The Body Shop Carbon Eye Definer

Tuesday 27 September 2011


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I generally find that The Body Shop is very hit and miss with its make-up collection, their eyeliner pencils in particular are rather crappy in my opinion. I received their Carbon Eye Definer several months ago as a freebie with some online purchases. I wasn't all that excited to try it out so it got shoved to the back of a make-up drawer. Found it recently and thought that I'd finally test it.

The Carbon Eye Definer is a simple black eyeliner pencil at one end and has a built in smudger tip at the other end to create a sexy smokey eye.

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It swatches a better black than their regular eye liners and the second swatch shows it smudged out with the end tip. I wasn't all that impressed by the fact that it smudged by itself into a big old mess within a few hours and started to faded quite quickly. Not something that I would recommend purchasing for the £9 price tag!
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7 comments

  1. Oh dear, I will steer clear of that one... I love my Topshop liner, it's actually pretty decent for such a tiny price

    http://ninety2wo.blogspot.com

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  2. @Sophie - yeah I've seen quite a few reviews where cheap eyeliners have been outperforming more pricey ones! Recently ordered the Elf cream eyeliner for a bargain price, will post a review when it arrives :)

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  3. I have it and can confirm that it is 100% rubbish if you want to use the sponge ending. :/

    www.mademoiselle-lala.com

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  4. @Mademoiselle - agreed! The sponge tip is utter rubbish :(

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  5. oh no, you can barely see it on the second swatch! i like my eyeliner to start dark and not smudge if i rub my eyes so i'll steer clear of this...

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  6. hmmm i dont wear black too much, i tend to wear a dark grey, altohugh i do love the sponge tip things at the end of eyeliners, i dont know why hehe :D

    www.missmathful.blogspot.com

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  7. @Helen - I'm the same when it comes to liners!

    @MissMathful - this might be OK for you then, though I found the sponge tip a bit too difficult to control the amount of smudge I wanted to achieve - saying that may just be me!

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