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| Cashmere, Sparkle Nude, French Fries |
3/8/2016: NOT vegan
Everybody loves NYX's Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk, but I wanted to see if other Jumbo Eye Pencils are similarly good as an eyeshadow base. I picked out three nude colored pencils, for different skintones. Unfortunately I couldn't find any matte nude pencils on NYX's site, so I had to pick three shimmery ones. Here are my reviews and swatches of these pencils.
REVIEWS + SWATCHES
Description from NYX's website:
A radiant eye liner that also doubles as an eye shadow. Made with a blend of mineral oil and powder, our creamy Jumbo Eye Pencils glide on effortlessly—no pulling, tugging or fading—and come in a rainbow of vivid hues. Our most voluptuous pencil yet!
Ingredients list from NYX's website:
(Cashmere & French Fries) Isononyl Isononanoate, Octyldodecanol, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Isostearyl Isostearate, Euphorbia Cerifera (Candelilla) Wax / Euphorbia Cerifera Cera / Cire de Candelilla, Ceresin, Microcrystalline Wax / Cera Microcristallina / Cire Microcristalline, Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax / Copernicia Cerifera Cera / Cire de Carnauba, Polyethylene, Beeswax / Cera Alba / Cire d'abeille, Tocopheryl Acetate, BHA, Butylparaben, Isobutylparaben, Isopropylparaben. MAY CONTAIN / PEUT CONTENIR (+/-): Mica, Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491, 77492, 77499), Carmine (CI 75470), Chromium Oxide Green (CI 77288), Ultramarines (CI 77007), Ferric Ferrocyanide (CI 77510), Blue 1 Lake (CI 42090), Yellow 5 Lake (CI 19140).
(Sparkle Nude) Isononyl Isononanoate, Octyldodecanol, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Isostearyl Isostearate, Polyethylene Terephthalate, Euphorbia Cerifera (Candelilla) Wax / Euphorbia Cerifera Cera / Cire de Candelilla, Ceresin, Microcrystalline Wax / Cera Microcristallina / Cire Microcristalline, Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax / Copernicia Cerifera Cera / Cire de Carnauba, Polyethylene, Beeswax / Cera Alba / Cire d'abeille, Tocopheryl Acetate, BHA, Butylparaben, Isobutylparaben, Isopropylparaben. MAY CONTAIN / PEUT CONTENIR (+/-): Mica, Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491, 77492, 77499), Carmine (CI 75470), Chromium Oxide Green (CI 77288), Ultramarines (CI 77007), Ferric Ferrocyanide (CI 77510), Blue 1 Lake (CI 42090), Yellow 5 Lake (CI 19140).
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| Cashmere |
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| Cashmere |
Cashmere is the lightest of the three, a shimmery gold champagne.
This pencil does not go on as smoothly as Milk does, and it is not as sticky, but it still has nice color and pigmentation.
It does stay in some degree all day, though a bit faded and a little creased.
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| B5 from e.l.f.'s Studio Baked Eyeshadow Palette in NYC |
To test if each pencil has the same ability to make a color 'pop' as
Milk does, I picked a color from an e.l.f. palette that I have. I picked this color because it doesn't show up very well at all without a primer/base, but is nonetheless an intense color.
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| Cashmere, alone and with B5 patted on top |
With or without the pencil, B5 sticks similarly. There is a slight bit more pigmentation on top of the pencil, along with a lovely gold undertone, but it's nothing major -- nothing like you'd expect from Milk.
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| Sparkle Nude |
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| Sparkle Nude |
Sparkle Nude is a shimmery light copper. It is nearly identical to Urban Decay's
Chopper, but with no glitter.
This pencil is the same as
Cashmere with regard to application. Pigmentation is great, and it stays at least in part throughout all the day. It creases a small bit, but if you pat powder on top you can greatly reduce your odds of it creasing.
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| Sparkle Nude, alone and with B5 patted on top |
B5 looks more pigmented on top of
Sparkle Nude than on
Cashmere, but again a bit of the pencil seeps through in the form of a lovely shimmery undertone. It is definitely not as sticky as
Milk, but it is better than
Cashmere.
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| French Fries |
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| French Fries |
French Fries is a shimmery dark copper -- not unlike burnt, you guessed it, french fries.
This pencil has the same formula as Cashmere, and acts like it. Application is still great, and all the things I said about the other two still apply here, but this pencil is lacking in stickiness.
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| French Fries, alone and with B5 patted on top |
B5 looks darkest on top of French Fries, which would be expected. Like Cashmere this pencil doesn't hold pigment so well, not nearly as good as Milk.
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(from left to right) French Fries, alone and with B5 patted on top
Sparkle Nude, alone and with B5 patted on top
Cashmere, alone and with B5 patted on top |
CONCLUSION
My recommendation really just depends on what you want to use these pencils for. As a cream eyeshadow, they're all great. As an eyeshadow base, I'd say that Sparkle Nude is the only one that could be used as an eyeshadow base -- but if you're going to spend the money anyway, you might as well buy yourself Milk or an actual primer.
