REVIEW: Blinc Liquid Liner

This one will be short 'n sweet.  As you may have seen, I got blinc's liquid liner in my December Birchbox.  I was excited to try the liner because I found it rather entertaining to pick off the little rubbery bits of blinc mascara back when I tried it, even though overall I thought the mascara was a fail.
Blinc liner doesn't disappoint in this area.  When you wash your face with your regular cleanser (it doesn't require makeup remover, but water is not enough.  It will stick around until you remove it), blinc liquid liner balls up into little rubbery bits just like blinc mascara did (photo here).  That's really all this liner has going for it, sadly.

Top, blinc liner.  Bottom, K-palette liner for comparison.

The brush (here, compared to the K-palette liquid liner nib) is too thick and doesn't taper to an effective point.  It is a bit floppy and just a bit tricky to control.  You won't have the option of a nice, super-skinny line.  The liner may have fared better with a thinner brush, but...

If you look closely, you will see that as this liner dries striations form (basically, it gets a stringy look).  The directions state you must apply all necessary coats before it dries, which I managed to do. In spite of that, the liner still dried with this glue-like appearance.
No, thanks.
My experience with the blinc line thus far suggests a fun little science project but as "innovative makeup products" they fail.

REVIEW: L'oreal Carbon Black Telescopic Liquid Eye Liner

Please ignore my stained nails!

No. Just NO.  This is not the kind of brush a liquid eyeliner should have:

Horrible, stiff sponge applicator

Pros: It is very black and washes off easily (not waterproof).
Cons: The brush/doefoot is wayyy too thick. It's nearly impossible to get a precise line.  The shape of the brush sheers out the black a bit so you have to go over the line again which just ups the possibility of making your line jagged.  It's extremely difficult to taper your liner to a point for a cat-eye, so I wound up taking the line out to Cleopatra-length.  That look has its place but it's hardly what I'd call versatile.
Repurchase? Heck-to-the-NO!
L'oreal Carbon Black Telescopic Liquid Eyeliner is $8-$9 at drugstores, but PLEASE save your money and don't try it!

Three failed attempts to get a thin, opaque line.

Into the bin with ye!

The Cat Eye Never Fails

Liquid liner is hard for me to get right, yo! At least, when I'm trying to symmetrically draw on a cat eye.  A skinny little line without a flick isn't that hard. When you get the Cat Eye right, it's like a coy little smirk you have to take off with dual-phase remover. Mrow!

Lips: Revlon Super Lustrous Lipgloss in Peach Petal
Cheeks: Illamasqua Blush in Lover

 I need a haircut.  I don't actually have perma-shadows under my eyes, I just could not get a decent open-eyes picture without casting shadows... darned lighting!