Easy Glider: 5 Best Eye Shadow Pencils

Don’t you just love being able to swipe some color on your eye lid, blend it with a finger tip, slap on some mascara and go? I do, and I have become quite dependent on jumbo “crayon” size pencils for accomplishing such a task.   Here are my favorites:

1.  Best Budget Crayon: Wet n Wild Idol Eyes Creme Shadow Pencil $1.99 Walgreens.com

I recently rocked a smokey green eye using Envy mixed with a bit of dark gray shadow.  Beautiful summer smoke!

2.  Best  Crayon/Shadow Base: NARS Soft Touch Shadow Pencil $24 Narscosmetics.com

Layer your favorite shadows over these long-wear pencils for a new color sensation, plus you get the benefits of long lasting color.

3.  Best Crayon Liner: Sue Devitt Eye Intensifier Pencil $22 Beauty.com

I have been loving these pencils since Sue introduced this line at Sephora.com.  Pointe Noir is the blackest black and makes smokey eyes a breeze.  Every color is a must-have.

4.  Best Budget Double-Duty Crayon: CoverGirl Smoky Shadow Blast $7.99 Ulta.com

I just picked up a couple of these — they work!  Highlight color and a contoured deeper color make a colorful smoky eye a breeze.

5.  Best Crayon Highlighter: Anastasia Brow Duality $23 Sephora.com

A double-ended matte and shimmer highlighter.