Beauty and Bentley

It's almost Christmas and that means it's time to sparkle, start looking out everything you own that contains glitter. Today I'm reviewing a sparkly little product that I love using at this time of year, the Collection Glam Crystals Gel Eyeliners. These eyeliners are really budget friendly at only £2.99 each, I believe they come in 10 shades and contain 6ml of product.

I currently own 3 of the shades:

Rock Chick - This is a black liner with some silver glitter particles, I find this the most chunky of the 3 I own and most difficult to build up even colour, that being said I still really like this shade for applying over a winged eyeliner to give subtle sparkle that can be worn during the day.

Hustle - This shade is silver with multicoloured glitter particles which make it really pretty and interesting. The consistency and coverage of Hustle is somewhere between the other two shades, it's less chunky and gives more coverage than Rock Chick but not as smooth as Funk. 

Funk - This shade is a light gold with fine glitter particles because of these smaller particles this shade applies quite smoothly and can build easily to give full coverage over the eye area.

These eyeliners can be used as described, as eyeliners or you can put them all over the eye to create different looks like cut creases. These are much quicker and less messy to apply than a traditional loose glitter although they won't give you quite as intense an effect. These liners will dry down and set in place after a few minutes and they have some pretty impressive staying power, they should last you the full night with minimal flaking. When I swatched these shades I quite aggressively rubbed my arm just to see how well they can stay in place and I must say they did a good job, Rock Chick flaked away the most but I would expect this as it is the most chunky of the shades. You can also build these shades up, if one coat is not giving the desired effect let it dry and apply a second coat. I should also mention that the brush is a fine tip but not so fine that you could do detailed work, if you want to use these as liner you may want to apply a base shade first then apply the glitter on top to create crisp straight lines.

I wore the shade Funk to my Christmas night out and it was easy to use and also didn't feel irritating on the eyes. I applied the rest of my eyeshadow first then just gently smoothed some glitter from my inner corner inward.

I really love these little glitter eyeliners and think they are a great price, I think they would be perfect for anyone who wants to wear glitter for Christmas or special occasions but doesn't want to spend a lot of money as it's not something they will wear often. These would also be great stocking fillers for teenagers or anyone just getting into make-up. I totally recommend these and will continue to pick them up whenever I want a little extra sparkle.