It's a battle of eyeliner pens!!!!
For me, the eyeliner is the most handy and useful type of make-up. Putting on eyeliner can change your look in an instant!
So far, from all the "affordable" eyeliner pens I've come across, I like the Drawing Show Brush Liner Pen from Etude House the most. A few months ago, I just discovered that IN2IT also carried brush liner pens and I was kind of curious since it was cheaper than the one from Etude House. By the way, IN2IT is a cosmetic brand based in Hong Kong and owned by Asia Pacific Cosmetics Corporation (but they claim that all their products are made in Japan).
Since my EH brush liner was running out of ink, I decided yesterday (I sneaked out while I was shooting a bridal show with my local photographers' league heehee!) that I'd buy myself an IN2IT brush liner! Hence, this battle!
Let's start!
ROUND 1: PACKAGING
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| Photo not mine! I threw out the box ages ago :p |
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| Plastic box from IN2IT |
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| Tadaaaaaaa~ |
Verdict: ETUDE HOUSE DRAWING SHOW BRUSH LINER PEN WINS THE FIRST ROUND!
ROUND 2: BRUSH TIP AND PACK SIZE (WEIGHT?)
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| Brush tips for both pens~ |
VERDICT: TIE!
ROUND 3: PRICE, QUALITY AND PROMISES (lol like being waterproof and smudge-free)!
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| I patted my hand with a piece of wet tissue and smudged it lightly with my thumb |
VERDICT: IN2IT WINS THIS ROUND!
Reason: As to price, Etude House's Drawing Show Brush Liner is locally sold at 498php (11.50USD) while IN2IT's brush liner is sold at 399.75php (9.23USD); no doubt IN2IT wins the price challenge. Regarding quality, I prefer EH over IN2IT because it's more solid, a bit thicker and more black (blacker, blackier, blackiest? HAHA). As to being waterproof, both are resistant to water, however, EH smudges more easily than IN2IT's (edit: I just learned that EH's Brush Liner is not waterproof).
OVERALL CHAMPION: BOTH?
But if I had to choose, I'd go for Etude House because it's thicker even though it's pricier and not waterproof.
