NYX Professional Makeup Jumbo Eye Pencil Review

This is a product which I purchased because of all of the hype which came with it! I had such high expectations for this product but I feel as though it wasn't half as good as what people were saying it was.

I have three shades and I just find them really hard to work with unless I prime my eyelids before - which for me defeats the purpose of even using them.

I use milk as a base for my colorful eye shadows to make it pop. It's creamy, easy to blend and does a great job plus its inexpensive. You defiantly have to use a primer if you have oily lids, always make sure you set it aswell otherwise it will crease. The only thing I slightly disliked was trying to sharpen it, which is why I don't use it as much anymore because its such a mess/struggle to sharpen. It's not my go to product but its good for the price.

I love the colours and vibrancy of the NYX jumbo pencils. I have 3 but probable my most used is milk. It helps make any eyeshadow that you place on top, brighter (especially great for bright, colourful eye shadows) there are a few negatives though. Finding a sharpener big enough and Creasing (oh my goodness, it creases) I do love it but you need to be light handed and apply lightly as to not crease as much. It also helps to dust a skin tone colour all over your lid after using it, as a base for your other shadows.

I only have 1 of these in Milk, which i brought after watching several of youtube halloween or dress up tutorials, the Pop art one is the reason why i purchased Milk. Its great, I used it on my self and my niece we were recereating the pop art video and we both became cartoon characters for the day. The pencil was creamy, pigmented, did the job, I used white eyeshadow to set it ( if you havent seen the tutorial, you basically use the jumbo eye pencil to make dots on your face) I brought mine off Beauty Joint,I have seen girls selling it for $10-$13 on facebook and trademe I personally wouldnt buy it for that much. I used this once as a base because people say its a great eyeshadow base, its an ok base, it made the colours pop, but my eyeshadow still creased, so il just stick to my paintpot, Lucky its cheap.

These eye pencils are super useful and can be used in many different ways! For spfx, brightening the waterline, as an eyeliner, and as an eyeshadow base! The pigmentation is excellent and I find the shade 'Milk' especially awesome! You can use it under any eyeshadow to make the color twice as intense! A catch 22 of the product is that the pencil form is super easy to use, but when it gets blunt and it comes time to sharpen it can be such a pain/hassle! I couldn't find a pencil sharpener that would sharpen it so had to depot it and lost a bit of the product which was a bummer! The formula makes up for it though!

I use the shade milk for lining my waterline - it really makes your eyes pop! They are very creamy and easy to apply and last for quite a while. They are very cheap, so great value for money. Would definitely recommend - at this price you really can't go wrong!

I personally own three of these wee guys, in Yogurt, Rust and Cashmere, and I Love them on my bottom lash line (LOVE) however I find they transfer so easily due to the very soft texture of the pencil if I try to use them on my top last line. But As an eye shadow they totally work! At work the other day I had limited supplies to jazz up the old face before heading straight out to dinner (so unorganised) and I whipped Rust all over my lid and blended it out and Voila! Magic! I was very impressed with how it wore. So Yes as a lower lash liner and a massive yes as a shadow!

Just got this in a super nice dark blue/navy colour. I found that its super soft and glides on easily and has great pigmentation. I was a little bit disappointed that it was not easier to blend as and eyeshadow but perhaps I just need a little bit more practice

The Nyx jumbo pencils are a cult product and the first one I chose about a year about was a nice creamy brown colour. Even with a primer this creased very badly with my hooded eyelids. However, this year I have purchased FIVE new colours - light green, dark green, black, white and purple. Why?! These are amazing for costumes! You can do amazing coloured makeup designs with these pencils, and they are much easier to use than face paint because you can precisely draw on your face and body. My favourite design is two face from the Batman films (Google it!).