Who says lips get to have all the summer fun? When Rimmel Eyeful Eye Glistener eye pencils ($7) smooth onto eyelids, they leave behind a colorful shine like lipgloss for your eyes. 🙂
Use ’em as either shadows/liners for 1) a transparent wash of glossy, creamy color on your lids; or 2) build them up for a punch of pigmented color like in these swatches here…
From the left on NC35 skin: Straight Laced, Stand Out, Girls Only! and Flaunt
And here on NW20 skin
How about staying power? — will they party from dusk till dawn? Well, not without some extra help. They remain moist and creamy on the lids well after they’ve been applied and feel like they never fully dry. That also may be why they migrate and move around throughout the day. To extend how long they last on my eyes, I apply them on a layer of primer, then pat a powder shadow on top. I tried that with Urban Decay Eden and Rimmel Glam Eyes Mono Shadow and liked how things turned out.
They’re available now for $7 each in Straight Laced (a shimmery purple), Stand Out (a shimmery green with glitter), Girls Only! (an iridescent, peachy golden pink), Flaunt (a shimmery bronze) and Talk to Me (a shimmery blue) at drugstores and RimmelLondon.com.
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
P.S. [BIG YAWN] What a nice day, huh? Too bad every day can’t be a Saturday. I went to a movie to beat the heat, but it wasn’t a totally relaxing experience. One word: Splice. Don’t see it unless you’re cool with having your mind blown!
How was your day? Did you do anything fun?
Mariah says
June 12th, 2010 at 11:45 pmThese are always so pretty, and I’ve seen the ones they’ve made before, but sadly, even dry stuff creases on me! Glossy just isn’t going to happen! Ahh well
Karen says
June 13th, 2010 at 10:01 amHi Mariah,
You never know… skin changes as you get older. You might be able to wear stuff that you weren’t able to before!
Agnes says
June 13th, 2010 at 12:50 amthose look really pretty! but im afraid to use them on my oily lids 🙁 what do you think? suitable for us oily/ combination girls?
i love saturdays 🙂 the only day of rest all week! i attended “driven” today, an autoshow which had guest performances from some amazing youtubers such as victor kim, lydia paek, timothydelaghetto etc etc! 🙂 super fun!
.-= Agnes’s last blog post… My Beauty Diary Masks ♥ =-.
Karen says
June 13th, 2010 at 10:00 amHi Agnes,
If your lids are very oily then you might need some reinforcements. Definitely wear a good primer underneath… if you don’t want to change the color, you could try setting it with a transparent power to keep it put.
How was the auto show? One of my good friends is into cars and he was always trying to get me to go to those things!
Jessica says
June 13th, 2010 at 3:47 amI’m an oily lidded girl too (painfully dry skin and oily lids…how???) and the thought of putting gloss on my eyes just makes me cringe a little.
Also, I think the red might make me look like I have a wicked infection haha!
Karen says
June 13th, 2010 at 9:57 amI get that way with some colors too, especially reddish purples!
Mica says
June 13th, 2010 at 5:43 amI love these pencils and just rediscovered them in my stash last week! I have oily lids, but they stay on OK when applied over UD primer. There was some creasing by the evening – after 12 hours, but not nearly as much as I would have expected. I have the green and the purple one. The purple one is lovely and very subtle. The green one has kind of large sparkles and is not the most work appropriate color. Of course I didn’t realize it had sparkles and didn’t have time to redo my eyes…
Karen says
June 13th, 2010 at 9:57 amHi Mica,
Oh, I love the purple shade! The green one is fun… if I was younger and worked in a creative environment I’d so rock it in a hawt second during the daytime. 🙂
Tiffany says
June 13th, 2010 at 5:50 amOooh, I want to see that movie, too! I’ll probably catch it on netflix when it comes out on dvd.
Omigosh, I found the Rimmel Glam Eyes Mono shadows at wally world for $2.47 yesterday! What a bargain! I grabbed two!
Karen says
June 13th, 2010 at 9:56 amOHMAHGAWD seriously, don’t watch it. I am still feeling the effects of the trauma…
And hello, you got a majorly good deal for those shadows! Which colors did you get?
Tiffany says
June 13th, 2010 at 9:59 amoh really, I should skip it? I guess I was thinking you meant your mind was blown in a good way, lol!
I got the bronze and the gray!
Karen says
June 13th, 2010 at 10:02 amNot necessarily, LOL! It wasn’t good and it wasn’t bad… it was just really uncomfortable.
Ooh, the bronze and gray shades are my faves. 🙂
Tiffany says
June 13th, 2010 at 10:05 amDid you ever see district 9? I couldn’t even get through it because I was weirded out.
You should do a look with the bronze or gray shade so I can copy the look!
Karen says
June 13th, 2010 at 10:15 amI did! If District 9 bugged (ha!) you, then Splice may launch you into therapy. Seriously, don’t go there!
Hmm, I just might have to bust out my shadows now…
Tiffany says
June 13th, 2010 at 10:22 amthanks for the warning! I couldn’t even pinpoint why that movie bothered me, I just felt weirded out and didn’t want to finish watching! I am really more into light, fluffy comedies or chick flicks. speaking of which, did you ever see SATC 2? you may have mentioned it in a post, I don’t remember…. anyway I was way disappointed in it 🙁
Karen says
June 13th, 2010 at 10:33 amI watched it and was really disappointed. I felt like the characters were mistreated by the writers — their actions and the dialogue felt forced, like somebody was just writing the script to get it done.
And just so many of the scenes were JUST SO DUMB!
What did you think of it?
Tiffany says
June 13th, 2010 at 10:40 amI agree completely! Luckily I saw it with a friend at the drive-in so we could rant about it while we watched it 🙂 I was like, who the heck wrote this script?! Not to mention the constant, over-the-top stereotypes…
Jenna says
June 13th, 2010 at 6:08 amWho is the NW20 model you occasionally use? El Hub?
Karen says
June 13th, 2010 at 9:55 amHa ha ha, let’s just say it’s not Tabs!!
Marce says
June 13th, 2010 at 7:26 amHi Karen! Long time no see! I-m taking advantage of the not too busy morning at work to say hi!
Rimmel is launching some lovely products, I like the look of these! I wish they stayed put for a bit longer though…
Karen says
June 13th, 2010 at 9:54 amHi Marce,
Hellooo! How have you been? It sounds like work is keeping you busy.
Ashley Nicole says
June 13th, 2010 at 8:09 amLooks like a good product to try! I see alot of people talking about crease issues- which i experience too! But I find that is I apply tho the inner corners of my eyes I get great long wear, no creases and pops of colour coming from my inner eye! Love the post thanks for introducing me to the product I must try it 🙂
.-= Ashley Nicole’s last blog post… MAC to the Beach Looks from MAC Cosmetics.com =-.
Karen says
June 13th, 2010 at 9:54 amHi Ashley Nicole,
That’s a great idea. Also, do you use a base?
Ashley Nicole says
June 13th, 2010 at 3:16 pmyes I use a base on the whole lid area.
Nina says
June 13th, 2010 at 8:25 amThe preview of Splice scared the life outta me! 😀
Im liking those pencils, esp Flaunt and Straight Laced. Would be perfect with my everyday neutral eye! 🙂
Karen says
June 13th, 2010 at 8:35 amI will never be the same after watching that movie. There are things that you wish you could but can’t un-see… and Splice is one of them!
Nina says
June 13th, 2010 at 3:08 pmThank you for the warning. The Hubs has been making noises about watching it but I said NO!
We ended up going to a mexican place for lunch and then on to Borders instead!
Caity says
June 13th, 2010 at 9:38 amI LOVE that you included a swatch on NW20 skin! Very helpful to us pale girls!
Karen says
June 13th, 2010 at 9:53 amGlad you found it helpful, Caity!
Glosslizard says
June 13th, 2010 at 9:50 amVery pretty! I’m going to have to pick some up to play around with! Rimmel is so cool, I picked up the Sparkling Bronze shadow single yesterday and it was just perfect for the look I wanted! Yay for cheap and easy makeup! 😛
Karen says
June 13th, 2010 at 9:53 amOh, I love Sparkling Bronze. What did you wear it with?
scarlettholly says
June 13th, 2010 at 10:59 amGlossy eyes is my all time favorite summer look!! I have to try these out next time I’m in a drugstore. Thanks for the heads up! 🙂
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Karen B says
June 13th, 2010 at 11:04 amThanks so much for the swatch on NW20 skin, very helpful 🙂
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gio says
June 13th, 2010 at 12:32 pmRimmel is a brand I often overlook but I need to pay more attention to it when I shop, they are coming out with some great stuff lately. I need to get this pencil in Flaunt, it’s such a beautiful color!
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amy says
June 13th, 2010 at 12:54 pmStandout is gorgeous and I like that it is a cheaper alternative to U/D 24/7 liners.
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Jackie says
June 13th, 2010 at 3:43 pmI’ve been dying to try these out! Maybe I’ll pick one up during my next Target trip =)
.-= Jackie’s last blog post… A Liquid Highlighter Comparison =-.
makeup morsels says
June 13th, 2010 at 6:04 pmI have a feeling these won’t last 30 minutes on me even with those tips, but sooo shimmery and pretty!
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Krystal says
June 14th, 2010 at 12:06 amI bought a couple a while back (Stand Out and Talk to Me), but they crease like crazy on me, even with primer and powder. I usually just use them on my lower lids. But they are really gorgeous at first application.
Kim says
June 14th, 2010 at 6:33 amI’m so excited about the NW20 swatches too! Awesome idea!! 🙂
Steph says
June 14th, 2010 at 10:33 amI have Straight laced, and I use it as a base/primer instead of full color because even with a primer below it I find it settles into my crease. So I take the color and smooth it very lightly over my whole eye, like I would a primer. Then I put color over it. doing that makes the color pop more.
Phyrra says
June 14th, 2010 at 11:30 amThese are cute!
Molly says
June 21st, 2010 at 6:50 pmI love these! I’ve had Talk to Me for a while and use it constantly. I just bought Girls Only today and used it as an emergency lipstick… gorgeous! I think Flaunt and Straight Laced would work well like that too.