Here Eyeko Again with Another Review!

Eyeko is a brand I've seen a lot about on you tube and blogger, so when I was asked to try and review some of the products from the range, I was interested in the products to see if the range could live up to all the attention it gets... I was sent three fat balms, a mascara, a highlighter wand and the intruigingly titled Magic Liquid Eyeliner;

I've had the products for a few weeks now and been trying them out on a regular basis, and there are a couple of really great products in the range. All products are available at eyeko.com and asos.com

First of all - the packaging - this range is clearly (in my opinion) packaged for the teen and early twenties market, cheerful and cutesy and ever so slightly cartoony. Nice enough, and also seems to be functional too...

Eyeko Fat Balms - These come in three "flavours" - Strawberry Raspberry and Minty. They cost £5 each - you get 8g of product. It comes in a twist up tube like a normal chapstick, only (as the name suggests) chubbier. The product has a diameter similar to a £1 coin, and is approx 1cm tall when twisted up fully. I'm not sure whether the packaging is a little deceptive here - the tube is a lot bigger than the amount of product, however you do still get a fairly decent amount...

I wasn't really too excited when I saw these - I was expecting slightly tinted lip balms really, but these have a lot of colour in them... here are some swatches to demonstrate...

L - Raspberry; M- Minty; R - Strawberry

The raspberry fat balm has a very feint smell of raspberries, however I also detected a hint of crayola colouring crayons too? This one is the darkest of the three and is the least shimmery of the three. Strawberry has a strawberry scent and is slightly shimmery, while Minty is a very pale shimmery pink shade. I was really surprised that the Minty version was my fave of the three. I simply found the Raspberry and Strawberry versions too dark for me, and the fat applicator made neat application to the lips a difficult task, so I ended up looking like a kid who'd been at the jam...

The minty balm is really lovely - it leaves a barely there pink shimmer on the lips (Not glittery, just shimmery...), which I have attempted to capture below...

They feel very moisturising on the lips and don't highlight any lines on the surface of the lips liks some shimmery products can. The raspberry and strawberry versions would also work as blushers, especially on darker skintones.

I also really liked the "Magic Liquid Eyeliner", which looks like a colourless liquid liner. It is actually an alcohol solution (similar to those used in pressing eyeshadows). You rub the tip of the liner across an eyeshadow of your choice, and hey presto, it turns it into a "smudge proof, water resistant" eye liner - you clean off the pigment using good old soap and water so it can be used to create a lot of different coloured liners... It doesn't leave any lasting damage on your eyeshadow either, I hasten to add - I tested it on the edge of my MAC Contrast shadow, and once dry the shadow worked fine, no nasty hard bits or anything. The tip of the applicator it thin and flexible too, so you can create decent lines with it...

Once dry the liner is pretty secure too - smudgeproof and you need a decent cleanser to remove - this again costs £5

Another product I was really surprised by was the mascara. The packaging is unusual, as it comes in a squeezy "mini toothpaste tube" style container... I also felt slightly underwhelmed when I saw the brush, which have attempted and failed to capture on my craptacular camera (Dear father Christmas, I would like a new one!)...

So, as you can (just about) see, the wand is very thin and the bristles are arranged in a spiral formation... I looked at this and expected this mascara to clump like crazy, but I'm very happy to say I was wrong. The mascara gives a natural lenghtening and volumising effect when applied (I didn't even attempt to photograph this, however I would like to direct you to this fab video by GemsMaquillage who will demonstrate how the mascara looks...). Zero clumps and a nice formula too - the actual mascara is not to thick or thin, so you can build up nicely - I couldn't manage to get mine looking quite so dramatic as Gemma though! (She clearly has superior application skills!). The mascara is £6.

Finally I was also sent the "Touch Up & Glow" Highlighter. This comes in a Touche Eclat style dispenser - except with a twisty base rather than a clicky one. It looks like this when it first comes out...
And looks like this when blended...

Again, my camera has done an amazing job with this one - its actually quite a pink based shimmery (again no major glitter chunks) highlighter, which dries to a smudgeproof finish. I think this would work well for nights out... I'm not sure it would look great if you have a lot of open pores, but the same goes for a lot of highlighters. This is no Rouge Bunny Rouge Illuminator (AKA Candlelight in a Bottle), but its a decent product for the price. I would say this would look best on paler skins too.

What other products do you like from the range? Have you tried any of the products mentioned and what did you think?

MizzWorthy xxx