What's the best cream liner to make dullish blue eyes pop?

[eliz1]

I have the Mahogany and I love the consistency and color and am now looking for something that will help make my eyes pop. My eyes are odd... I would say they're blue but they also have greenish/gold in them -- they are somewhat murky!LOL! Thanks:)

[zeebs]

I've always found gold liner and red liner to be awesome. My eye color is strange, it looks blue or green or grey depending on the situation. I've been asked lots of times whether I wear color contacts. I guess that means I'm recommending Black Cherry and Fort Knox.

[Cupcake]

I was about the say exactly the same thing as Zeebs as I've got the same eyes. I've sampled all the cream eyeliners and posted swatches on the swatch thread. Up against the eye, on my fair yellowish skin, Black Cherry (red) looks awesome (and no, it doesn't have that "just walked into a door" look!). Ft Knox is an excellent gold particularly for smudging out along the lower lash line. Tarnish is a safe silver with some depth.

Mahogany is a HG for me, both as an eyeliner (softer than a harsh black) but also applied very lightly, it's infallible as an eyebrow groomer (darkens my ageing white brow hairs without the heavy look of a pencil or powder).

[eliz1]

I've always found gold liner and red liner to be awesome. My eye color is strange, it looks blue or green or grey depending on the situation. I've been asked lots of times whether I wear color contacts. I guess that means I'm recommending Black Cherry and Fort Knox.

Thanks, zeebs... I had added Black Cherry to my cart but was a little worried it might make me look like I have bloodshot eyes!LOL! I'll go check out Fort Knox, I hadn't noticed it before!

If that's your eye in the avatar, it's a gorgeous color!

[eliz1]

I was about the say exactly the same thing as Zeebs as I've got the same eyes. I've sampled all the cream eyeliners and posted swatches on the swatch thread. Up against the eye, on my fair yellowish skin, Black Cherry (red) looks awesome (and no, it doesn't have that "just walked into a door" look!). Ft Knox is an excellent gold particularly for smudging out along the lower lash line. Tarnish is a safe silver with some depth.

Mahogany is a HG for me, both as an eyeliner (softer than a harsh black) but also applied very lightly, it's infallible as an eyebrow groomer (darkens my ageing white brow hairs without the heavy look of a pencil or powder).

Thanks, cupcake, I hadn't seen your response! I think I'll go with Black Cherry and Ft. Knox now and you're right, I can see Mahogany as being my HG too! Off to check out your swatches, thanks!

I'll let you all know how I like them when I get them

[kellyboo]

I have the same eye color too. Today I used my usual brownish coppery pencil (Mahogany didn't work with my shadows) all around my eyes but then I used Peacock on the outer corner top and botom, over the pencil liner. I really liked what it did for my eyes! I've used brighter turquoise eyeshadows over my liner before but they seemed a bit too obvious. This was understated yet still got the "pop" affect.

[eliz1]

Just found the swatches on page 14... definitely going to order Ft. Knox and Black Cherry and am considering Amethyst... it's really pretty! Not sure how purple would look though!

[Cupcake]

(Mahogany didn't work with my shadows)

Might be stating the obvious, but for the benefit of newbies to cream eyeliner... sometimes it hard to get it to adhere over a powdery base, i.e. on top of mineral eyeshadow. Applied first, then followed with the mineral eyeshadow, it can make a long-lasting base eyeliner as it helps the colour stick to it and in turn, the eyeshadow over the top helps it to set / dry. It can be quite versatile. I've even known it used as a dark eyelid base colour to make iridescent and morphing colours 'pop'.

Eliz - Amethyst isn't very purple. It's mostly a dark charcoal with a favourable nod towards purple Much like Aubergine eyeshadow. It's like charcoal with some indigo and violet tones. Enough, but not screaming 'colour'. Usefully, it's also a greyed blue base - some purples can be awfully unflattering on fair skin and pinkish eyes - this one is much kinder in its undertones.

[egerandi]

I may be the oddball here, but the only cream liners I bought full-size is Tarnish and Midnight
And yes, my eyes are blue. The color changes with the clothing I wear and with what shadows I apply. Sometimes it's almost gray even.
Tarnish is my go-to not over-the-top liner for daytime instead of black, and it makes an excellent base for darker shadows too. I like to use Lake and Sapphire (both blue, whaddayaknow ) over it or just by itself.
Midnight is an almost black super dark blue (imagine the sky at night without the moon). Blue shadows whiten up the white of my eyes and let the blue in my iris come out and play.
Amethist may be the next one I get

[zeebs]

I've always found gold liner and red liner to be awesome. My eye color is strange, it looks blue or green or grey depending on the situation. I've been asked lots of times whether I wear color contacts. I guess that means I'm recommending Black Cherry and Fort Knox.

Thanks, zeebs... I had added Black Cherry to my cart but was a little worried it might make me look like I have bloodshot eyes!LOL! I'll go check out Fort Knox, I hadn't noticed it before!

If that's your eye in the avatar, it's a gorgeous color!

It is my eye. Thank you