They discontinued the loose kohl eyeliner I used and loved for years (and I'm almost OUT *sob*), and while liquid is OK, I've been on the lookout for something better.

Does it wear off or rub like some liquids do? how does it do if it gets warm (like, if it's warm where you are or in the summer?). Does anyone know? I'm totally going to try it anyway, but I'm curious.

I'm still totally mourning the loss of the Physician's Formula Loose Kohl. Really, I am.

I use a moistened urban decay brow brush to apply the darker shades of eye shadow from the palette as eyeliner, and it gives me far more precision (and conversely, more leeway) than any other eyeliner I've used, liquid or pencil. It's also not overly pigmented like other powder liners I've tried (Everyday Minerals comes to mind), so if it smudges and runs a little through the day, I don't immediately have raccoon eyes.

The mascara is where it's REALLY at though. I have very oily skin, so finding a brand of mascara that won't give me the aforementioned raccoon eyes has been next to impossible. Before this, the only luck I had was Neutrogena’s Weightless Volume Wax free mascara, which didn’t have much staying power at all, but also didn’t give me giant dark rings under my eyes.

The Blinc mascara is simply wonderful--as the description says, it literally forms tubes around each of your lashes (kind of stretchy and silicon-like when you remove them), and the worst I’ve ever experienced is a little bit if flakiness at the end of a very long day, which is very easy to brush away. It has its limitations of course. It’s not nap-friendly mascara, you can’t “touch up” like you can do with others, and also, curling your lashes after you’ve applied is a big no-no (since all of these tend to make the tubes “break” giving you an odd clumpy look). It’s on the spendy side, but on average I’ve only used 3 tubes a year, so it’s a worthwhile trade-off in my book (also, it tends to improve with age—it can be a little runny when brand new). One of the other slightly odd benefits to it is that if you curl your eyelashes beforehand, it seals that curl in place for the whole day, kind of like hairspray. My eyelashes naturally slope downward, so I have to curl them to get them to show up at all, and before using this mascara, I had to carry an eyelash curler with me to bend them back up several times a day. Not anymore! Oh yeah, it also removes very easily with water alone, or soap and water.

Sorry to go off on such a lengthy rant about this. It’s just that this mascara owns my heart now. Hopefully you haven't tried it before and hated it.

I'm a post it notes junky and LOVE the super stickys. I have them everywhere around our house. I just wish their designs were more fun (and yes, I've seen their "fun" designs- but I want MORE fun!)