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"You know, one of the best places on Earth is Sephora. (And if us Carrie Bradshaw-types were making a list, I&amp;#x27;d say the second best would be the Christian Louboutin store.) Not only does just walking into Sephora make me sublimely happy, but it&amp;#x27;s also the best place to go if you really want to procrastinate a bit and do some intensive beauty reconnaissance; which is exactly what I was doing the other day when I noticed these amazing little things that have been happening to eyeliner pencils... You guys know me pretty well enough by now so there&amp;#x27;s really no sense in me once again declaring my undying love for eyeliner. (Oops! I just did. Sorry, but I seriously love &amp;#x27;em that much!) It only makes sense that my eyes naturally gravitate towards the eyeliner pencils in all of the makeup collections that I viewed while milling around Sephora. And boy, was I in shock! It was like all of the ideas that I&amp;#x27;ve had for eyeliner pencils have finally come true! I even did a little happy dance. (I&amp;#x27;d describe how this looks in more detail but I feel like the topic of eyeliner pencils are a little bit more important right now, tee-hee!) Just to be sure it was happening across the board, I even went over to the makeup section of the drugstore and was pleased to see that it&amp;#x27;s true! (We won&amp;#x27;t talk about how much money I spent on makeup that day. So much for budgeting...sigh.) Alright, so here are the two main things I&amp;#x27;ve noticed (and love!) 1. The Smudger Yeah, yeah, we&amp;#x27;ve seen smudger tips on eyeliner pencils before, but the ones I&amp;#x27;ve noticed are now angled and seem to consist of a more substantial material. (It seems to me that the material used on the older ones were more prone to breakage..or maybe it&amp;#x27;s just because I used mine to death.) The angled tips make it so much easier to create that super sexy cat eye look. 2. The Built-In Pencil Sharpeners Gasp! (That&amp;#x27;s exactly what I did when I saw the ones the featured these built into the cap.) I don&amp;#x27;t know about you gals, but I&amp;#x27;m forever losing (or forgetting) my eye pencil sharpeners. (In desperation, I once even tried to whittle one down with the blade of a scissor at my desk...yeah, that didn&amp;#x27;t work out too well.) However, now that some eyeliner pencils feature sharpeners in the caps, I shall never go with an unsharpened eye pencil ever again! (Well, unless I lose the cap...but that definitely &amp;#x27;aint happenin!) Just so you can see what I&amp;#x27;m talking about, here are a couple of my current fave product picks: More Smashbox... Is anyone else as excited about these subtle little upgrades that have been happening to eyeliner pencils as I am?! What are some of your new faves? Tell me everything below in the comments section. Looking for some new ways to wear your eyeliner? Check out these posts for inspiration: This Could Quite Possibly Be The Most Gorgeous Example Of How To Effectively Wear Black Eyeliner Ever! Quirky Makeup Idea: Leona Lewis&amp;#x27;s Green-Liner-on-the-Bottom Eye Look Eye Makeup Idea: Leighton Meester&amp;#x27;s Sneaky Swipe of Liquid Blue Eyeliner *** More Ways to Get Glamour: Got a fashion Q? Glamour stylists answer your fashion questions at WhatToWear.com Show your love: Get our very own &amp;quot;xox&amp;quot; ring set, $12 at shopglamour.com Like freebies? Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Hysterical things are happening right now in the fashion world. Follow us on Twitter and find out for yourself! (You won&amp;#x27;t regret it, we pinky-swear!) Sign up for our style newsletter and get the best of our fashion blog, delivered straight to your inbox! Photo: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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