So today we’re going to talk about the Big Bold line from NYC. Specificaly the Big Bold & Precise liquid liner and the Angel lash mascara. So these were sent to me for review purposes from influenster in a box that looks like this.
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Overall, I wasn't impressed with the eyeliner, but the mascara was surprisingly good for the price point. The eyeliner retails at Walmart for around $3.50 so I’ll talk about that first.
Let me preface this by saying this eyeliner is not waterproof at all. At all. Like if its too humid outside it will smear, so if thats a dealbreaker for you you can just jump ship right now. The card describes it as "a 2-in-1 long wearing formula up to 10 hours" but i highly doubt that. the tip is unlike any of the felt tip liners i have which is kinda awkward to get to use because it’s shaped like a chisel tip sharpie (also it smells a little like a sharpie so I wouldn't recommend this for sensitive eyes. Overall the color payoff is pretty good and after you get over the awkwardness of holding it, it goes on fairly easy. The staying power isn't great, and I haven't tried sealing it but maybe that'll help. It's a little easier to shape a wing with than a regular felt tip however I don't know if that one pro outweighs the cons. 6/10
The Angel Lash mascara was a bit different. The wand is shaped like this, big and full on the ends and skinnier in the middle. It's a natural fiber brush (A+ in my opinion, was never a fan of the Lashblast pastic wands) Although it's next to impossible to get really close to the inner corner and bottom lashes I really like this mascara. It's a very dry formula which I love. I've always loved subtle clumping mascaras. It's definitely more volumizing than lengthening, and my favorite way to use it is layered over my Maybelline Great Lash as it separates a bit better. Layering it on itself also works well. I got a bit of flakiness after about 10 hrs of wear but that didn't bother me much. For the price (about 4.50) you can't really get much better. 9/10
The mascara is definitely my favorite in this box, which was definitely one of my favorite Influenster boxes i've gotten thus far.
