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In a quest to avail myself of brand new, glittery holiday makeup, I found myself purchasing a MAC glitter eyeliner with some amount of hesitation. I've had glitterliners before, and didn't like them very much - they flaked and tugged on my lids when they dried, and were never as pretty as I'd hoped. But I like pretty much everything that I've tried from MAC, so I figured this would be a nice way to spend the gift certificate that my little brother gave me for xmas (thanks, J3ff00!).
I was very pleasantly surprised by the color and quality of this liner. First of all, it wasn't the color I wanted - I wanted Peacocky or Divine Lime (turquoise and lime green, respectively), but they were out of those. (These originally came out with the LE Idol Eyes collection, and are now out with the LE Jewelescent collection. STOP MAKING LE PRODUCTS, MAC!) But when the MA swatched it on her skin, the color was dark enough and the glitter was pretty enough that I figured, okay, what the heck. After all, I could always return it if it was horrible (by the way, that's one of the reasons I like MAC so much. You're never stuck with a lemon).
This is a neutral dark brown that I would describe as "clear" in application. I usually wear it over a regular dark brown or black liner, but the picture to the right is the liner all on its own. As you can see, it's plenty dark enough to use by itself. The glitter is fine, iridescent, and rainbow-colored. Since one of my friends got the same one at the same time and uses it everyday, I can say that, from looking at her, it is noticeable enough to be worth buying, but subtle enough that you could get away with wearing it to work. Basically, it's a fun way to add a little sparkle to your makeup without being full on Hedgwig And The Angry Inch. You'll notice that in the picture, you can just see the hint of glitter there. That's pretty much the effect you'll get with this color - unless you're in bright light or apply several layers. On the other hand, it makes my friend's eyes really stand out - you find yourself looking to see if you imagined the glitter or if it's really there, everytime she turns her head.
One word of caution: apply to your lower lids very carefully, unless you want glitter in your eyes.
So yeah, now I'm pretty much dying for Peacocky, Divine Lime, and Glamourgold (which of course is only available in a LE, sold-out set).
