Review + EOTD: Annabelle Smudgeliner 'Vortex Violet'

I've fallen in love with purple lately. Anything I buy seems to migrate towards purple. So naturally the newest eyeliner I bought was purple, and it was a beautiful, true purple.

Annabelle is a Canadian company that makes pretty decent and budget cosmetics. They've recently added some brighter, bolder colors to their awesome Smudgeliners and I snapped up 5 of them. I haven't tried the others but so far I'm loving the Vortex Violet and I chose it for my first, easy "Eye of the Day" (EOTD).

For the reason of being a smudgeliner, they included a sponge-tip smudger at the end of the pencil. I actually haven't really smudged before so I'm not sure how good this is. I've always afraid I'll tug too much at the skin of my eyelids. It is actually quite firm.

On the other side is of course the actual color pencil itself. It is creamy and has minimal tug on the skin. It deposits a little less color when I try to line my lower lids though, I found I had to go over the line a few times.

For this look I just simply thick-lined the top lid as close as possible to the lashes, and lined 3/4 of the lower lid. Then I used the same color eyeshadow and patted it along the lines to set it. Add some (or lots!) of mascara, and the look is done. Easy-peasy.

I love it as the color payoff is quite vibrant. It also has a slightly metallic look to it which is so popular right now. I like how I don't really need any other eye makeup for this look and I was off to a birthday dinner in Downtown looking great.

The smudgeliner retails for around $8-9CAD here. But there are always sales at drugstores.