Ah Clinique…

I’ve been a fan of their make-up since high school and consider High Impact mascara to be one of the best money can buy. Their long-wearing Superfit foundation was also amazing and I’m still kinda traumatised that they discontinued it. Oooh! And let’s not forget about their True Bronze facial bronzing gel! It’s been a few years now since they rukked that off the shelves and I’m still chasing down the very last tubes on eBay… (And yes, I know they’ve got a new facial bronzer out, but it’s just not the same, okay? Not! The! Same!)

Anyway, moving on… this month (February) Clinique is launching a brand new long-wearing highly pigmented eye liner; Quickliner for Eyes Intense, R180. If you’ve used their eye pencils before you’ll know they’re all fabulous. I love how their super-creamy formulas glide onto your skin and never pull or tug at your eye lid. Naturally, their new edition is just as delish, but even more exciting in that they last FOREVER and deliver big time on the pigmentation front.   

Each pencil is retractable so it never needs sharpening and comes with a little ‘smudger’ on the back-end. This way you can smoke it up a little after application, but you’d best move fast; from the moment you slick these babies on, you’ve got about five seconds to get smudgy and then they’re not going to budge. In fact, you’re pretty much getting the same colour intensity and long weary-ness (if there is such a word) as you would from a liquid or gel eye liner. All the radness without the tricky application…

Now get a load of some of the shades: 

To give you an idea of just how ‘vibrant’ the shades are, I took a snap of Clinique’s Charcoal next to another grey eye pencil I own:

Another reason I’m now a Quickliner Intense convert? Aside from lasting for ages on your upper lid, it also sits vas for yonks on the inner rim of your eyes. If you wear eye pencil here you’ll know that not every one you use in this area can go the distance. 

Next time you visit the Clinique counter, be sure to try these babies out; there isn’t a chance in hell you’ll be disappointed. Also, if you hustle, you can take advantage of the brand’s new blockbuster gift set offer (its worth R1 100!) like my friend Clouds did. Check her spoils out over here…

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