The Body Shop Metallic Eye Definers are available in 5 shades for £7.50 each. Sold at Body Shop stores and available on the website.
There's a good selection of colours here. All too often a release of a metallic product means only available at Christmas, or available in gold and silver. There isn't a gold in this selection and not really a silver as it's a steel (darker and greyer than silver).
These liners are quite soft, but not too soft that they deform as you use them if you press too hard. They're just soft enough that they apply very smoothly. No tugging required to apply these!
They are quite pigmented, with each swatch having a couple of layers. Not pigmented enough for top liner (I rarely use a pencil liner on my top lash line anyway) but are great for the lower lash line. The purple was not as pigmented as the other shades and, disappointingly, pulled quite grey when applied. I'm not sure I'd call all the shades metallic though. The purple especially don't seem metallic, just shimmery. The Burnished Amber definitely is metallic, it has that glowing effect that a true metallic finish offers.
However, these don't really last that well on me. I'm not one with oily lids or watery eyes but these faded on me during the day. If I only wore them for a few hours then it was fine and setting them with a powder eye shadow meant that they lasted all day. On their own, not so much. They don't set by themselves and the swatches I've got on the back of my hand (to reference colour as I photograph in advance) are smearing an hour after I've put them there.
They might work as an eye shadow base, but I'd be worried about creasing as they do feel quite creamy.
Removal was easy enough. Came straight off with my cleansing oil and my Johnson's 3in1 eye make up remover. Actually, even though it says water resistant on the website, these came off my hand with water and a wipe with my finger.
These were provided free for review/tutorial purposes. This has no effect on the review I give.
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