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The MAC Liquidlast Liners Are Back (Remember These?)

March 22nd, 2018 by Karen 11 Comments

mac liquidlast liner
MAC Naked Bond, Late Night, Coco Bar, Keep It Currant, Rich & Robust, Blue Me Over, Wet Road, and Misty Me

Pretty sure I mentioned this the other day, but yeah, my lids are getting progressively more hooded every day. I think it’s just a getting older thing, but now I appreciate long-lasting liners like the MAC Liquidlasts THAT MUCH MORE, because if you’ve got a hooded lid situation, finding a liner that doesn’t transfer up into your crease can be harder than finding a chupacabra unicorn.

Enter the MAC Liquidlast Liners. They’re long-lasting and water-resistant.

mac liquidlast swatches
MAC Naked Bond, Late Night, Coco Bar, Keep It Currant, Rich & Robust, Blue Me Over, Wet Road, and Misty Me

A bunch of them that just landed on MAC counters and the MAC website ($21 each), but you might remember them from back in the day. The Liquidlast Liners used to be part of the permanent collection. Then they went away, but now they’re back in nine shades, most of which are permanent.

The only LE colors are matte purple Rich & Robust, which I friggin’ love (GAH!) and shiny teal Blue Me Over.

mac rich robust liquidlast liner lash lines
Rich & Robust

To someone just passing by a MAC counter, they look a little like lip glosses, at least until you open them up and see the skinny, fine-tipped brush.

That brush, though? T-r-i-c-k-y to use.

mac rich robust liquidlast liner brush
It helps to unload almost all of the liner from the brush first.

The first time I used these years and years ago, I wan’t crazy about ’em because of the brush, but now I think I just didn’t know how to use it. I think I might know how now.

What I wasn’t doing then was unloading the brush enough before bringing it to my lids. Now I run the brush against the inside of the lip of the tube a bunch of times to get rid of the excess.

mac rich robust liquidlast liner
Rich & Robust on my upper lash lines. I’m also wearing MAC Kid and Uninterrupted Eye Shadows on my lids, and Powersurge liner on my lower lash line. The blush is Melon Pink from the MAC Padma collection, and my lipstick is Mittai Pink (worn as a stain), also from MAC Padma.

After that, I pull out my trusty magnifying mirror (this one from Tweezerman) so I can see exactly what I’m doing, and I hold the brush parallel to my lash line. Then I press it once against my skin, move it over a little bit, press it down again, move it over, etc., and I keep doing that until I make my way all the way across my lash line. (I usually start from the inner part and move to the other part.)

This way I get a really thin, crisp, clean line without any wobbly edges.

My favorite shade at the moment is Rich & Robust, a pigmented matte purple that I really like with my brown eyes, but I bet it looks just as good with blue eyes, green eyes and hazel eyes, too.

The Liquidlasts dry quickly (30 seconds), so you better move fast. The flip side of this is that you won’t be sitting there with your eye closed while you wait for your liner to dry.

mac wet road on lids
Eyeballz! That’s the shade Wet Road.
mac wet road on my upper lash lines
Wearing Wet Road on my upper lash lines and Naked Bond on my lower lash lines. Earrings from connorclaire.com.

They’re water-resistant and rub-resistant (not that I ever rub at my eyes. Nope. Never!), so you’ll need an oil-based remover to take them off. I use the Clinique Take The Day Off Makeup Remover, which works great for me.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

The MAC Liquidlast Liners Are Back (Remember These?) / Originally published March 22nd, 2018

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  1. Rachel says

    March 22nd, 2018 at 3:33 pm

    I remember these! And I remember not liking them because of the applicator, but your method sounds like it would work.

    Reply
  2. Bonnie Collis says

    March 22nd, 2018 at 3:41 pm

    Omg these were my JAM! I always used to stick with black but after seeing your swatch am actually super interested in Naked Bond! Would amp up any nude makeup look! xxx

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  3. Lisa P says

    March 22nd, 2018 at 5:09 pm

    The Liquidlast liner in Point Black (which they never discontinued) has been my go to eye liner for the past decade! I love it! Lasts all day and never smears or flakes off. Maybe because I’ve been using it almost everyday my entire adulthood, but the brush doesn’t bother me at all! I also have the Blacktrack fluid line, which to me, is trickier to use, not waterproof, and does not last as long at all.

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  4. christine says

    March 22nd, 2018 at 10:48 pm

    are these still ridiculously difficult to remove ? i posted to a dancer forum years ago and got hilarious suggestions on how to remove, including, e.g., using paint thinner, scraping off with fingernail, you get the idea… O_o

    Reply
    • Karen says

      March 23rd, 2018 at 7:28 am

      Hi Christine,

      I don’t have an issue as long as I use an oil-based remover designed for the long-wearing/heavy duty stuff.:)

      Reply
  5. Kristen says

    March 23rd, 2018 at 6:08 am

    What nail polish are you wearing?

    Reply
    • Karen says

      March 23rd, 2018 at 7:26 am

      Hi Kristen,

      I’m wearing Essie Beauty Nap.

      Reply
      • Kristen says

        March 23rd, 2018 at 8:33 am

        I love the color! I just ordered the spring collection from KL Polish and they have a similar minty/aqua shade.

        Reply
  6. LindaLibraLoca says

    March 23rd, 2018 at 6:51 am

    I think I had one of these, a golden shade? It was way back though, I can’t even remember if I liked them.
    LindaLibraLoca recently posted … pixi Rose Flash Balm – Multitasking

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  7. Shanice says

    March 23rd, 2018 at 8:11 am

    I love the entire look! What else are you wearing- eyes, skin, cheeks, lips? I have the regular black one, truely waterproof! Its both hot and humid and it stood up for carnival!

    Reply
  8. Miki says

    March 28th, 2018 at 9:49 am

    Yay, I’m very stoked to see they brought back some colors! I’ve been stuck with black forever, and I’m not a fan of just black. But this is the only liquid liner I use, as it’s the only one that stays put on me! The formula is freaking amazing. I do loathe the brush applicator tho … It is a pita to line my eyes. And I’m an expert with liquid liner, been using it no prob for 20 years. For me, it gets on my eyelashes and it splashes onto my lid, if that makes sense. It’s weird. I’ve never had another liner do that. That which does not a straight, smooth line create. Grrr. But I suffer through it for the sake of the formula lol. Like you do, I wipe so much off of the applicator first and am so careful with application.

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