This eye pencil has been a holy grail for many years, a few years ago when the Velour lips were released they had a gift with purchase which happened to be their blackest black eye pencil. Since then I've tried various black eye liner pencils but always go back to this one.
The packaging is a black glossy finish, there is a pink line that goes around the end of the pencil, it makes finding this pencil easy with all the others.
The formula is soft and creamy, it glides smoothly and it is very pigmented. Applying the eye liner is easy but if I apply it to the top lid ,the pencil needs to be set with powder as it will smudge. This pencil is also great for creating a smokey eye using the eyeliner as a base and then applying eye shadows over the top. Using this on the waterline creates an intense eye makeup, I like to apply this to the waterline and just below it before blending out the edge with a dense fluffy brush.
I will repurchase again, I have repurchased this pencil more than I can count, the price is good and the product works very well.
I'm on the fence with this eyeliner, on the one hand, it does give the blackest line that stays fast, but on the other, it moves around on first application that you end up with the zebra type stripe on your lower waterline. Tried to top it up but then it just drags and just looks clumpy and overdrawn.
On the lid and under the upper lash line it holds super fast and has a great creamy texture that allows you to easily glide it into place and holds a rather pointy sharp tip even though it is creamy which makes application great.
I just can not get over the moving on the water line to make me want to re-use or repurchase.