Lining Eyes With White Doesn't Make Them Look Bigger? Revlon PhotoReady Kajal Provides Experiment Op

The double ended Revlon PhotoReady Kajal in Carbon afforded me the opportunity to carry out an experiment that I've always meant to conduct but have never gotten around to.

And that's to line the waterline of one eye in black and the other in white.  And  see if the white rimmed eye actually looks bigger and brighter.  It's a "trick" continually urged upon us by magazines and er those whose heyday remains in the Eighties.

One end of the pencil contains a white eyeliner while the other holds a regular black kohl.  So I had a go.  And as I studied the results I though... hmm.  The white lined eye just looked... white lined and totally fake.  It didn't seem fresher or brighter or bigger, it just appeared to be obviously lined with white liner.

Feeling a bit Clockwork Orange I proceeded to gather outside opinion from a neutral source.  The source cares nothing for makeup: only knows he is eternally nagged about "shades" and must give instant "opinions".

"Which eye looks bigger" I asked the source.

"Em... that one" he said indicating the black lined eye.

"And which one looks brighter?"

"Er brighter? How would I know - I suppose that one".  The black lined eye again.

When I asked about the white lined eye he just said that it made me look weird.  Which it did.

White lined eyes don't look real at all.  Nude coloured waterliners on the other hand do really brighten and freshen up eyes - particularly if they're tired and bleary looking.  Nars Rue Bonaparte or Rimmel Scandal Eyes are much better bets.  There are eight shades in the Revlon PhotoReady Kajal line and a couple of them look nudey so they might work also.

So what do you reckon? Black, white, nude, or has the thought of lining your waterline not even crossed your mind?