DUPE SMACKDOWN #7: Urban Decay 24/7 Pencil Eyeliners

Happy Friday, Beauties. I just wanted to again thank you all for your kindness and support!  It is so saddening when trolls make nasty critiques and it can feel so discouraging.  We're all putting ourselves out there by blogging, however, and unfortunately that type of person is also out there.  On the wonderful side, for every single mean troll there are dozens of people with gorgeous hearts, as all of your comments evidence.  I can't thank you enough <3

Top to Bottom: UD Dime, Milani Silver, UD Flipside, Milani Aqua, UD Electric, NYX Azure, UD Stray Dog, Sephora Taupe, UD Bourbon, Wet n Wild Copper, Milani Brown, UD Demolition

Back to fun makeup talk, now!  I have several black eyeliners, brown eyeliners, color eyeliners... but most of them have some nuance of difference. I did a comparison for fun in my stash (FYI I collected every Urban Decay 24/7 Eyeliner over the past year.  They're now $19 apiece!) and found a few cheaper alternatives to the pricier Urban Decay pencils - have you noticed these dupes in your stash?

UD Liner: Dime
Dupe: Milani Liquif'Eye Metallic Eye Pencil in 02 Silver (Milani pencils are $7.99 each)
These two wound up not being total dupes, so my apologies. In the warmer light at my house they looked dead-on, but in the harsh, reflective office fluorescent lighting the Milani looks lighter.  Disregard if you like!

UD Liner: Flipside
Dupe: Milani Liquif'Eye Metallic Eye Pencil in 04 Aqua

UD Liner: Electric
Dupe: NYX Slide On, Glide On, Stay On & Definitely a Turn On Water Proof Extreme Shine Eye Liner in Azure (sheesh, what a name. On the pencil it also says, "This eye liner is so good, the name had to be this long!" can anything be that good? haha). $8

UD Liner: Stray Dog
Dupe: Sephora Flashy Liner Waterproof in 14 Taupe $8

UD Liner: Bourbon
Dupe: Wet n Wild Color Icon in Copper $0.99 (best bargain! It's not as creamy, admittedly, but it lasts on your lashlines)

UD Liner: Demolition
Dupe: Milani Liquif'Eye Metallic Eye Pencil in 05 Brown

Top Row: UD Dime, Milani Silver, UD Flipside, Milani Aqua, UD Electric, NYX Azure
Bottom Row: UD Stray Dog, Sephora Taupe, UD Bourbon, Wet n Wild Copper, Milani Brown, UD Demolition (I messed up the order while swatching, sorry!)

Of course, quality/lasting power are legitimate concerns.  The picture above was taken after I washed my swatching arm with soap and water (minimal rubbing). As you can see, even the bargains didn't really budge!

Please share any dupes you've found in your liner stash below!

FOTD: Too Simple to Be a FOTD (using some swap goodies)

Mondays always leave me rushing out the door so I can never do a look that requires lots of blending.  Last night I watched Lisa Eldridge's video about doing a kitten flick and that stuck in my mind for today's look.  I'm sure I've done a cat eye on this blog before but I also played around with several of the products I recieved from Riya at Pinkstrawberrielove.

Swap products used:
Real Doll Makeup Base: I think this didn't prevent creasing around my eyes, nose, and mouth, and on the worry line between my brows (bummer) but I do feel that this nicely filled/smoothed my pores on my cheeks.  In the future I'll just use it on my cheeks :). 
Beauty Credit Blusher in Orange Heart: Looks scary-orange in the pan but becomes a lovely, buildable peach on the cheeks. I love it!
Majolica Majorca Lash Expander Frame Plus Mascara: this has a really interesting brush; it's a dual-sided plastic comb that is great at preventing clumps and separating this fiber-building mascara.  One side has shallow, wide teeth to deposit mascara and the other side is a finer comb.  It was suprisingly easy to put on and lengthens really well! I can tell why this is one of Riya's favorites.

Revlon Facets of Fuchsia on my nails at last ;-)


 Jacket: Express, Tie-neck blouse: Target (oooold), Foundation: Chanel Perfection Lumiere, Lips: Too Faced Glamour Gloss in Barely Legal, Eye Liner: Physicians Formula Glam Brown Eyes Gel CreamLiner (black with bronze sparkles), Eye Shadow: peachy shade from Almay Trio for Browns

Physicians Formula Shimmer Strips Custom Eye Enhancing Gel CreamLiner Rave

Today I washed my lid with a sheer coat of Physicians Formula Shimmer Strips Custom Eye Enhancing Gel CreamLiner, Glam Collection in Glam Green Eyes (phew! out of breath!) silvery shade:

I used a brush to apply it sheerly to avoid creasing, over TFSI.  I lined the top lid with Urban Decay 24/7 liner in Stray Dog.  The lower liner is actually just mascara from last night that I couldn't get off, LOL... I'm so rock 'n roll ;-P

SRSLY? Why don't more people rave these as cream shadows??

This is just super-pretty, shimmery in a good way, doesn't crease (applied sheerly), versatile (it's a liner but of course you can use it as a shadow base because it comes in a pot), cheap ($10.95 at drugstores and you can often get buy-one-get-one 50% off, and each selection comes with three shades so it's like $3.66 per pot! Um, and the brush it comes with isn't half bad), and long-lasting (above I didn't set it with any powder product at all and the pictures were taken an hour after application)!

I've bought these several times over the past year not because they've dried out, but because I'm really scared of eye infections so I always toss eye makeup after three months.  I always need to have these around!  I will be seriously bummed if they're ever discontinued (regular or glam eyes collections).  Have you guys tried these? Have you tried the lighter shades as sheer shadows?