnight looks beautiful and lasts well on the water line, whilst adding some interest as it appears almost black, but then you see these flecks of navy poking through.
Elizabeth Violet is a dark, plummy purple.
This does last very well, but the only thing I would say is that on me, for some reason this doesn't work too well on my water line. On the upper lid I love it and I wear it a lot, but I can't get a proper opaque line on the water line, however, if you wanted that, I could imagine it layering well over the Eye Cheat.
Eye Cheat is a nude colour. This pencil has good staying power on the water line and it's so pigmented you only need one or two swipes.
When you have tired, blood shot eyes, this does a lovely job of neutralising the redness and opening the eyes up.
Bottom Line : These pencils are long lasting, apply very evenly and smoothly.
They smudge well, and when they set (which is fast, so apply to one eye, smudge it, then apply to the next ) they don't move.
They do require quite regular sharpening as they are a creamy formula, but this is where the texture does become a little problematic as its hard to sharpen them to a nice point.
You can see my pencils are looking at bit rough around the edges.
I have tried putting them in the freezer and then sharpening, but I don't want them to dry up and start flaking. I have two sharpeners; CTs own and the Urban Decay one, but if you have any suggestions I would love to know!
Lastly these do suit contact lenses wearers- I am one, and a deal breaker for me is irritating, crumbly eye liners that fog up my lenses. I don't have that problem here.
The Rock 'N' Kohl Eye liners cost £19 and you can pick them up here
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