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The No7 Stay Perfect Shade and Define Pencils*.

Great colours, great formula and great staying power.

I was not expecting to like these as much as I do. Having had fairly disappointing experience with the No7 Stay Perfect Amazing Eyes Pencil (the difficulty in getting any colour on the lid). I was fairly ambivalent.

Wow, was I in for a surprise! The colour just glides (as Boots promo bumf says) onto the skin and has great staying power. It comes in a range of 8 very pretty colours. I was fortunate to try 4; 2 darker and less shimmery colours (Deep Purple and Coffee Bean) and two lovely shimmery colours that I absolutely fell in love with. (Pink Pearl and Glistening Ray – great names!)

The brown and purple are perfect for a smoky or shaded eye. Applying and smudging with ease with just the tiniest hint of shimmer. Very attractive. Once set they do not budge until you remove them.

But I absolutely adore the pale shimmery pink and gold colours. They are perfect for spring and will be wonderful in summer when you have some colour to your skin. They are very shimmery and very pretty and flattering. I have been wearing all 4 for most of the past two weeks.

As above, I have been doing a smokey or shaded eye with the darker colours. The shimmery colours I have been using all over the lid to frame a lovely lashy look. See below for pictures. I highly recommend these pencils. I will be investing in the other 4 colours for sure.

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