My favourite shadow pencil of all time!

I LOVE this shadow pencil and I am so sad that it was discontinued. I have been using the sparkly black (can't remember the name) since receiving a free sample at Sephora about 8 years ago. I haven't gone back since. It's perfect as a liner or eye shadow and the added shimmer makes its application less intense and more muted.

I just finished a sample and I really love the formula!!!

I got a sample of the Nars soft touch shadow pencil in Aigle Noir at Sephora this weekend and it is the bestest ever! It was a free sample but I've already ordered a proper full sized version of it.

It's a thick creamy pencil and the colour is a nice dark black with a bit of shimmery gold in it. From some angles it looks black but then you turn and it's bronze then it looks black with a gold shimmer which adds a nice extra dimenson to what would otherwise be regular old black eye liner. The shimmer really brings out your eyes. It also comes in 4 more colours ( a green a pink a whiteish gold and a copper colour) that all appear to have a bit of shimmer in them.

The consistency lends itself to smudging to make a nice smokey eye with a bit of shimmer. The only challenge is that because it's so thick it is hard to work into a fine line but that could probably be accomplished with a liner brush instead of applying straight from the tube.