Heya all you beauty looovers <3
Welcome to our first post on ELLE-J LAND, the beauty blog for Elle-J.com!
This is our first Beauty Battle post.
Beauty Battle is all about comparing our products with similar products of
different make-up brands (drugstore and high-ends) to really TEST OUT the qualities
and to make sure you guys can have "enough and clear" information on our products
and what they will do for you before you buy them!
So......this week's (and our first-ever) Beauty Battle is
on GEL EYELINERS!!!
Eyeliner is one of the most essential and most-used makeup product.
Did you guys know that
over 85% of women chose eyeliner to be their most-reached makeup product?
And that eyeliners are the most purchased makeup product each year?
I thinks eyeliner is one of the most important steps of make-up because
with just a line, you can create countless looks from subtle and innocent to bold and edgy!
You can really change your eyeshapes by enhancing, elongating, enlarging, narrowing,
defining and more.
We often say our eyes are the door to our hearts
so it kinda makes sense on why we spend so much time on our eye make-up
and who would want their eyeliner smudging and leaving you with panda eyes?
ARRRRRRRRGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
Plus, your eyes are one of the most sensitive and delicate areas of your body
so it is VITAL to have a trust-worthy and good working eyeliner!
Right........
So how do you define a "GOOD EYELINER"?
1) The intensity of the colour/pigmentation
How intense is the colour?
Is it opaque?
2) The controllability on the thickness of the lines
How easily controllable would the gels be?
Would you be able to create a defined, thin lines?
And also would you be able to create a very thick lines???
3) Water-proof? In other words, sweat-proof?????
All of the products that we are comparing today claimed to be
water-proof and sweat-proof so we wanted to test out if they
were true!
4) Long-lasting?
Another classic phrase used in every eyeliner ads- This will make your eyelines
last all day without a budge!
Would they smudge throughout the day?
5) Is it easily removable by cleansers?
We don't want residues remaining on our eyelids and lashes
as they are the key factors causing all sorts of eye infection and PLUS
residues of eye-makeup that you fail to get rid of will speed up the ageing
and wrinkle development :( so although we want an eyeliner that is water-proof,
and long-lasting without smudging, we DEFINITELY want it to be easily removable
So by testing out the three gel eyeliners, each representing:
Drugstore(Low-End): Eyestudio by Maybelline New York/3g/ $19.99($20)NZD
ELLE-J: Party Lover Gel Eyeliner by Tony Moly/4g/ $14.50NZD
High-End: Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner by Bobbi Brown/3g/ $45~ NZD
I wanted to see if each products did actually
fulfill all the criteria mentioned above and as they claim it on their ads.
Let's see who'll be the winner in this Beauty Battle
In the 2nd image, I've tried drawing a very thick line and then a very defined, thin line.
From left to right: Eyestudio by Maybelline New York. ,Party Lover Gel Eyeliner by Tony Moly,
Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner by Bobbi Brown.
all in the colour, BLACK
Just by a glance, we can see that Tony Moly looks the biggest
and it actually does have an extra gram compared to the other two eyeliners
whereas it is the cheapest at only NZD14.50.
When you unscrew the lid, only Tony Moly has an extra plastic cap for double protection
to prevent the gel from drying up!
TIP/ It is really, really important that you minimise the gel getting exposed in air
because it will dry up the product making the gel harden up
and end up not working....... :(
In the 1st image, squiggly lines were drawn on the back of my hand to see the controllability.
Easier controllability is often relevant to how smooth the gel goes on the surface of the skin.
Because gel eyeliners are for that delicate skin around your eye area, it is important
that the consistency of the gel is moist and smooth for easier application to minimise irritation.
All 3 products had a good controllability and they were all smoothly applied onto the skin.
Personally, I'd pick Maybelline for the best controllability of the application
as it felt really creamy and smooth.
In the 2nd image, I've tried drawing a very thick line and then a very defined, thin line.
Bobbi Brown was able to make very thin, defined lines
and Tony Moly had the most thick and intense lines
As for the pigmentation, I'd say Tony Moly is the most intense black!
And then... I gave enough time for the eyeliners to set
and dry on my skin before moving onto the next 3 tests.
1) Long-Lasting :
Long lasting effect is another important quality of a good eyeliner.
We wouldn't want to be worrying about our eyelines coming off
when there are so many other things to take care of!
To test for long-lasting effect, I left the lines to completely set and dry on the back of my hand
and then gently rubbed the lines to see if they smudged.
2) Water-proof :
Being water-proof is one of the best quality any eyeliner is promoted to have.
As it can be related to having longer lasting effect and not smudging out which is the last thing
on the list for a good eyeliner.
For this test, I literally put few drops of water on the dried and set lines on the back of my hand
and tried rubbing the lines to see if they smudged and came off in water.
3) Removability :
Having the above 2 qualities, the eyeliners should be easily removable by cleansers
so that the residues are not remained on our eyes.
For testing removability, I used some cleansing oil on a cotton pad
and rubbed onto the lines on the back of my hand very gently as I'd rub on my eye area.
And the RESULTS for the 3 tests are......
1) Long-Lasting: the area inside the pink dotted line in the centre of the lines
As you can see, out of the 3 eyeliners, only Tony Moly still had some product remaining on my hand
followed by Maybelline and then to my surprise, Bobbi Brown was almost completely rubbed off.
Plus, Maybelline felt like the line was smudging as I rubbed (in the image, the line has black smudge around it) whereas for Tony Moly it felt like the line was breaking off in tiny flakes of dried eyeliner gel. (You can see that in the image, it has no smudges around it and the line looks patchy)
Obviously, this was bit of a dramatic way of testing for the long-lasting effect
as it is very unlikely that we will rub our eyes in the first place with all the make-up on.
However, we can relate this with how effective the eyeliners will be against friction
and contact with external factors that we will be exposed to throughout the day.
2) Water-proof: the area inside the pink dotted line on the left side
All 3 products were pretty equal in the this test in which they were all rubbed off.
Bobbi Brown totally came off whereas the other two products had a bit of pigmentation remaining.
This was also a dramatic method of testing whether the products were water-proof
as normally, we wouldn't purposely put water on our eyes then rub it.
We only used these dramatic methods to really experiment and see the extent of these qualities.
3) Removability : the area inside the pink dotted line on the right side
Tony Moly and Maybelline were completely removed by the cleansing oil
after few gentle rubbing.
However, Bobbi Brown still had some residues/remains of the product.
So the 5 points of defining a good eyeliner have been tested to the three products
and here is the
OVERALL RESULT:
(Winner for each criteria will be in bold red font)
PRICE
Tony Moly < Maybelline < Bobbi Brown
WEIGHT
Maybelline = Bobbi Brown < Tony Moly
COLOUR INTENSITY
Bobbi Brown < Maybelline < Tony Moly
LINE CONTROLLABILITY-SMOOTH APPLICATION
Maybelline > Bobbi Brown = Tony Moly
LINE CONTROLLABILITY- THICKNESS CONTROL
Maybelline < Tony Moly = Bobbi Brown
WATER PROOF
Bobbi Brown < Tony Moly=Maybelline
REMOVABILITY WITH CLEANSER
Bobbi Brown < Tony Moly=Maybelline
LONG-LASTING
Bobbi Brown < Maybelline (smudging to surrounding area) < Tony Moly (breaking off flakes)
HONEST PERSONAL OPINION OF ELLE-J
Bobbi Brown was definitely very disappointing regarding such a high price and
the high reputation of the brand.
Compared to the other two products, it was the least pigmented and intense which may be
a good thing if you prefer a natural eye makeup.
It does come off the fastest out of the three product but still stays put for at least 6 hours.
Maybelline was totally more than what I had expected.
Especially the gel was so smooth and creamy that the application was the easiest out of the three products.
If you find gel eyeliners difficult to apply, using Maybelline will be a good choice as it is just like
lining your eyes with a pencil eyeliner.
However because the creamy and smooth consistency of the gel, Maybelline smudges a LOT compared to other products.
Tony Moly is very, very intense BLACK and is very long-lasting.
It stays put and does not come off once it's dried.
This may be a problem when you have to fix up your lines because it won't budge
unless you use a cleanser. I always use a bit of cleansing oil on a Q-tip to fix my lines
when I use Tony Moly.
Also, Tony Moly does not smudge but rather come off in little flakes which only rarely happens
unless you actually try to rub your eyes out X)
This is all for this week's Beauty Battle :)
I hope you guys found this useful and helpful!!!!
Comment for any questions on the post
and for Tony Moly Party Lover Gel Eyeliner <3
Or if you have any suggestion for any particular product that
you want us to compare
for next week's Beauty Battle!!
To visit our website www.elle-j.com
To visit Tony Moly Party Lover Gel Eyeliner product page
THANKS FOR READING
HOPE YOU GUYS ENJOYED IT XOXO
cool, eyeliner game is real, u dont wanna appear with melted eyeliner on public hahaaha we have to carefull to choose
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