Review & Swatches: Revlon ColorStay pencil eyeliner

Swatched

Shown in Blackberry (plummy brown) and Black

Swatches:

Left: A couple swipes
Right: One swipe

Please excuse the EOS lip balm, I needed something that would make the pencil stay, and this was right by the window.

Sharpener at the end of the pencil

Rubbing test

More color swatches

Pros

- Long lasting

- Water resistant

- Retractable

- Black is very pigmented

- Sharpener attached

Cons

- Inconsistent pigmentation with different shades

Verdict

If you were interested in a plum-brown liner, please note that Blackberry is not very pigmented. It requires quite a few swipes on my lash line to actually show up. However, once you actually get the color on, it looks very flattering on brown eyes. I find that plummy browns are more natural and more flattering than straight up purple eyeliners.

This is probably one of the most well-known drugstore long-wearing pencil eyeliners. Although it still smudges on me, it smudges much less than many other pencil liners I've tried. Since I have oily lids, even liquid eyeliner smudges a little on me without primer, so this pencil is very long-wearing. I don't like wearing anything on my waterline usually, but this also lasts longer than most eyeliner pencils in that aspect.

Value

$5-7 for 0.01 oz / 0.28 g

Overall: A

If you were looking for a pencil eyeliner to try, this is definitely one of the best in drugstores. Even though retractable pencils have 1/4 of the product of standard wooden pencil eyeliners, they still take quite some time to use up. And with wooden pencils, some of the actual liner gets sharpened off anyway.

Repurchase?

Definitely.