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With options from Victoria Beckham Beauty, Benefit, and more.
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The biggest difference from black is that a chocolatey hue provides a bit more shade versatility.
We evaluate each one’s shade range, formula, app, and wear.
The pencil formula is creamy, easy to blend, highly pigmented, and long-wearing.
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We love this one.
Featuring a precision felt tip applicator, this pick creates serious definition that lasts.
It goes on smoothly, (never skipping during utility) evenly and with excellent color payoff.
Byrdie / Alyssa Kaplan
Once on, it remains budge-proof all day and night.
Reviewers have noted this one can be a bit challenging to sharpen though.
It has an easy-glide precision tip and a quick-dry, waterproof formula.
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Once applied, it’s seriously not going anywhere all dayit even lasts beautifully on the waterline.
The super-creamy texture delivers shockingly vivid color payoff and offers excellent bendability all while remaining waterproof and long-lasting.
However, some reviewers have noted it’s somewhat tricky to sharpen.
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Its highly pigmented, creamy, and velvety gel-based formula is why we love it.
And it comes with an attached brush for seamless blending.
If you like to sport diffused, lived-in liner, this is a great option for you.
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They’re perfect for accentuating with more muted makeup or wearing all on their own to highlight your eyes.
We adore how the shimmery finish catches the light without being chunky or glittery.
It’s easy to apply and blend out and lasts well on the eyelids.
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It’s just not as long-wearing on the waterline.
Enter: Stilas eyeliner.
Plus, its thin marker-like tip makesdrawing even the thinnest of linesa breeze.
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“For a smudged look, use a brush to gently blend and soften the line.
To create further definition, apply one or more layers along the lash line.
Alyssa has been a writer at Byrdie since 2022, where she covers all things beauty.
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