After watching PONY’s YouTube demo, I was amazed at how she could only use pencils to do a full face makeup! That thought never crossed my mind~ although the video was also sponsored by Etude House (ie. it is an advertisement), I was still inspired to try and eventually got myself…9 of these. Power of YouTube.
Brand: Etude House
Product: Play 101 pencils
Shade: 1, 6, 11, 15, 41, 43, 44, 47, 50
Price: USD$6 (official website) but can be cheaper on some websites or if you buy in Korea
Type: everything! Can be eyeliner, blush, lipstick and even concealer
Origin: Made in Korea
Website: Etude House website
THE PACKAGING
I bought mine in Jeju Korea while on a holiday and they had a lovely promotion that if I buy 8, I’d get this gorgeous pink pencil case made to house 8 pencils! It was love at first sight with the pencil case, and of course I had to get 8! Not a difficult task lol XD
Keeps 8 pencils perfectly. I have 9 🙂
Laying the boxes like that make it look pretty, no? Colours of the boxes match the shade of the pencils.
The back of the pencil tells you the shade and is also a sharpener! Another innovation from Korea cosmetics. This is really convenient although I realised I dun use it much – just lazy XD.
It is also a roll-up system which is great cuz I hate sharpening. So I basically just roll the product up and and when I use them, I try to auto-sharpen it without using any sharpener. It won’t be very sharp but acceptable.
THE PRODUCT
From Etude House website:
Easy and fast makeup pencil type eyeliner with 50 various colors and textures. Pencil for from beginning to finishing of makeup.
– Simply full makeup: Various pencils which could be used for eyues, lips, cheeks, etc.
– Rich color with a single drawing: Rich and pigmented colors that do not need layering over and over.
– 5 various textures: Creamy, matte, glossy, shimmering, and glitter types available. Pick your favorite texture and experience the easy and fast makeup
– Long lasting waterproof function: Made of ‘highly functional waterproof polymer’* for long-lasting makeup.
(*’Highly functional waterproof polymer’ is NOT applied to some of glossy type items)
Color System
– Creamy: Soft drawing texture with rich colors.
– Matte: Soft drawing but powdery finishing. Recommend to use as eyebrow, eyeshadow, concealer, and base.
– Glossy: Moist texture that can simply fill up crease. Recommend to use as blusher and lips.
– Shimmering: Delicate glittering color for urbane look.
– Glitter: Glittering texture for dramatic and fancy makeup.
PONY filmed a new video while in Etude House Singapore using shades outside the 50 classic shades and I was told those are like limited edition and available only in Korea 😦
THE SHADES
- 6 – Glittery champagne pink. Good for inner corners or highlighter.
- 11 – Creamy orange, for lips and cheeks
- 15 – glossy satin coral peach (my fav!), for lips and cheeks
- 41 – Creamy matte ash brown, good for brows
- 43 – Glitter rose pink and gold, good for all over lid shadow base or highlight
- 44 – Shimmery bronze ash brown
- 47 – shimmery bronze orange brown
- 50 – Creamy dark brown
- 1 – Creamy black
I tried to use all the colours I have to create a look and tada!
All shades are used except black, as I picked dark brown to be the eyeliner.
Close-ups!
For brows, PONY uses 41 or 42. Mine is 41 and it creates the softest brow look of all the brow products I own. Texture is really creamy and easy to draw. Lasting power is decent too.
For eyes, it’s abit difficult to spread and blend pencils on lids, but they work great as liners – be it the typical liner or tightlining , inner corners and under eye outer corner lining. The textures are really creamy and colours pigmented and true to its shade. The highlight shade, 6 is abit dry and settles into fine lines 😦
For lips, the pencils are kinda dry, especially 11. 15 is glossy satin texture so it’s better. Lip balm is still a must though. But I notice if you use less lip balm and more product stick to the lips, the lasting power is realllyyyy powerful! It’s the most long lasting lip experience I had, with 11 especially. Expect some product to stick to the dry parts, but both colours are gorgeous. Good as precise lip liners too 🙂
For cheeks and highlight, glossy satin texture like 15 is easier to blend than the others. But the warmth of our fingers can still do the work for other textures, you just gotta work fast.
MY VERDICT
Good for:
- Many many colours (50 in all!) for you to play around. I recommend the creamy and glossy textures.
- Eyeliner, tightlining, detail work around the eyes (1, 50 or other dark creamy eyeliner type of colours)
- 41 for brows creates a really soft pretty look
- Lipstick for glossy satin textures (15), lip balm recommended.
- Lasting power really awesome for 11 though abit drying.
- Lip liner, can be really precise and pigmented
- Cheap!
Not so good for:
- All over lids, not so easy to blend
- Still need brush if you want a very sharp line for eyeliner. Tip is more suitable for smudged look rather than sharp.
- Glittery 6 abit dry and settle into fine lines in inner corners for eyes
Overall I really enjoy playing with these pencils. I use 1 and 50 almost daily as eyeliners and tight-lining, and also 11 and 15 as lippies. The other colours meant for eyeshadows are kinda ignored unless I want to line the crease or under eyes with 44 or 47.
Which shades have you tried and which are your favs? I saw Smashbox has a Always Sharp liner product that auto sharpens to a sharp tip (sharper than these play 101 pencils) every time u use it. I really want to try them next! See how much I hate sharpening? Lol XD
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