I have oily lids.  In makeup terms, that usually translates to eyeshadow creasing, eyeliner sliding around to create lovely raccoon eyes.

Model for Chanel on Fashion Week

While it looks great on the models in fashion week for Chanel, for the rest of us, it just doesn’t look that cute.

Needless to say I have high standards when it comes to eyeliner — I need something that stays put all day.  There should be no budging through humidity, water, sweating, and eye grease (oh sexy!).  With this in mind, I put Marcelle Waterproof Eyeliner in Indigo through a test.

Swatches: one swipe; five swipes

It is definitely Waterproof.

I tested for waterproofness by applying on the back of my hand to see how it stands up to hand washing.  There was fading after 3 or 4 vigorous hand washes, the liner stayed put where I applied it.  There was no sliding or smudging.

This was an extreme test, of course.  For normal wear, you would only be caught with rain or tears, without any harsh rubbing to the eye area.  If you do get caught in the latter situation, please!  Call for help.

Is it Greaseproof?

With an eye primer, Marcelle Waterproof Eyeliner passed with flying colours.  It stayed put until removed with waterproof makeup remover.  Because of my oily eyelids, I never put on eye makeup without an eye primer.  For beauty research (and partly because I am crazy!) I did.  For the biggest test yet: will it stand up to my oily eyelids?  Keep in mind that Marcelle only claims that this liner resists to “water, humidity and heat.”

Marcelle waterproof eyeliner freshly applied at 9 am, no primer

Marcelle waterproof eyeliner at 7 pm, no primer

On oily lids, there was visible creasing around 3 pm (6 hours later).  It has definitely faded, but no sight of raccoon eyes.  Thank goodness, I was at work after all!  This was not bad at all.  For reference, when both worn without an eye primer, this fared so much better than MAKE UP FOR EVER’s long wearing Aqua Eyes liner.   Amazing, right?  I wish I could show you, but I’m currently not that crazy to wear it to work.

The Low Down

Marcelle Waterproof Eyeliner…

1. is 100% waterproof and smudge resistant.
2. works fabulously for those with non-oily eyelids.
3. is amazing over your favourite eye primer for oily skin.
4. has medium pigmentation that layers well to get more oomph out of it.

Overall, I like this liner very much, just falling short of Urban Decay’s 24/7 Eye Pencils.  If this had better pigmentation and had a wider range of colours, I’d be all over it.  Rating: B+.

Disclosure: This product was sent to me for consideration by Groupe Marcelle.

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