It might have been last year that I suddenly decided to jump on the white eyeliner bandwagon. After all, who doesn’t want brighter, fresher looking peepers?
This was a purchase that seemed like a good idea at the time, but in the end I use it for a different purpose than what I originally bought it for, which kind of defeats the purpose of having bought it, but at least I found another use for it.
The very first thing I noticed about it is that it is super creamy. Like, really. So while you can use it to highlight the browbone and it will blend really well, leaving a gorgeous sheen, you also lose a ton whenever you go to sharpen it. That is one reason I do not use it often. I’m not in a hurry to finish it when it was so expensive (as Shu Uemura products tend to be).
The creamy texture I find, makes it very unsuitable for the waterline, which is why I actually bought it in the first place – I wanted to take out redness from that area and the trend for white on the waterline or just below it comes around every few months or so. However, this eyeliner applies really patchily (on me at any rate) so it is quite useless on the waterline, and even to use just under the bottom lashes, the end result is not very pretty.
So what do I use it for then? I find it works best as a brow highlight. Just a few strokes of product and then blend with your finger, and it leaves quite a beautiful sheen. On the tear duct area it doesn’t work quite as well, but I do apply it there sometimes too.
I will most definitely not be repurchasing this item. Do I regret buying it? Well, yes, a little. But then again if I hadn’t bought it then I would never have known, and now I do. As far as I’m concerned, eyeliner pencils don’t need to be expensive. Drugstore ones are perfectly fine, and that leaves me with more pennies to spend on other products where I do think they’re worth the price.
I hope this review helped. I would love to hear your experiences of Shu Uemura pencils if you have tried them before, or, if you are a fan of the white eyeliner look, I’d love to know what products you use to achieve it.
Hoping all of your beautiful people are having truly wonderful summer hols!
Chuuu xoxo
Here it is with its top off – pardon my French.
Sorry so blurry – a nice close up was not meant to be *sigh*
You can see visible glitter particles – perhaps part of the reason for such patchy application.
Blended out however, it gives a nice sheen.
Too bad it didn’t work out. I’m actually intrigued by the sheen it leaves. I would definitely use it as a highlighter too. I think I will check it out on my next trip to a cosmetic counter.
It is a shame it doesn’t do what I wanted it to, but it is such a pretty highlighter 🙂 I’d love to know your thoughts about it when you try it out 😀 xxx
Omg this is an inner corner must! 😀 xx
It’s worth checking out at your nearest counter 🙂 xxx
I’ve never used anything Shu, but I like how you found another way to use it up when it didn’t work for the intended purpose : ))
Ha ha, at that price I didn’t have a choice 😉
I do like their Face Architect Foundation – it is so much cheaper here than most of the other high end brands actually, it might be the cheapest xxx
I agree -drug store eye pencils work just fine! I prefer to spend my money on skin care and tricky things like foundation. I do like the idea of using it as a brow highlighter pencil, though! I have a jumbo eye pencil in white that I use for highlighting my cheekbones. 🙂
Ooh on your cheekbones! That sounds like a great idea! But mine is just a wee one, ha ha.
Drugstore eye pencils rule 🙂 Especially when they’re really creamy and you lose a lot of the product when you sharpen them 😀
Great review! I have the same problem with a lot of eyeliner as my peepers are super sensitive. Glad to know you found an alternative use to it! 🙂 – Lena
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Thank you 😀
Yes, me too! I would have been so upset if I couldn’t use it! Shu products are not cheap xx
Aw, this stinks it didn’t work out! I hate getting expensive products and they don’t work out. =( At least you can use it for highlighting still!! I heard nude liner is also good for the waterline and for making eyes look brighter, have you tried that? Just wondering! Definitely get it from the drugstore and not Shu uemura! However, lucky you that you get access to their mascaras and the holy grail eyelash curler!! ❤
It is pretty lucky 😀
Their eyelash curler is super cheap here! 1,200 yen normally, but I’ve seen it on sale in drugstores for around 800 yen! 😉 I should start exporting them 🙂
Hi, pen pal!!! ❤ LOL!! jk! WOW! That's so cool. You should!! Haha. It would def be a nice side business if you ever needed one! ha! Let me know if that ever happens. =) I hope you are doing well in your side of the world!!
Thank you for your sweet comment, Christina 🙂 I needed it today. Hope things are beautiful where you are too! xxx