NYX Off Tropic Pro Liners (Review & Swatches)

NYX Off Tropic Pro Liners

I feel like the entirety of the NYX Off Tropic collection was made for me and my love of vivid, vibrant makeup colours. Not only did I love the Off Tropic palettes (see swatches of Hasta La Vista here, and of Shifting Sand here), but I’m telling you upfront that I freaking love these Off Tropic Pro Liners.

NYX Off Tropic Pro Liners
NYX Off Tropic Pro Liners

The NYX Off Tropic Pro Liners come in a massive array of rainbow shades (not a neutral to be seen, be still my heart!), although I only have three colours to show you in this post. There are nine shades in total though, and you can bet your butt I’m going to be picking up some ore!

The pencils twist up (and thankfully down) and contain 0.28 grams of product. They come pre-sharpened, but I found that I accidentally snapped off all three tops the first time I applied them to my eyes which was a bit odd. Once they were blunt, I found they no longer broke off and were rather creamy to apply. It’s kind of like the tip got dried out and just broke off on first use. Not really an issue to me though because the product underneath was glorious to use.

NYX Off Tropic Pro Liner Swatches in Pineapple Punch, Happy Hour and Pool Boy
NYX Off Tropic Pro Liner Swatches in Pineapple Punch, Happy Hour and Pool Boy

All three colours are incredibly vibrant and surprisingly opaque given how almost neon they seem. I did find that the yellow, Pineapple Punch, needed a few passes for full opacity, but I’m not surprised as yellow is, by nature, pale and tends to be sheer. However, it was opaque after a second layer so I was really impressed!

Wearing Pineapple Punch
Wearing Pineapple Punch

As you can see, Pineapple Punch is a standout yellow shade. I applied two layers on my water line to get that colour and aside from a little outer corner fading, this colour stayed put all day!

Wearing Happy Hour
Wearing Happy Hour

As did the vibrant hot pink! Basically, none of these colours moved on me throughout the day except for a tiny amount of product being removed at the outer corner of my eye (which is fairly normal for me). The colour stayed true all day, and I especially love how vibrant Happy Hour is!

Wearing Pool Boy
Wearing Pool Boy

Pool Boy was equally beautiful and vibrant!

Final Thoughts

Basically… these are all knockout shades. The NYX Off Tropic Pro Liners are so frigging good that it’s hard to describe without just saying… they truly are flawless and a true drugstore gem. They apply creamily (which is especially nice as I only wear pencil eyeliner on my lower waterline which is a hella sensitive area of the eye) and stay put all day. The colours are gorgeous and vivid, and they make me so happy! Since MAKE UP FOR EVER has discontinued all of their colourful Aqua XL Liners, this is going to be the brand I turn to when I need new, fun shades. I’m already eyeballing the bright green (Bamboo) and orange (Mimosa Orange) because I don’t have anything like that in my collection at all!

EDIT 2019/05/31: It’s been brought to my attention that the packaging on the NYX Pro Liners marks these are not eye safe (there’s an eyeball with a big X over it). I’ve reached out to NYX to find out why this is as these are definitely positioned as eyeliners. From my personal experience, I suffered no issues with these on my water line, but those with eye sensitivities may want to steer clear.

The NYX Off Tropic Pro Liners can be purchased at shoppersdrugmart.ca for $7.49 CAD each or on nyxcosmetics.com for $5 USD eachnyxcosmetics.com for $5 USD each.

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10 thoughts on “NYX Off Tropic Pro Liners (Review & Swatches)

  1. OMG YAS. ALL THE YAS. I love NYX’s coloured liners, and I mostly use coloured liners instead of eyeshadow. I just like that little pop of bright colour. I am running, not walking, to my local Shoppers and London Drugs hehe 😁

    1. Oh interesting, do you use the pencils AS eyeshadow, or do you mostly just stick to a colourful liner every day? These are frigging fabulous and I need MORE!

      1. I didn’t find these yesterday 😥 Boooo. LOL.

        I don’t use them as eyeshadow per say, I do very basic shading with my contour/highlight powder and then just line my eye with a vibrant colourful eyeliner. It’s just very easy and quick, and looks great (well, I like it on me 😊 ).

        1. Oh no that’s too bad! you could try ordering from the NYX site? They have a Canadian site so no duties!
          What you’re describing for your eyes sounds gorgeous!

  2. Wow, the pigment on those! Can’t believe you can get such bright, vivid colors for a drugstore price. I need to buy them all!
    Thanks for the review, your photos are amazing as always <3

  3. Hi, These are actually not safe for use on the eyes. The UK packaging has a picture of a crossed out eye and i got in contact with NYX regarding this and they actually said they were unable to confirm they were suitable for use on eyes but that the products had been tested? Which is quite worrying! They dodged my question numerou times in my angry email! Please be aware of this before purchasing/using them as they could do damage!!!

    1. I’ve updated my post to reflect this information – thank you so much for pointing it out to me! I’ve reached out to NYX via twitter, and if I don’t hear back there I will ask their PR team.

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