NYX Jumbo eye pencils - The good, the bad and the ugly!

Hello my lovely readers! 

I decided to do this post because someone asked me once on another makeup blog "If NYX pencils crease so much then why does everyone love them?" 


I don't remember what I replied but being a makeup enthusiast and a blogger I want to share my opinion on these babies. 


NYX describes their Jumbo eye pencils as a "radiant eyeliner that also doubles as an eyeshadow." which I feel is a fairly apt description. 

NYX JEP

The good:

• Good pigmentation for some of the pencils.
• Creamy and easy to use.
• Nice and fat (haha!) 
• Beautiful and good range of colours
• Thus they make excellent bases for my eye shadows.
• The best two without a doubt are: Milk and Black Bean. If you have to buy only 2, then get these.
• The price can be affordable - I won't say inexpensive because "expense" is relative. 
• In India they cost ~425/- and in USA they cost between 3-7$ 
• You can get them on discount or offers of buy 3 get one free kind of deals.

The bad: 

• While some of them are very pigmented, others have a patchy application.
• They crease very quickly.
• There are some that do not crease as quickly as others. Case in point: Milk is "drier" than the creamy black bean. I don't know if this a one off thing or a consistent feature of Milk.
• The caps are flimsy and crack really quickly.

The ugly:

• That's a harsh word and there is no ugly to these pencils. :D

Here are some pics:

See, nice and fat!!

Ok so below are some swatches and a brief description of the ones I have used.

L-R: Black Bean, Milk, Yellow, Baby Blue, Slate, Pots & Pans, Purple Velvet

• Milk: white, my favorite. Not too creamy and a good all purpose base.
• Black Bean: black, makes for an excellent dark base for smokey, dramatic looks, extremely smooth application
• Yellow: Yellow, good yellow base for those hard to work with yellow e/s

Black Bean, Milk, Yellow

• Baby Blue: Sky blue with subtle shimmer. Beautiful colour but horrible application! 
• Slate: Dark shimmery gray colour. Good dark base for smokey looks as well
• Pots and Pans: Stunning silver colour but again, just wipes off with one swipe. NO staying power.
• Purple Velvet: Velvetty rich purple, easy to use and stunning colour.

Baby Blue, Slate, Pots and Pans, Purple Velvet

So there you have it! The good, the bad and the err...everything I know about NYX JEP. 

They are easy to use, with good pigmentation and serve as good  bases to build up colour. Their major drawback is tendency to crease but if you use a good eye primer, these pencils work well. 

Hope you found this post informative! Thanks & tata!