The quality of eyeliner can be distinguished from the following aspects:
1. Pencil refill texture
softness
The refill of a good quality eyeliner is usually soft. Touch the tip of the pen gently with your fingers, and you can feel that it has a certain elasticity. For example, some good gel eyeliner, the core is just the right amount of softness, when touching the eyelid, there will be no obvious stinging sensation. This softness allows the user to paint the line more smoothly and easily. And poor quality eyeliner refill may be hard, when used on the eyelid will have a tug, resulting in eyelid discomfort, and may even harm the fragile skin around the eye.
smoothness
A good quality eyeliner is very smooth when it slides on the skin. It can be tested on the back of the hand to create continuous, even lines with a single stroke. Like some high-end brands of liquid eyeliner, its nib design and ink formula work well together, the ink can flow evenly from the nib, there will be no stuck situation. And poor quality eyeliner may appear intermittent lines, or in the process of painting suddenly do not water, not excellent phenomenon.
Color rendering degree
High quality eyeliner for high color rendering. Whether black, brown or any other color, the color is rich and full. For example, with a high concentration of pigment eyeliner, you can clearly see bright colors. When viewed in a well-lit area, a good eyeliner will create lines of pure color. And poor quality eyeliner may be very light color, need to be repeatedly applied to color, and there may be uneven color, such as deep in the middle of the color, light at both ends.
Second, product durability
Water repellency
An easy way to tell how waterproof an eyeliner is is to draw a line on the back of your hand and rinse it with a small amount of water. High-quality eyeliner in contact with water, the line is still clear and complete, will not faint or fade. For example, some eyeliner pencils are designed to be waterproof and maintain their shape even when swimming or sweating a lot. And poor quality eyeliner may be immediately open as soon as it encounters water, not only affecting the effect of makeup, but also may make the eye area look messy.
Oil proof
This can be tested by applying a small amount of oil (such as hand cream) to the back of your eyeliner. High quality eyeliner will not stain due to the influence of oil. Because the skin of the eye will secrete oil, good quality eyeliner can resist the erosion of these oils and keep the eyeliner clean. Poor quality eyeliner is easy to appear smudged after contact with oil, resulting in blurred eyeliner, the “panda eye” effect.
Makeup holding time
Observe how long eyeliner can keep makeup intact under normal use. Good eyeliner can maintain makeup throughout the day, from the morning makeup to the evening, the shape and color of the eyeliner is basically unchanged. And poor quality eyeliner may appear after a few hours of fading, smudge and so on.
Third, component safety
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Quality eyeliner ingredients are generally safe. Try to choose eyeliner that does not contain harmful substances such as spices, alcohol, heavy metals (such as lead, mercury, etc.). These harmful substances may irritate the skin of the eye and cause allergic reactions. For example, some natural ingredients more eyeliner, will add plant extracts to moisturize the eye skin, the eye is relatively gentle.
Allergy test
If possible, try a small area on sensitive areas such as behind the ear before use. Gently apply the eyeliner on the back of the hand or the skin behind the ear, and wait for a period of time (generally 24-48 hours) to observe whether there are allergic reactions such as redness, swelling, itching, etc. If allergies occur, then the quality of this eyeliner may be problematic and not suitable for use around the eye.
Fourth, product packaging and design
Package integrity
Good quality eyeliner packaging is usually more delicate. Packaging carton printing is clear, including product name, brand, ingredients, use methods and other information is complete and accurate. And the eyeliner itself of the pen body quality is better, fine workmanship, pen cover and pen body connection is close, can well protect the pen refill. The packaging of poor quality eyeliner pencil may have blurred printing, misspelling, etc., and the pen body and pen cover may not be tightly combined, which can easily lead to pen refill damage.
Nib design
Good quality eyeliner has a well-designed tip. For example, the tip of the liquid eyeliner pen has different shapes, such as the very thin tip is suitable for outlining the fine inner eyeliner, and the tip of the brush tip shape can draw a natural outer eyeliner. Moreover, the fiber material of the nib is of good quality and will not split or deform. And poor quality eyeliner nib may be rough design, use after a few times the nib will be damaged, affecting the use of the effect
Post time: Dec-24-2024