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We were chatting the other day about nail polish corrector pens, and how they’re a total Godsend to the unsteady of hand in erasing any excess from cuticles and fingers and generally fixing manicure mistakes. More convenient than cotton buds – and less prone to shedding pesky loose fibres all over freshly painted nails – you can p-p-p-pick up a nail polish corrector pen to fit your budget handy enough, with brands from Essence to Essie all offering their own versions.
But did you know that you can also get corrector pens to sort out eye make-up mess ups? Very handy. Mavala, L’Oréal Paris, Estee Lauder, Shiseido and Revlon all make these clever little things, ideal for dealing with smudges or evening up wonky cat’s eye flicks.
Like their nail varnish removing counterparts, they dispense a small amount of product onto the pen nib, just enough to do away with your make-up boo boos. One potential downside: your corrected mistakes will stay on the nib and eventually you’ll be smearing them back on to your mush. Most of these pens do come with extra tips, but you can extend the life of yours by wiping it clean between uses.
To DIY, pinch the top of a cotton bud into a flat tip, then apply a small amount of make-up remover to one side and a small dot of your foundation or concealer to the other. Use a rolling motion to sweep away smudges and touch up in one foul swoop.
If you do decide to go down the shop-bought route, just be sure not to confuse your nail and eye make-up remover pens!
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I wonder how one of these would deal with fallout from applying dark shadows. I always hold a tissue under my eye when applying but I still get a bit of fallout just under my eye and its very hard to get rid of without ruining the rest of your make-up. I have also tried that trick of putting loads of powder under eye to catch any loose eye shadow but it didn’t work and wastes a lot of face powder.
I use the Revlon one, I am my 5th! I may try shiseido next time. they are great, I use them to fix up my eye liner or lip liner mess ups
I am kind of trying to do eye makeup first – so there is no fallout to clean on my face! never tried the pen.
Glamazon, I’ve read that putting your shadow on before your foundation when going for the smoky look helps. Personally I like to sweep a touch of base over my eyelids so I’d never think of applying shadow first.