{"id":14488,"date":"2014-06-30T08:30:51","date_gmt":"2014-06-30T00:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/?p=14488"},"modified":"2014-06-29T11:08:57","modified_gmt":"2014-06-29T03:08:57","slug":"marc-jacobs-magic-marc-er-precision-pen-waterproof-eyeliner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/2014\/06\/marc-jacobs-magic-marc-er-precision-pen-waterproof-eyeliner\/","title":{"rendered":"Marc Jacobs Magic Marc’er : The Precision Pen Waterpoof Eyeliner that is a kind of magic!"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, if I’m to be perfectly honest, the new Marc Jacobs Beauty line<\/a> hasn’t been knocking my socks off. If I wore socks that is. They aren’t flying off my feet, at any rate. In fact, I’ve been rather underwhelmed<\/a> by almost everything<\/a> I’ve tried, so I haven’t even felt like talking about them (I know, I should and I’ll get round to it – just don’t hold your breathe lest you turn blue) So, the day I picked up the Magic Marc’er Precision Pen Waterproof Eyeliner<\/strong>, I\u00a0had no expectations. Ok, I lie. I did. I expected it to be another disappointment.<\/p>\n

But you know, someone needs to find my socks, because I’ve finally found something pretty impressive from the MJB line! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

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For now, this liquid eyeliner comes in just 1 shade – Blacquer – which is touted to be the blackest black and to have extreme wear. I must say, they are accurate on all counts. I haven’t been wearing liquid eyeliner a lot, because I’m just not very good at controlling the pen. You know how it is.<\/p>\n

You hold the liner pen with your shaky hands, draw a shaky line, try to rectify it and end up with eyeliner all over your lid, or a line thicker than Cleopatra’s. I’m just not good at it. But I have to say that this Marc Jacobs one, whilst hardly “magic” is relatively easy to use, draws a lovely dark black line and stays put all day. All. Damned. Day! No smudges, no running, no fading. Colour me impressed! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

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The Magic Marc’er is quite an apt description because the pen does remind me of the magic markers I used back in school. (Aside: Oh please, don’t anyone tell me they’ve believed the urban myth that you can use a Sharpie or marker pen as an eyeliner, please!)<\/p>\n

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You get a felt tip nib, pretty much like that of a marker pen, which is fairly long and pointed like a calligraphy pen. It says on the box that this is Made in Japan so I have a sneaky suspicion it’s related to some of the Japanese brands available out there except I have no idea which \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n

What this means is that you can, if you use light pressure and a light hand, get a fairly thin line, using just the tip of the pen to draw. Or, if you prefer something more visible, then press on a little more and you get a thicker line. It isn’t too soft or floppy and I found it fairly controllable.<\/p>\n

If I can handle this pen, trust me, anyone can. I’m such a klutz and goof when it comes to things like this, and I’m no makeup artist nor do I aspire to be one, so trust me on this \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

Here is how the Magic Marc’er pen looks when scribbled on the back of my hand.<\/p>\n

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On left, is a fairly thick line, drawn by putting down a little pressure. there isn’t a lot of give, and you may see how the line is fairly controlled even with\u00a0the pressure.<\/p>\n

In the middle is a thin scribble using just the tip of the pen and a light pressure, just to show you that you can get a thin line if you want to.<\/p>\n

On right is the pressure I usually use, getting a fairly medium thick line and you can vary it up by starting out thinner and going thicker as you go.<\/p>\n

But you know what? It’s easy to scribble on your hand. But we don’t wear eyeliner on our hands right? So here’s how I do it on my eye. I couldn’t get pictures so you just have to use your imagination a little, and practice \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n