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Splurge Or Save? // Stila Stay All Day Liner vs Soap & Glory Supercat Skinny Liner

I am back with another Splurge Or Save? post and this time I'm looking at two felt-tip liners! I always struggled with eyeliner when I first started getting into makeup: I found normal liquid liners were too messy and with gel liners, I could never get a neat line and I often found they dried out really quickly. I soon discovered felt-tip eyeliners though and I've never looked back! I've found most of the ones I've tried are really easy to use and enable me to get a neat line which I can then build up into the thickness that I want.

 I discovered the Stila Stay All Day liner about 2 years ago and it's definitely my favourite felt-tip liner I've tried so far! That being said, it is £15 so it's more on the expensive side so I wanted to see if I could find a cheaper drugstore dupe - enter the Soap & Glory Supercat Skinny liner! Keep reading to see how these two compare!

Stila Stay All Day Liner

So as I said before, this is hands-down my favourite felt-tip liner I've ever used and probably the best eyeliner in general that I've tried. It retails for £15 and it has a super-fine nib which makes it really easy to get a neat line and you can build it up really easily, depending on the thickness you want. It's also incredibly pigmented and works well over eyeshadows (I've found with some liners putting them over eyeshadow can actually make them dry out). It's also smudge-proof and does exactly what you'd expect from the name: it stays ALL DAY! For me, this eyeliner has been well worth the money and it does last quite a long time, so it's not something I'm having to replace regularly!

Soap & Glory Supercat Skinny Liner

I had really high hopes for this liner! While I was looking for a good dupe for the Stila one, this product kept popping up. It had great reviews on the Boots website and for only £7 it was over half the price of the Stila liner! I'd never used anything from Soap & Glory either so it was also a good chance to try out a new brand. Like the Stila one, it features a really thin nib so getting a precise line was no trouble for me. However, it fades and smudges really quickly, to the point where I was having to carry it around in my bag with me so I could touch it up if I needed to, something I've never had to do with my Stila liner!

Splurge or Save?

For me, this really is a case of you get what you pay for. Although both these liners are excellent in terms of application, the Stila one wins hands down for its staying power and pigmentation!

I hope you found this post useful, please feel free to comment down below if you have any reccomendations for other felt-tip liners or even other eyeliners you think I should try out! 💕
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