I Tried Over $1,000 on Lip Liners... Here's What I Found.

This lip liner deep dive took me MONTHS of work, I hope you enjoy it. A big thank you to Idyl for sponsoring this video! I couldn’t do my deep dives without a sponsor so I am very grateful to their partnership to help keep my channel going.

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00:00 Intro
13:08 Idyl Jewelry
01:16:45 Outro

FTC: This video is sponsored by Idyl and it is not meant for children. Some products were received in PR but I will always share my honest opinion. Some links are affiliate, which allow me to earn a small commission from your purchase.

[StateofKait]

This is the hardest I've ever worked on a video and frankly, I'm not happy with it. I re-shot the application footage over and over and over again because the lighting wasn't right. Itried using orange gels and diffuser fabrics on my window, shooting in only artificial lighting, shooting in my garage in front of a paper roll, shooting at 6am when the sun isn't too bright....nothing looked as good as the lighting in my old house. I've hired a company to help me design a studio so hopefully I will have great lighting soon!


Here are my top favorites that I wear most often!
Charlotte Tilbury Lip Cheat in pillow talk fair
Clio Velvet Lip Pencil in coffee brown
ColourPop Long-Lasting Lippie Pencil in cool bff
Em Cosmetics Soft Blur Velvet Lip Liner in mink
Fitglow Vegan Lip Liners in nude and buff
Glossier Lip Line in grip
Ilia Lip Sketch in rhyme (but as a lipstick, not liner)
Kosas Hotliner Contouring Lip Liner in mega and 100
L.A. Girl Long-Lasting Shockwave Lip Liner in mavue
Makeup by Mario Ultra Suede Lip Liner in smoky pink and dmitry
Mob Smooth Precision Lip Liner in 1990
NYX Slim Lip Pencil in mauve (my literal favorite color, but terrible formula)
Thrive Lip Filler Long-Wearing + Plumping Lip Liner in ghizlan
Tower 28 Beauty OneLiner in work of art and paint my number
Victoria Beckham Lip Definer in 02

Here's everything I'm wearing in this video:
Halter top: old Abercrombie

[threadsketch]

Unholy cow, girl, we can't thank you enough for this level of commitment! Here's hoping you can continue to provide us with these extremely informative deep dives.

[kellyprizel]

Lord! The amount of work that went into this video is blowing my mind. Everyone should watch this video because it’s like the Bible for lip liners.

[sleepyheadsarah]

Forget about the Library of Alexandria. THIS is the true concentrated source of humanity's collective knowledge.

[LoveHeatherette]

Girl we are not worthy! Your deep dives are so incredible. You described products so well and I appreciate all of the application and hand swatch b roll clips. I know these takes ages to begin with and having to redo so many times, we are so thankful

[shelleyeatz]

Adding another comment - totally agree with you on having mad respect for brands who don’t use influenster and equivalents! I’m sick of incentivized reviews

[ChloeS]

my favorite type of makeup review video - lots of products, STRAIGHT to the point, clear descriptions, not rambly but provides your opinion, great closeups, different lighting, I could go YOU.

[lauras]

I know it’s not performing that well, but thank you for all the effort you put into it. These kinds of videos I come back to when I’m looking to purchase something in the same category. I hope the company you are going to work with will help you get the results you want as far as lighting goes. Thanks again!

[val_foche]

I’ve never clicked on a video so fast! 😅 Found your channel recently and now I cannot stop watching it 💙

[starlitmoon]

Your deep dives are seriously incredible. Thank you so much for putting so much effort in and always giving us different lighting swatches AND application footage!!! Also, I think you have the prettiest lip shape!

[vikjack]

Not only do you look absolutely stunning, but your dedication to explaining the shades and what tones may work with different skin tones is awesome! I’ve been wanting to wear more lip liners, but never know what works for me. 😍

[spgthd]

I'm obsessed with this type of format you do! I learn much and appreciate the efforts and work.

[pghtraci]

I think I speak for most when I say, MORE THUMPER. He makes for an amazing backdrop. I love your deep dives and appreciate all the creativity and research you put into them. P.S.: Your freckles on the ColourPop Cool BFF application footage are ahhhmazing!

[kkmarzipan]

I feel bad because I love your deep dives but lipliner is a product I have never purchased or used. But here’s a comment!! Keep up the amazing videos!

[symanthar.]

Thanks for all the time you put into this!! Love the swatches on hand and lips. Really good to see them in different light.

[katymawson]

This is the best lip liner video that I have ever seen. Thank you so much!

[cornellfoodie]

You did it again! Absolutely amazing the amount of work that you put into these. So comprehensive and impressive!

Currently my favorite liners are Tower 28, Kosas, and my old formulation NYX Nude Beige. I bought the Clio one based on your recommendation. I haven’t used it enough to know if it’ll become a favorite.

Thanks again for all your dedication, work, time, and effort!

[musiclover]

Loved this video Kait! and love how you do your lip swatches. I can't tell you how many times I go back to your videos to remember how a lip product performed and looked. Those LA girl shockwave lipliners are such a hidden gem, if you want to try another shade in that formula then the shade coquette is beautiful. When it comes to Lisa Eldridge, the enhance and define lip liners are wayyy too creamy, pigmented and slippy, it makes it almost hard to control. They set down and are long lasting but they feel quite heavy on the lips. The LE sculpt and shade lip liners are much better. The formula reminds me of the MUF artist color pencils. You also really need to try the Milani easy liner in most natural, it only comes in two shades but this lip liner formula is really pretty but the color is what gets me. It's the most beautiful natural shade that goes with any lip color. Totally agree with you about the MAC lipliners, but the shades are really beautiful. I think you would really like the shade whirl, it's more of a cool tone mauve that creates a really pretty shadow, but of course you have to love the formula to buy another lip liner lol. Other amazing lip liners I highly recommend you try are the Freck beauty ones, the About Face lip liners, the Nabla lip liners, and the Natasha Denona I need a nude lip liners (prettiest colors and formula!)

[janetgoier]

Absolutely amazing!!!! Thank you so much for doing all the work!! Lipliner is a must-have for me for the past forty years (alas, I am OLD!), and of course, through the years, my favorites have been discontinued, so it's a nearly never-ending hunt to find new faves.

[kuklakid]

Here we go again. The lip queen. I'm working now, and now I have to take time out to watch this. Thank you.