Makeup Review: Maybelline Eyestudio gel eyeliner

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Tonight I bought a product I've been dying to try! I was introduced to gel eyeliners about a year ago through watching make up guru folks on you tube. Since then I've developed an intense interest in all things makeup and follow quite of few of them on you tube and watch their videos regularly to learn all sorts of tips and tricks. 

I'm broke, so I can't afford to buy expensive professional products from companies like MAC or Sephora. I have splurged on things from Urban Decay and Coastal Scents makeup is a great alternative to get some high end quality without the high end prices. But I do still use many drug store products and have learned that even the pros prefer some drugstore products over some professional ones, which makes me feel better :)

So all that said, I do like my Coastal Scents gel eyeliner for the most part. Some of them are are really creamy with good color pay out. But I was very disappointed with the black. I've gotten two of them and both were so dry or dried out so quickly the product became unusable. My only thought is maybe whatever they used to color it with did not balance with the medium it was in and dried it out.

So recently I've been seeing ads for the Maybelline product and even got a two dollar coupon. Then, lo and behold they went on sale at Wal-mart. So between the sale price and the coupon I got it for less than five dollars.

I got it in blackest black, though there are many other colors available. Brown, eggplant, charcoal, that sort of thing. It comes with a small application brush, which is very nice. It's got a nice point to it, and it's very soft. It's a little big for eyeliner, so only use the brush that comes with it if you like a nice thick line. I have an angled liner brush and will use that when I want a more precise line, but the brush it comes with works nice.

I really love the texture of the product. It's very smooth and creamy, it reminds me a little of Urban Decay 24/7 eye pencil without the pencil :)

I tried it out on my bare eye, so I've not used it with shadow yet, but I liked how it applied and once it dries it doesn't budge! I just rubbed my finger on it and it's going nowhere! So that is another nice benefit of the product.

I was a little concerned when I first saw the packaging, it looks like there is barely anything in there! But the product is mostly in the neck of the jar while the bottom is solid glass.

Overall I think it's worth buying and a good alternative to more expensive brands if you don't have the money to spend on top of the line makeup. It does the job and holds it's own.

And that's your sunrise opinion for today :)