Buy minis on eBay.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE Blinc's Liquid Eyeliner (Easy to apply! Easy to take off! No squiggles! No smudges! Heavily pigmented! Miraculous staying power!)
But I get such sticker shock at the $26 price tag I've never been able to bring myself to buy a full size.
I tried the crappy $7 Revlon Colorstay pen that lasted 2.5 seconds and took 3 applications just to get some pigment down (at least the pen was sleek looking).
Then I discovered eBay. Two Blinc minis for $9. The last mini I had (when I fell in love) lasted me about a month. And with the tiny wand, it's actually very easy to apply—easier, I would imagine, than the full-sized. I find eyeliners to be like chopsticks: the farther up along the wand you have to hold them, the less control you have. (Ok, maybe I'm just bad at using chopsticks, but the principle remains...)
Right now I'm seeing two eyeliner minis plus two mascara minis for $10.99 with free shipping.
If you're thinking "Ew, makeup on eBay!" keep in mind that these Blinc babies come all sealed up—and someone took that liner off the shelf at Sephora, tried it on, and put it back in its box.
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