L’oreal Paris infallible gel crayon eye liners review, swatches India
Today, I’ll be reviewing a new range- L’oreal Paris infallible gel crayon eye liners in three shades! The new pencil liners from L’oreal Paris come in a plethora of shades ranging from browns/blacks to bright colors and everything in between.
Let’s get started with the review!
Product description:
Discover Infallible Gel Crayon, our 1st waterproof gel liner in a crayon for bold colour impact. Now you can achieve intense colour and 24 hour wear, with the easy application of a pencil and smooth glide of a gel crayon with L’oreal Paris infallible gel crayon eye liners.
My experience with L’oreal Paris infallible gel crayon eye liners:
Packaging: L’oreal Paris infallible gel crayon eye liners come in a black colored body and have color-coded caps so that it’s easy to distinguish the shades without opening in case you have more than one of these. Since they are in a sharpenable form, product wastage is bound to happen. Though not as much as like the silkissime liners as they don’t melt (not literally) on contact with the skin.
Texture: They go on like a dream without tugging. You get 10 seconds to create easy smokey eyes using them before they start setting. I say this for all three shades I own.
Pigmentation: Two swipes are sufficient to get a good coverage out of these. The shade “Back to Black” contains very tiny shimmers and isn’t jet black though.
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Staying power: I have super oily eyelids and always apply powder before using any eyeliner. I do the same with these ones.
Sadly, these eyeliners aren’t a winner when it comes to long staying power. The shade “101, Back to Black” although minimally but does have a tendency to transfer to the crease of my eyelid. Both black and brown shades smudge from my inner as well as outer corner of my eyes just after 3 hours of wear. I can even see the intensity fading just after 5 hours.
It’s only the Khaki shade which wears for long beautifully and with minimal smudging and fading even after 9 hours.
How do I find them different from L’oreal silkissme and Maybelline waterproof eyeliner pencils?
The difference in staying power is a lot. Personally, I find the L’oreal silkissme and Maybelline gel eyeliners to be much more long staying.
Another difference I find is that since the texture of these eyeliners is just a tad thinner and stiffer, there’s less product wastage while sharpening.
What product do I use to sharpen them?
They get easily sharpened. I use the free sharpeners I received with Lakme enrich lip crayons. Bless those lip colors! They sorted my yearly supply of sharpeners.
Summary:
I had high hopes from L’oreal Paris infallible gel crayon eye liners as the brand hardly fails me. But I would suggest you to skip these ones because of the average staying power. However, the shade ‘106, Rest in Khaki’ is worth checking out as it has a beautiful texture coupled with a very good staying power.
Price: Rs.(700-5)= Rs.695 😛
Quantity: 1.2gm each
VCB rating for ‘101, Back to black’ and ‘103, Browny crush’: 3/5
VCB rating for ‘106, Rest in Khaki’: 4.75/5
Have you tried L’oreal Paris infallible gel crayon eye liners? Do you plan on buying any shade from this range?
Ah! They look so tempting but your review tells me otherwise, will skip them 🙂
Yes, there are much better options available at lower prices 🙂
I love the khaki shade. It looks super pretty.
Me too! It’s the only shade that stays for long too 😀