LA Girl Glide Gel Liner Review

I love a good richly pigmented smudgy eyeliner pencil, but unfortunately most pencils that fit that description continue to smudge throughout the day… and I DON’T love ending up with streaks of eyeliner all over my eyelids and halfway down my face. This is why, when I purchased this LA Girl gel pencil, I was happily surprised and quickly convinced of its awesomeness.

I have mine in the shade Dark Brown, which is a lovely deep chocolatey brown that’s dark enough to be defining without being as harsh as black. I love the packaging for these pencils – the main casing is black, but the pattern, bottom and writing is in the colour of the actual pencil, which makes it easy to find in the makeup drawer.

The pencil itself is extremely creamy and extremely pigmented. I don’t have to press hard or tug when drawing across my lashline, and it’s basically a pleasure to apply. It takes about 30 seconds to set properly, so that gives time to smudge it out further if needed, but once it’s set it doesn’t budge. I don’t have any problems with it travelling anywhere else on my face (yay! haha), and it even holds up pretty well in the inner part of my eyelid (I tend to rub my eyes, so most things don’t last through that, but this pretty much does), and the colour doesn’t fade away during the day either. I don’t ever apply it to my waterline, as I don’t like how that looks on me, so I can’t comment on staying power there, but I imagine it would last well compared to a normal pencil liner.

My only complaint with this is that because the pencil is so soft and creamy it can be a bit hard to sharpen easily, although a good cosmetic sharpener is definitely better than a normal pencil sharpener. Apart from that, however, this is a seriously great, inexpensive eyeliner that lasts amazingly. I’m definitely planning on picking up some of the other colours soon!

Coloured eyeliners are an absolute staple for me - they're a simple way to create a day look with a bit of punch, or as the base for a more intense shadow look.

LA Girl Gel Liners are surprisingly awesome. Surprising because they are inexpensive, that is. These little gems are well able to compete with the pricier brands.

I have this in the shade 'Paradise Purple' which is a rich amethyst shade that is well pigmented. The creamy gel formula means you get a decent, solid line on the first swipe.

The colour lasts a decent time given the price - certainly gets me through my work day - and sits nicely on the eyelid or lash line without a lot of bleeding or smearing.

Great on it's own; even better blended in with a teal and a pink, or underneath a purple, pink, or bright look - but I've used it well with black and silver too.

Also great on lower lashline :)

My only critique - I can't remember where I got this one and haven't found them since!!

Also, it would be nice to be able to sharpen it to a slightly finer point.

I am so impressed with this liner. It is super cheap,, really pigmented and has great saying power.

The packaging on this is nice. It's an allover black with a base and writing that matches the color of the liner. This would be really handy if you have a few of these and want to easily find a color. The cap is clear and fits on really securely, I'm not concerned that it will fall off at all.

The actual liner is really creamy and soft. You do not need to push hard at all on your eyes to get color pay off. I do find its a little hard to sharpen though and it breaks off easily. I do probably need a better sharpener though.

I've used this on my upper and lower lash line plus my waterline. It stays about half the day in my waterline which is pretty decent but what amazes me the most is how it won't budge on my upper lash line. I usually can't wear pencil liners up there because i will get ugly transfer marks. This stays exactly where i put it and lasts all day.

i have the color royal blue which a medium, metallic blue. It's really pretty and i love how it looks with a neutral eyeshadow look.

i definitely want to buy more of these. I purchased this one on beauty joint, i had a look in my local postie plus but they didn't have this brand which was a shame. I totally recommend this liner to anyone who is looking for an affordable pencil liner from their collection.

I was gifted one of these gel liner pencils in the shade "Goldmine" which is a yellow gold shade by one of the lovely ladies on beauty review.

My first impressions with this liner is how pigmented the formula is, and for the brand LA girl I had a feeling because it was cheap it would perform badly, but I was so wrong! I have been using this to line my waterline for a goddess pop and it glides on really easy, 2 swipes and we are good to go!

It stays really well too, when its applied to the waterline, I give it 3-4 hours before it comes off, but if its applied to skin (In example on the inner corners of my lash line or on top of my eye lids) It will last all day until I have wiped my make up off. And there is no creasing.

For the price I am highly impressed, not with just the formula, but the price and the stay power.

I will be purchasing more when I know where to find these, they're incredible!

I am not a huge user of eye liners so when I do I like them to work for me.

I bought one of these liners to try because the price was right. I dont have much to compare it with but I found this pencil very easy to apply. It really did glide on without too much pressure.

The colour is really pigmented and it stayed in place all day. It didnt run or really wear off. I was very happy with the result.

At the end of the day I used my usual eye makeup remover and it came off easily.

I will buy more from this range. The amount of colours they have is huge.

I found the champagne coloured gel liner from L.A. Girl in my mother's makeup bag a couple of years ago I believe and decided to try it on my inner corner. I became hooked!! It has the prettiest champagne gold highlight that just opens your eyes and brightens them. When I can't be bothered wearing a full face of makeup I'll just apply this on my lower lash like and inner corner, pop on some mascara, and I feel good to face the world. The creaminess of the gel formula makes it truly glide on with ease, it also makes it easy to blend. But it sets in place and lasts all day too! Now I need to go out and buy more colours.

For those wondering, yes I have bought my own champagne gel liner and no longer use my mother's haha.

I was wandering around life pharmacy when I saw these wee beauties. They had a buy 2 get 1 free so I thought why not give them a go. They are $8 each normally. I got 2 black auto liners and a gel pencil in a gorgeous dark metallic purple.

I don't wear eyeliner too often as I hate when it goes all above my eyelids and is too high maintenance, but these are just so great! Nice creamy formula which glides easily onto my lids. No tugging at all and the colour is very pigmented. What more can I ask for.

Once applied the eyeliner stays put! It does not budge at all. I need a heavy duty eye make up remover for this. Such a great eyeliner for such a low price. It sharpens easily and I have not had it break off at all.

I want to try more colours in this range, especially the blue. Highly recommend these and I think you can pick them up even cheaper elsewhere.

I'm a huge stickler when it comes to eyeliners. I've tried many over the years that have sadly been a disappointment - not black enough, too smudgy, hard to work with etc.

However I'm happy to report that this one is not any of those disappointments.

It does exactly what it says it does and that is that it glides on easily. It has a slightly creamy/gel type texture that shows great pigmentation.

I bought these in 3 shades - Deep Black, Whiten and Royal Blue. I really like the Royal Blue, really makes me eyes pop and I've had a few compliments when wearing this. The Whiten - I'm not quite sure whether I'm doing this one right but I find it too thick and gluggy, not like the other two. The Deep Black is my favourite and will be my go to eyeliner in the future.

I just wanted to note also that I have super sensitive eyes and I find it hard to find an eyeliner that does not irritate or make my eyes itch. This one is great for those with eye sensitivity.

The big question - does it smudge? If I'm honest yes it does a little but that is only if you rub your eyes like I sometimes do and I forget I have it on and wallah - black panda emerges. It will also depend on the season at the time too - in the summer time I would highly recommend using some form of a setting spray or powder if that is a possibility with eyeliner. Need to look into that part a bit more.

Highly recommend and I would have given 5 stars if it hadn't been for the Whiten not being so great.

I have the light blue one and I put it on my lower waterline a few days ago when I was doing a blue eyeshadow look and ohmygoodness. The staying power is insane. It did fade a little bit on my inner corner but my eyes get weird in there so I'm not disappointed. Other than that I didn't need to touch up at all. It didn't smudge or anything and was kind of difficult to get off, but in the good way. I also think for the price the pigmentation is insane. Definitely in love, definitely need more and everyone should own one.

This is value for money. This is the ideal pencil for the woman in a budget! Glides on easy bright colour selection and all your classics to. I find these eye pencils last all day but are also easy to remove at the end of a long day.