Review: MAC PENULTIMATE

Friday May 8, 2009

I really like the preciseness of liquid eyeliner.  What I don’t like, is when the application goes awry due to a shaky hand — It drives me insane!

For those who love the sexiness of liquid liner look but can’t quite get it, sharpy like liners have made the creation of beautifully bold lined eyes more reachable and, while MAC Penultimate isn’t innovative, it delivers what most pen liquid liners have failed to do, a rich deep carbon black shade.  You still have to be careful when applying it over eye shadows, as the black can easily turn gray, although this can easily be remedied by adding a couple of layers.

A much softer line can also be created.  Line your eyes as close to the lash line as possible, then dip an angled brush in a black shadow such as MAC carbon and go over the liquid liner.  Looks awesome.

The line can be thick or thin depending on your pressure, but is pretty much guaranteed to be crisp and clean.  Penultimate is not waterproof nor water resistant but didn’t move at all after a 12hr day running around in Key West heat and humidity.  A MUST HAVE.

Mac Penultimate: $16.50

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