Review (2/5): Not a great choice for a vegan product
Immediately after purchasing this product, I gave it a four-star review. However, after six months of owning it, I have decided that it is not right for me and am changing my rating.
I have watery eyes, oily lids, and long lashes, meaning anything I put on top of the lid is going to end up underneath it in a few hours. After reading hundreds of reviews of vegan, organic liquid liners, I decided to give this one a chance because of all the good reviews. I liked it a lot in some regards, but there were too many drawbacks, which I will detail here. Hopefully this will help you decide if this product is right for you.
Pros:
- No irritation
- Does not smudge or transfer to under eye area, even after exercise (yay!!)
- Removes easily with normal facial cleanser (double yay!!)
- Very black
Cons:
- Difficult to apply, even with an expert hand. (I am all about identical, precise cat eyes.) During application, if you lift up the brush once and then try to continue your line, you will find that it scratches into what you have already applied and leaves gaps that need to be covered up with careful dabbing of more product. After three or four applications, I got used to the consistency of the formula, but this is one of the biggest drawbacks of this product. (Also, even though as a whole it comes off very easily at the end of the day, fixing little mistakes with just some water or spit is quite difficult for some reason, perhaps because the product is still tacky.)
- The liner does not sink into your skin, meaning it sits on top of your eyelid and will flake off over the course of a day. Miraculously, it doesn't give you raccoon eyes, but it does create a ragged edge or little gaps in your liner that are obvious up close.
- Having used various pen, liquid, and gel liners over the years, I find the design of this brush terrible. It is not a bristle brush; it is more of an inflexible point. The design also makes it so you can't grip very closely to the tip, giving you less control. This makes it so you end up with a coat of liner on your lashes (I do have long lashes, for the record). Like I said, the applicator just does not allow a lot of control, especially when you're trying to go back in and fix precise gaps.
I appreciate that this product is vegan and organic, but let's be honest... you can't have your cake and eat it, too. I couldn't deal with the frustrations of the application. I ended up tossing this product and purchasing Black Noir Waterproof liner by NYX that is ah-MA-zing. It is everything this product is not, albeit a little more chemical-y.