Kryolan Kajal in Dark Brown - Review, Swatch

I'm an eye pencil/kohl fanatic and whenever I try out out a new brand, I'll always get at least one eye pencil and I did the same when I requested Veda to get me some Kryolan makeup from Chennai couple of months back. I had heard that the Kryolan kajals are a good substitute for NYX Jumbo pencils so thought of getting the Dark Brown and Highlight shade. Not that I had a lot of choices. These kajals are available in only three colors - Black, Dark Brown and Highlight (a creamy white). 

The Kryolan kajal is a 12 cm long pencil priced at Rs 175. Its made of wood and can be sharpened with any  double cavity sharpener. I much prefer the twist up pencils coz there's less wastage of product but for this pencil, I'm really not bothered on how much is wasted. Read on to know the reasons why. 

1. The texture is extremely soft and creamy. I just touched it on my lids and the tip completely bent out of shape. I tried it out first sometime in August when its really humid in Kolkata and the first touch disfigured the  pencil. I learnt my lesson and its resting place till date is the refrigerator. Because its so creamy, the kajal is very easy to blend but I would never dare to use it on my lids as a shadow. 

2. This smudges like crazy!! When the tip got out of shape, I thought ok its very creamy but lets just go ahead and try it out. I wore it to office and in a couple of hrs, I was looking like a raccoon with brown rims of kohl smudged under my eyes. I didn't realise it till I saw people giving me strange looks at work and when I checked my face, believe me it was not a pretty sight. I wiped out most of it leaving only a thin line of brown on the lids and waterline but even that was not spared from smudging. I had to wipe it off completely to save my face.

3. The only pro that I can come up with is the color of the pencil. Its a dark chocolate brown and perfect for office wear or when you want to go with a subtle look on the eyes. 

Overall Thoughts

Unless you are staying in the hills, forget using this kajal all year round. You will look like a clown if you are wearing this during summer. There are plenty of other brands that make good kajal. Much better to buy them than spend Rs 175 on a Kryolan one.

Have you tried the Kryolan Kajals?

My Kryolan Haul

Yessss atlast I've laid my hands on Kryolan! For the past couple of months, I've been seeing so much of Kryolan on other blogs that I was desperate to lay my hands on at least a few of the products. The only problem - neither is Kryolan available in Kolkata nor is it available online. 

Now, the one thing that I've been very fortunate to have made through blogging is a number of very good friends and I'm sure that's the case with all you bloggers. Its so strange that we've never met and will probably never do so yet speak to one another and interact everyday through our blogs. Feels like I've known all of you for ages! This time as well, a friend who I met through blogging, Veda a.ka. Kofykat of http://kofykat.wordpress.com/ came to my rescue through Twitter (Yes, I've really been making very good use of Fb and Twitter :))). Now I had absolutely no idea of the shades available or even the range of products. I requested Veda to get the paint stick, a powder and some blushes, told her my choice of colors and MAC foundation shade and that's it. She actually picked out the shades on her own and boy do I love them! I would have picked up the exact same colors! Thanks sooo much Veda. You rock!

Here is a list of what I got:

1. The iconic TV paint stick in FS 40

2. Translucent Powder in TL 12

3. Kajal pencils in Nude and Dark Brown

4. Blushes in Youth Red and 080

Reviews will follow soon (Gosh I have so much stuff pending for review!). Meanwhile, take a look at the shades. 

I really hate the packaging! Why cant they improve on how the products look???

Youth Red to the left and 080 to the right

Have you tried any of these products? Which one is your favorite? Do share your thoughts