I have never been very good with eye-liner, the pen­cils really irri­tate my eyes and make them sore and the liq­uid ones they just do not stay on long enough and try­ing to get them in a straight line against your eye­lid, so I thought fan­tas­tic when May­belline brought out their own cheaper ver­sion of the Bobbi Brown gel eye-liner.

I had read loads of reviews say­ing how amaz­ing it was and that it was per­fect, so I brought it, I was a lit­tle bit dis­ap­pointed for two rea­sons, one they only do it in a black which for me I think is a lit­tle harsh against my skin, I am quite pale and it kind of makes me look like I have been punched in the eye so I would like more colours and the sec­ond issue I had with it was the fact it rubbed off! I thought it would not do that it says on the pack­ing that it lasts 24 hours which of course I did not believe but it would start to rub off 2 hours after wear­ing it and would end up with a black line across the top of my eye under the eye­brow.  But the good points about it is cheap only £6.00, the pot is only filled half way up but you do get a nice eye liner brush and I guess it would stay on for a whole night of danc­ing but say­ing that I am unsure if you sweated it would stay on.

So after my dis­ap­pointed with May­belline, I moved over to Bobbi Brown, yes it costs more but if it works I really do not mind what I pay, so I brought the Choco­late Shim­mer one as the good thing about Bobbi Brown is there are load of dif­fer­ent colours blues and greens, my grandma has it in green because of her olive colour­ing, so I got brown because of my brown eyes and red­dish hair colour­ing (I could use blues or greens and it would still look fab) and I love it!  You do not get a brush with it as you have to buy that sep­a­rately which can cost quite a bit but I ordered a load of brushes of eBay and they were fine.  It is amaz­ing, it glides on there are no smear or creases and it did not rub off! It seemed eas­ier to put on because it glides you do not end up with loads on your brush so you do not look like you have been hit in the eye. For only £7 more I would get this one.

I am a fan of Bobbi Brown but I would love to hear what gel eye-liners you use?