The Estée Lauder Stay-in-Place double wear Eye Pencils from the left in 08 electric Cobalt, 01 Onyx, 02 Coffee, 13 Gold and 08 Pearl
With this little gang of new liners from Estée Lauder, my water lines are like, “Hey, ma! Stick around a while. Please…?”

Yup, lash lines get all the lovin’ around Estée Lauder’s Stay-in-Place double wear Eye Pencils, and the two are practically joined at the hip.

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These pencils last a good seven or eight hours on my lash lines (!), which is cool and all…but what’s up with the lack of water line love?

It makes me a sad panda. because in some cases homegirl doesn’t want to have to get another liner just to deal with her water line sitch. Some days that’s just too much, and I can’t. I just can’t.

These are certainly giving me an urban Decay 24/7 Glide On vibe, which is kind of odd, I know, considering how Estée Lauder and urban Decay are about a billion miles apart in terms of makeup style, but still.

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Both feel silky, slick and scoot along my skin, which I love. getting these on my lids is no problem whatsoever — there’s no tugging! — but EL’s pencils do take a few minutes longer to dry down, which implies much more time to play and smudge with the rubber/smudging thingamabob on the end of the pencils.

In K-Dawg terminology, this is good.

From the left: 08 electric Cobalt, 01 Onyx, 02 Coffee, 13 Gold and 08 Pearl
Their only major drawback (at least for me) is their poor performance on my water lines. Not only do they refuse to stick around, but when I do use them there, my eyes freak out.

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Just a little. and this dry winter season weather we’re having probably doesn’t help (interestingly, though, my eyes have been able to tolerate the old-school MAC Eye Kohls just fine).

If you only intend to use these Estée Lauder Stay-in-Place double wear Eye Pencils on your lash lines, you ought to be good. They’re available now in 16 shades for $23 each at Estée Lauder counters and online.

Estée Lauder Stay-in-Place double wear Eye Pencils from the left: 08 electric Cobalt, 01 Onyx, 02 Coffee, 13 Gold and 08 Pearl
Wearing Estée Lauder Stay-in-Place double wear Eye Pencil in 01 Onyx on my upper lash lines and water lines
P.S. pleased hump day, my friend. I’ve still got that cold, but I’m doing my best to keep chugging along. Tabs has actually been quite helpful (surprisingly). He makes me Throat coat tea with extra honey and lemon.