I was very excited to get my hands on this, who doesn't need a waterproof intense black eyeliner in their lives?
As soon as I unpackaged it I realised it is a liner that needs to be sharpened with a pencil sharpener rather than a design that the product is able to be twisted up from the bottom. I find that these products go one of two ways - works great or once sharpened is never quite the same.
Luckily I do have a good sharpener on hand and found that this works great time and time again once sharpened. The only downfall was that it is such a creamy formula the point wore down quite quickly so precision was a bit harder. This meant lots more sharpening for certain looks.
Even though we are in lockdown it did allow me to be a bit more creative and try a few different looks to test this out. I found for an everyday or simple timeless look this performed amazing, it was quick to apply and lasted all day (whilst doing at home workouts, gardening and general housework etc). When doing more intense cat eyes, graphic liner looks, you did have to sharpen it alot more as mentioned previously, it did wear well but I did find that it smudged a little bit and the designs looked a bit messy by the evening.
When removing the product I found this easier than expected, I used a 'Face Halo' followed by my cleanser and it came off cleanly with no panda eyes. I was expecting a but more scrubbing or having to use a balm or oil to remove it.
Overall the product was pretty good, I would reach for it for an everyday look that I wanted to last all day then transition into evening without having to touch it up. Or adding more depth to a smokey eye look as the colour was fantastic!
The liner applied easily and was easy to use. I loved the waterproof feature of the liner and for someone who is always rubbing her eyes this is desirable feature. I’ve never used gel liner before so it took a few go’s for me to figure how to apply this neatly, but it was smooth and silky so applied very well my technique needs a bit of work though. I love how thin the liner can be applied as well as I prefer thinner winged lashes, this is quite hard to achieve with many eye liners. I haven’t had a chance to sharpen the pencil yet but because of the plastic outer of the pencil I thought maybe this wasn’t possible so I looked on the maybelline website and found out it can be sharpened like a regular liner which means it will definitely last longer than expected! I wouldn’t say this is the best eye liner ever it does take some getting use to, but it was still a good every day liner which can let you do thin liner as well and the waterproof feature definitely makes it more enticing!