Review: KATE My Colour Pencil in SV-3 and PK-3

The KATE My Colour Pencil set was also included in the KATE Cosmetics Bundle sold during the Watsons Members Sale (the bundle was S$9.90!). 

It's quite a nifty product because KATE sells the casing and the eye pencils separately! So for those of you who love getting the adrenaline rush from DIY products, maybe you will get some from this? :) 

At the moment when I was at Watsons, the package that was sold at Bukit Panjang Plaza's Watsons included only these colours - SV-3 and PK-3. I saw some related haul posts by other bloggers and some of them got the navy one and some the dark brown one! 

Packaging: Quite a fun and reasonably thoughtful product. Fun because you get to "build" your own KATE My Colour Pencil and thoughtful if you have all the pencil colours. So, if today you feel royal-ish, you change the pencil heads to purple and gold and you have your eyeliner/eyeshadow and it's portable for touch-ups! Of course, the point is you have to have more than two pencil heads to be able to enjoy this function, which I don't, so boo. :(

Colour: SV-3 is a gorgeous, almost festive looking silver shimmer. It's an excellent colour to apply on the inner eye corners to make the wearer look more awake and of course give the illusion of larger eyes. I think SV-3 is going to be a staple in my eye makeup routine. PK-3 is a less glittery hot pink, with more shine than SV-3. I don't normally wear pink on the upper eyelid, but I figure this is good for times when I want a pop of colour on my lower lids.

Pigmentation: PK-3 is more pigmented than SV-3 and it's reasonable because SV-3 contains a million times more glitter than PK-3.

Swatches under camera flash

Swatches under camera flash, after smudging

Smudge-proof? Definitely not. As seen from the photo above, I smudged the swatches just slightly and the swatches blended with each other. Hence, my tip is to use a similarly-coloured eyeshadow and apply it after KATE My Colour Pencil's application. This way, it will not be so easily smudge-able.

Water-proof? Nope nope nope. Hence, don't use it on a rainy day or on a day when you know you will feel emotional.

Longevity: This product needs touching up, for sure. Not that I'm complaining about it. I think one application will last around 4 hours? Longer if you apply a similar coloured eyeshadow above it. SV-3 definitely needs more attention in the touching-up department because the colour fades away quite quickly.

Will I buy it again? I'm still thinking about it. I don't fancy the pink colour and if there's a really good taupe/brown/mauve colour available, I might get them! The silver is a great product for my inner eye corners though and a back-up will be needed.

Thank you for reading and have a nice weekend! Hoorah first weekend of 2013! :)