Revlon Colorstay Eyeliner: Review + Photos

Like Revlon's Liquid pen version of this eyeliner, this product has gone above and beyond my expectations. I have this in Black, and this is definitely a very intense black. The product glides on extremely smoothly and pigmented. It's waterproof, so if you make a mistake or get it somewhere it isn't supposed to be, it'll be hard to work with. It holds on onto my upper and lower lash line wonderfully throughout the day. On the waterline, this might last a few hours before fading away. It doesn't smudge and make you look dead like some eyeliners can when they wear off the waterline. It cleanly comes off and it's easy to quickly touch up.

This is an automatic, or retractable, eyeliner, which means the tips always stays firm and slim, perfect for every type of eyeliner look because of the amount of control you have with this. You might not be able to create perfect wings, due to the fact the tip, while still slim, is rounded because it's an automatically sharpening liner, so there's not really a clean point you can work with.

If you're looking for a pigmented, long-lasting and easy to handle eyeliner, I think this would be a perfect fit. This has worked better than some of the high-end eyeliners I've used in the past.

L'Oreal Voluminous Smoldering Eyeliner: Review + Photos

This eyeliner comes in three shades which include Black/Noir, Black/brown, and Gray. I have the one in Black/Noir. I can see immediately that this black goes beyond standards.

The texture of this is surprisingly very smooth and very creamy. Since its summer where I live, the weather has gone up quite a few degrees. One hot day when I used this, I had to constantly stop to clean up this eyeliner because as I was applying, it kept melting around and it formed chunks at the tip. I had to remove them with a tissue, then blot the tip. In cooler weather I did not encounter this problem.

Because of the design, this is very easy to apply and get a straight line. I think this kind of eyeliner is best for use with smoked out or blended liner application, rather than clean definition. It blends very easily. It also dries quickly. This is not long-wearing at all I find, because after just three hours this ran and was smudged all over my undereye (I didn't apply any eye makeup under my eyes), and smudged on the outer corner of my eye. When I wore this on my waterline, it didn't stay put for anymore than an hour, and all of it seemed to transfer from my waterline to gunked up, moist eyeliner residue straight underneath.

This eyeliner has great pigmentation and an ergonomic design, but it simply has no sustainability in the least, which is a dealbreaker for me when it comes to pencil eyeliner.