I had someone write to ask if I knew anything about Shu Uemura Painting Liners. At the time I didn't, but they sounded fun, so I decided to investigate. I ordered the product online in gold, and I wanted to give it a fair shake by using it a couple times before writing a review (hence the delay - sorry, Julie!).
The first time I used the eye liner was to attend a friend's wedding. The liner comes in a pot, and in order to use it properly, you need an eye liner brush. I have Bobbi Brown's Ultra Thin Eye Liner brush that I purchased along with a pot of Bobbi Brown eye liner. I was having an off-night and applying make-up as if it were my first day of junior high school. So when the liner traveled onto my lashes in the evening (even my husband pointed it out, so you know it was a lot of liner on my lashes), I figured it could be user error.
I tried again several days later. I used my ultra thin eye liner brush, but the line I created didn't turn out ultra thin. It was smudgy, and I had eye liner in a lot of places I didn't want it by the time I was finished. Fortunately, by the time I left the bathroom, it had dispersed so evenly all around my entire eye area, that I didn't have to worry about a smudgy line. I just had sparkly gold eyes. I wasn't impressed.
This morning I gave one final go at it. I think I've found a way to make it work. I applied it before my eye shadow (with my liner brush again, and then swept the eye shadow over it, hoping it would keep it in place. In fact, I do have a nice sparkly line around the rims of my eyes, although some of it has traveled to other parts of my general eye area. That isn't a bad thing since I purchased a sparkly gold color, but it would be a bad thing if I had purchased black or brown.
Overall, I don't think it's a terrible product. I just don't think it's a great product. I've been very happy with my Bobbi Brown Gel Eyeliner. With my thin eyeliner brush, I can create a very tiny, straight line. Bobbi Brown does not have the colorful pallette that Shu Uemura has, and her products are not going to be sparkly either. If you are looking for a neutral color, however, I believe that's the way to go. For those of you who want to be a little more daring with your eye liner, I am planning to explore the gel eyeliner option MAC has next week.
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