Metro Beauty Awards 2021: Best Eye And Brow Products
With all the mask-wearing, we have put much attention towards our eye area. Meet the products that helped us prettify our peepers and arches!
Beauty junkies, rejoice! It's that time of the year when we at METRO celebrate all things beauty and bring you some of the best we've ever tried. The 2021 Metro Beauty Awards aims to highlight the power of beauty to help bring a much-needed boost despite trying times.
Truly, there's nothing like spending a little more time on your skincare routine in the morning and at night, or finally receiving that much-awaited new fragrance in the mail after ordering online, or swiping on a bold shade of red lipstick to brighten up one's day. These seemingly little acts of self-care, when added up, make up for a lot. As the year soon comes to a close, let's celebrate all there is to be grateful for, and acknowledge the empowering effect of beauty!
Here, we round-up some of the most outstanding eye makeup and brow products we've discovered lately. In this day and age of mask-wearing, we've paid a little more attention to prettifying our eye area, for it's the only part of our face we can constantly see. Grooming our arches, and playing with eye makeup has been our source of joy lately. A little glitter shadow? How about a graphic liner or bushy brows? Swipe through the gallery below to check out our winning products:
Best Eye & Brow Products
Best Eye & Brow Products
Laura Mercier Caviar Stick
This product has been a staple in our kits, both as an eyeshadow, and as an eyeliner to add a little oomph to our makeup. Laura Mercier's Caviar Sticks are a beauty girl's surefire must-have, for its creamy texture and 12-hour long-wear ability. Illuminate your eyes, or create an entirely unexpected eyeshadow look with these easy to use eye color sticks.
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Shiseido Pop Powder Gel Eyeshadow
To say we're obsessed is an understatement for this product. Literally the gentlest tap gives off amazing pigment payoff. Have fun with eye shadow, play with the bevy of shades, and be amazed at its staying power and formula that has the ease of a cream and long-wearing property of a powder eye shadow.
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Issy & Co. Eyeliner Duo
Both the pencil and the pen were super easy to use! We love the fact that using this eyeliner duo makes it so easy to pack a traveling makeup kit because this is the only liner you'll need and you could create several looks with it. We would have liked the pigment to pack more of a punch in the liquid liner but it does the job just fine after more layers.
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Teviant Liquid Eyeliner
Stellar eyeliner product! Delivers pigment, withstands humidity and sweat as much as you can expect, and and is easy to use for novice and pros alike. The shape of the brush stays true even after weeks of use so you'll get that clean line and little flick at every use.
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K-Palette 1Day Tattoo Procast the Eyeliner - Azuki
Ever had the problem of cracking liquid eyeliner? We've had that and we want none of it. This new product makes sure we are saved from such a dilemma—with its new special coating film that sticks to the skin firmly and moves freely with the facial muscles. It boasts of rich and vivid color ink and even protects our eyes from pollen, dust, and dirt in the air! How can this not be a winner?
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Ever Bilena All Day Eyeliner Pen
This is the liquid liner perfect for beginners and makeup newbies. The felt tip is short enough that even if you weren't as light on your application, it would not be a problem to create a winged line! It's long lasting though you may want to do a retouch application a few hours in to get it black and striking again. It's pocket-friendly too!
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Strokes Eye Paint Duo
Liquid eyeshadow is one of the trendy products we've fallen in love with over the course of the quarantine. Unlike powder eyeshadow though, liquid eyeliner requires a precise application, as this product is highly pigmented and spreads out easily. Strokes' Eye Paint Duo offers 6 flattering hues so you can mix and match, and level up your eye looks in no time. One tip is shimmery, while the other tip offers a matte finish. Get the entire selection and get a free pouch too!
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Maybelline The Falsies Lash Lift Waterproof Mascara
For those who couldn't get to their favorite eyelash extensions salon right now, rejoice in the fact that this mascara exists! It was formulated to give your lashes the chance to appear bold and long, mimicking the appearance of lash extensions! It's especially perfect for mask-wearing too, as it lasts all day, is waterproof, and is smudge-proof too!
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Teviant Horus Eyeshadow Palette
We love how there are 18 shades in this comprehensive metallic eyeshadow palette—and all are wearable even on morena skintone. Perfect for when you're looking to add a little sparkle in your day through your makeup!
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Ready Set Glow Badass Liquid Liner
10/10 we would buy this again! We were so pleasantly surprised. It really is long-wearing, and you will need a cleansing oil or balm to help remove it but it delivers on pigment, wear, and ease of use.
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Benefit 24-Hr Brow Setter
A certified Metro favorite, this still is the best setting product for brows for us! After you're done applying your brow pencil or powder product, the Brow Setter just sets the strands of hair in place, and allows you to manipulate the shape to have it stay in place all day.
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Make Up For Ever Aqua Resist Brow Definer
We love a skinny eyebrow pencil like this because it makes it so easy to draw hair-like strokes and add dimension to brows! The formula is pretty long lasting as well, as expected with the Aqua Resist series.
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Beauty Secret 2-in-1 Magic Eyeliner & False Eyelashes
Beauty Secret doesn't just specialize in beauty tools, they have makeup essentials like this winning combo too. Get them separately, or better yet, get them together as the eyeliner allows the false lashes to stick on easily, giving your eyes that instant wow factor it needs. They're cruelty-free and lightweight, and there are 4 lash finishes to choose from!
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Benefit Browvo Conditioning Primer
So you thought your hair is the only part of your body that needs conditioner? Think again! Benefit specializes in all things brows, so yes, a brow conditioner is also vital. This product contains keratin and soy proteins that conditions and smoothens brows, helping keep it healthier and ready for other brow products—or, better yet, wear it on days you don't want to go full-on wow brows!
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Strokes Premium Brow Kit Bundle
Want to start tending to your brows like a pro makeup artist? Take it from Strokes, made by actual pros in the makeup industry. This premium brow kit features all 5 of the brow products needed to achieve celebrity-like brows in an instant! You don't need a degree in makeup to maximize this kit, as each one is easy to use. Available in 4 hair color-flattering shades so you can do you!
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Teviant Brow Mate
Teviant's eye makeup game is so on-point, we totally love their latest addition: the Brow Mate! The brand's founder Albert Kurniawan is so fond of eye makeup he makes sure the brows are as perefect as the eyeshadow look! This pencil allows you to create natural-looking strands, and a spoolie brush is added on the opposite end to remove excess product and help shape and groom it too. Such a steal!
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Kiss New York Magnetic Liner & Lashes Kit
One of our most amazing beauty discoveries! With just one coat of the magnetic lash liner is enough to magnetize the lashes. It's quite easy to apply because the lashes connect via 5 points and stick to the lash liner like glue. This product can be reused up to 50 times!
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Careline Best Brow Liner
What a nice surprise! After a little coaxing (you have to warm it up first by rubbing it across your hand first), it's quite easy to apply on the brows and is able to deposit color in uneven areas that have sparse hair. The color isn't too red but is just the right ash to give a natural look.
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