Make-up Break: Sephora Nano Eyeliner

From the site:

What it is:
A highly pigmented eye pencil.

What it does:
Sephora Brand Nano Eyeliner glides on smoothly and comfortably, creating a lovely line of color. Shea butter and rosemary extracts make this formula soft and easy to work with.

What else you need to know:
Make impact with your eye look—this must-have comes in an amazing range of colors, for va-va-variety!

These little eyeliners are heaven-sent, I swear. My first attempt at eyeliner was with a liquid liner and the results were messy, to say the least. While wandering around Sephora one day, I spotted the Nano. The thing that grabbed my attention was that one of the ingredients is shea butter. In my mind, that automatically registered as smooth, so I was with it. And at $5.00, it wouldn't be a horrible loss if it didn't work. So I bought two, in black and blue jean. The best quality about this eyeliner was instantly obvious: it was super forgiving for a shaky handed novice like myself. The way it glided on felt almost like a crayon, and I was pleasantly surprised at how quickly and easily I was able to line my eyes. Another great thing about this product was the fact that it didn't take much to get the nice little pop of color that I wanted.

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I ended up going back for four more colors. My favorite by far is the Azur Blue. I had the bright idea to cover my lid with it and wearing it like an eyeshadow... loved the result!

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(Note to other brown-skinned beauties: the chocolate eyeliner looks great on your hand, like it'll be a nice alternative for when you want to line your eyes but don't want something as bold as black. WRONG! Save your money. It will look like you have nothing on at all. -_-)

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The other colors I purchased were Wild Spirit (a purple which wasn't as wild as it could have been, in my opinion) and Precious Silver, which I plan to use under eyeshadow (like most people do with NYX Milk--I couldn't find a white) but haven't done yet.

The only bad thing I have to say about this eyeliner is that it smudges a little too easily; I tend to rub my eyes a lot during the day and ended up with liner on my hands. The thing that makes it great makes it a little bit of a hassle too. :-/ But I'm not complaining... too much.

If Sephora wanted my advice, I'd tell them that they should expand their line to include more bright, vivid colors. That's it! I'm going to be on the lookout for more of these little gems.