Hi blog readers :)
I've had my share of eyeliners, but unfortunately my oily eyelids, my sensitive and water-very-easily eyes don't appreciate eyeliners as much I'd like to.
I have typical Asian eyelashes. You know, stubborn, stick straight pointing down and very scarce in quantity. Yes, those kind of lashes.
Meanwhile I've gotten to know the magical make up tool which calls an eyelash curler. Ever since I've used it, my lashes can become curly. In spite of not having lots of them, I don't like wearing false eyelashes, I've found out that you can fake the look of having more eyelashes than you actually have by putting eyeliner on your upper waterline, mwoehahaha! And here's when the eyeliners swoop in!
I've used pencils, liquid, gel eyeliners. Quick conclusion? I love gel, like liquid and usually hate pencils eyeliners.
Pencils cause my eyes to water and the white in my eyes becomes red. Also, these can smudge quite easy on my eyes.
Liquids are not very easy to work with, and smudge or rub off eventually.
Gels stay on me the longest.
Today, I'll be comparing not 1, not 2, but
15 kind of eyeliners, including my all time favorite, so stay tuned!
Here's an overview of all the eyeliners. I've swatched them accordingly to the separate reviews down below. Just in case, here's the list with all the brand names:
I've swatched all eyeliners on my hand.
On the right picture I've tested these with
saliva to test whether they're really as waterproof (=WP) as they claim to be. I swiped over the liners 3 times with my finger. As you can see, there are a bunch of them which did not succeed the water test.
* Mac technakohl
* Déjà vu Lasting fine
* Maybelline Master drama
* Mulensa
* Rimmel Scandaleyes (WP)
* Dolly Wink
* Benefit BAD gal (WP)
* Cover girl perfect point plus
* Cosmagic lock on liner
* Almay
* Maybelline Eyeliner-matic
* L'Oréal Color Riche Le Smoky
* Catrice (WP)
* Prestige (WP)
Those who survived, were put up to round 2: the
waterline.
This eyeliner is probably one of my most expensive eye pencil. No offense, but big brands must promise something good, right? I'm afraid this pencil disappointed me so bad. It smudged, it didn't endure the water test (not that it said waterproof, but still) and it's pricey. No, I won't repurchase this. 4/10
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| Mac technakohl liner eye liner kajal in graphblack |
This is an Asian eye pencil, which I bought in Hong Kong. I heard so much about this brand, I thought I'd give the eye liner a shot. Unfortunately I didn't like this. Perhaps it stayed on me for about an hour, but that's it. In spite of putting it on my waterline, I'd like a pencil to stay put longer than 60 minutes, don't you? A poor 2/10
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| Déjàvu Lasting fine in black | |
Maybe it's Maybelline. It sure is Maybelline :) I
didn't expect much from this pencil to be quite honest. I bought this
at the local drugstore and I thought it would smudge on me like no
other, as most drugstore eyeliners do, but I have to admit that this has
surprised me, in a good way. This stayed on my waterline after a few
hours, barely smudged and the price is right. This deserves a proper
8/10
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| Maybelline Master drama khol liner in charcoal grey |
My friend bought me a khol pencil in France. Mulensa. I never heard of it, but gave it a try anyway. I've put this on my waterline a while back and it stayed put, but I don't know why it smudges immediately after testing it for this blog post. It failed badly at the water test, so another flunk: 1/10
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| Mulensa khol pencil in black |
I bought this drugstore eyeliner after hearing that
this is the drugstore version of the Urban Decay 24/7 glide on pencils.
LIAR!! It's a shame that this isn't able in a solely black pencil. The
pencil I have contains little chunks of glitter causing my sensitive
eyes to become red and watery. It didn't take long for this eyeliner to
smudge and to even cause a little bit of pain. Thanks a lot glitter... 0/10
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| Rimmel Scandaleyes kohl liner in 002 sparkling black (waterproof) |
For the Asian beauty fans out there, who doesn't know Dolly Wink? The liquid eyeliner has reached an incredible fame, but I've never heard anyone talked about the pencil. On the hand, it's ok, but it's not good at all to put on the waterline. You'd think: well, then just put it on your eyelid. I can't. My oily eyelids makes this eye pencil smudge as hell and I'll look like a panda in no time. Too bad, but nice try, I'll stay with the liquid Dolly Wink: 4/10
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| Dolly Wink liner in black |
We've all heard about the Benefit bad gal liner. I like the pigmentation and the lasting power is ... okay. I don't love this liner, but I can put it if I only have to go out for an hour or 2. I told you so, it's not the best liner. Again, you pay a price for the brand. Luckily this performs a little bit better than some others... 6/10
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| Benefit BAD gal liner in charcoal, comes with smudger (waterproof) |
I don't even know why I wanted to buy this
eyeliner. I always heard so many good things on the brand Covergirl, so
how bad could it be? Well, let me tell you one thing: this pencil
eyeliner should be called smudgetown, haha! No, it didn't leave my eyes
watery, but dang...I looked straight up like a panda after 15 minutes,
for real! Definitely not worth your money people: 1/10
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| Cover girl perfect point plus in 205 charcoal, comes with smudger |
An Asian eyeliner that didn't do the job properly.
Smudged on me after a half an hour, although it didn't cause any more
sensitivity, hence my 3/10
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| Cosmagic lock on liner in black, comes with smudger |
After reading so many good reviews on this eyeliner, I just had
to give this pencil a try. This did stay put on my waterline at first,
but unfortunately this did smudge eventually. Ok, but not good enough.
7/10
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| Almay eyeliner in 205 black, comes with sharpener |
After seeing the results on the swatch picture, you'd think this would perform great. Well, I'm here to tell you this is not a great pencil, but it does the job. It doesn't last as long as other good eye pencils on the waterline, since it's not waterproof. But in spite it's not waterproof, it's aight :) 7/10
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| Maybelline Eyeliner-matic in intense black, comes with sharpener |
First off: dang, that pencil is sharp! It actually hurt putting this liner onto my waterline. But back to the purpose of this review: no, it did not last on my waterline. Since it says 'Le Smoky' and there's a smudger with it, I can't blame them for not staying put on my waterline. 3/10
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| L'Oréal Color Riche Le Smoky eyeliner in 201 black velour, comes with smudger |
Catrice, a brand which is often neglected for no understandable reasons. I'm not sure whether the States have access to this brand, but I'm pretty sure some countries in Europe do. Anyway, for a drugstore pencil, this is a good eye pencil. It stays on my waterline for quite some time, I like the twistable pencil and I appreciate the sharpener that comes with. Overall, I like this one: 8/10
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| Catrice longlasting eye pencil in 010 new kids on the black, comes with sharpener (waterproof) |
I've always compared Catrice with Prestige (don't ask me why). Now, I've had this pencil longer than I had the Catrice one. Twist up, waterproof, black eyeliner... It has all I need in an eye pencil. But no... It's no good. It doesn't stay put for too long and my eyes become very red after putting this eyeliner, so a 4/10.
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| Prestige eyeliner in 01 black (waterproof) |
And last but not least, ma favorite pencil. No, I didn't swatch this on the overview of pencils, because I wanted to save this one as a surprise :) This is a gel pencil. When putting this on my waterline,
this dried immediately so it stayed put on my waterline. Can I just
mention that this didn't budge at all! By far, this is the best eyeliner
I have ever used! Definitely worth a 9/10. I couldn't give this full
points, because it did smudge a bit on my hand after testing with water
(look below)
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| Jealousness in black (waterproof) | |
Now I've put all eyeliners to the test, I'm glad to announce
the top 3:
Here's another swatch picture of my winners. You'll see that the right side is a bit blurry, that's because I, again, put them to the water test.
*drumroll*
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| Top down: Maybelline Masterdrama - Jealousness - Catrice |
Results:
3. Catrice
2. Maybelline Masterdrama
1. Jealousness
The thing I like the most about all 3 eye liners is that they're all drugstore products. So they're affordable liners with a great staying power. I can't do anything but recommend these babies!
After testing these goodies, I'm still on the hunt for good eyeliners (yes, I'm obsessed, but so are you!) But tell me, do you know any good eyeliners that you happen to love? :)
