So I popped into Sephora after work yesterday to pick up this Aqua Liner from Make Up For Ever. Then today I promptly returned it.
This liner got rave reviews from all the beauty blogs I saw it on, so I thought I’d love it. I use a gel liner from MUFE everyday currently, and have for the last 18 months or so. I’ve never done liquid liner, and I thought it would be fun to try it. I was wrong.
Let me break it down by category:
Packaging. There’s nothing great or bad about the packaging. It’s very simple. You don’t get a lot of product for the price, though. I’d go through this liner in about a month, and the gel liner I use is the same price and lasts 4-5 months. So, as far as the brush goes, I really don’t like it. It’s a very short, firm, pointed foam tip, and I found it really difficult to lose. I need a brush with more flexibility. This I struggled to get to apply liner in straight lines, and I gel-line my eyes every day.
Formula. I got this liner in matte black. My first issue is that it wasn’t matte. It dried shiny. Also it wasn’t the darkest black, and it wasn’t very pigmented. It took me two layers to get it opaque, which is just annoying. It dried relatively quickly, and didn’t transfer onto my lids or crease during the day. That beats my normal gel liner.
However, this liquid liner doesn’t wear well. It flaked off throughout the day and disappeared completely from the inner half of my eyes. It took me forever to remove, even with waterproof eye makeup remover.
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Have you ever tried Aqua Liner from MUFE, Lovelies? Did you like it?
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