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Sunday, April 22, 2012

Kryolan Kajal Pencil Nude Review Swatches & Tips!

I'd been in search of a Nude kohl pencil for a long long time,you know for the whole spiel of bigger brighter fresher eyes. After a Herculean search of almost all brands I finally spotted a nude Kohl pencil in Kryolan (I know MC makes it, but I was loathe to fork out 1000 bucks for a pencil I'll rarely use!)
I picked it during my last Kryolan Haul-Click here to read more about my Haul Let's find out if Kryolan Nude Kajal delivered.
12 cm pencil costs INR 175/- The texture is extremely emollient and creamy & the shade isn't nude but more bone colored.


The pencil is made of cedarwood and can be sharpened using any standard double cavity sharpner
The pencil is extremely soft and creamy I just touched it on my skin and the tip bent completely out of shape. Now this is when Summers haven't hit Delhi yet I can only imagine what would happen to this poor fella in 46 degrees heat!! Highly recommend you store this in fridge
Single swipe, the shade looks more creamy white than nude on skin.
Its extremely smudgy and blendable, I have barely touched the swatch and it smudged like this.I tried this out on my waterline and within minutes I was looking like an Albino panda with white rims of kohl smudged under my eyes!!
It blends out great, now blend ability is great but not in kajal pencil.
I have used it as a highlighter and as a base for my lghter color shadows, it can be decent substitute for NYX jumbo eye pencil in Milk as a eyeshadow base. The nude shade imparts a more natural look to the eyelids for applying light colored eyeshadows.It doesn't extend the lasting power of my eyeshadows much, I still need an eyeshadow base to make them last.
Overall Thoughts- Kryolan Kajal pencil smudges like crazy, these are good if your looking for a sexy messy look but won;t last more than 10 mins on your waterline,lashline.This can work great as an eyeshadow base, but not as a Kajal Pencil. My recommendation Skip It unless you are looking for a nude eyeshadow base or nude pencil highlighter.

11 comments:

  1. too bad.i was considering it for my waterline. i thnk mac chromographic pencils are a better bet

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    1. Alas I'm yet to find a smudge proof nude eyeliner, will keep u posted if I spot one!

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  2. awww! when you mentioned the price and the substitution of this pencil instead of nyx jumbo I was so happy! guess Im back to the Mac pencils for now.

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    1. Yes it'll work as a substitute for NYC jumbo pencil-milk but not a substitute for MAC

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  3. I had so much hopes on this one :((((

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    1. Me too I was thrilled to find a nude kohl- but the albino panda look just ain't working for me

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  4. I am actually watching out for more swatches etc and to respond to your comment again from the previous Kryolan post, I would be watching out for the swatches of the lipsticks. I am already considering the second blush palette :P
    Any idea what could be the closest dupe pf MAC NC41 in Kryolan foundations? I know it;s difficult to say, but blame it on youself! Ever since you posted the photos, I am actually drooling

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    1. Yup I'll try and click swatches and note down d shade numbers, even I'm eying the blush palette. Btw which foundation are you looking for in kryolan there are tons tv paint stick, ultra foundation stick, HD, derma color,shimmering event foundation ?the list is mind boggling and foundations r tricy

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    2. Hey Nivedita..i myself am between NC40-42 and Kryolan's Paint stick in FS28 is perfect!!! after blending it really takes your skin color! do check it out!

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  5. The minute i read ur post heading i was expecting great things abt this one.. but too bad. I had bought a bronze color eye liner pencil and it is creamy like crazy and the tip broke twice :( Gonna use it as an eye shadow. I ll skip this one. Thanks for the review :)

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  6. Oh it smudges :( I thought it would be a good bet..

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