A good pencil eyeliner is an essential part of any well-stocked makeup bag. While Liquid eyeliners are great for cat-eye flicks and Sixties-style drama, the versatility of an eyeliner pencil allows you to create everything from flawless smoky eyes to smudgy grunge liner with just one tool. Think of them like colouring pencils, and go ahead and get creative.
The best formulas offer smudgeability (if it's not a word, it should be) on application, but stay put all day long once you've achieved a look you're happy with. Your eyeliner pencil should be soft enough that you can apply it without tugging on your eyelids, but firm enough to be sharpened into a fine point. Or, if sharpening is a hassle you could do without, plump for one of the retractable eyeliner pencils on offer like this one from NYX.
For those looking for a blast of colour, the best eyeliner pencil for a range of shades is a super comfortable jojoba oil and vitamin E-infused formula from Urban Decay that comes in 50 different colours. There's also MAC's Pro Longwear Eye Liner which is the best eyeliner pencil for definition. It's available on Look Fantastic for £16.50 and has been used by professional MUAs backstage for years to draw along the tight-line (i.e. your upper waterline which, when defined, will make your eyelashes appear thicker, fuller and more fluttery).
Scroll down for more of the very best pencil eyeliners out there, from the ones to splurge on to the ones you can grab for the price of a sandwich. You're welcome.
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