Mellow Auto Twist Eyeliner Review

Mellow Cosmetics Mineral Auto Eyeliner was the Day 16 surprise gift in a 2017 beauty Advent Calendar.

Made in New Zealand, this eyeliner is paraben free, is not tested on animals, and contains Jojoba Seed Oil, Coconut Oil, Candelilla Wax, Carnauba Wax, Castor Seed Oil, Rhus Succedanea Fruit Wax, Mica, Phenoxethol, 2-Phenoxyethanol, and may contain Iron Oxides and Ultramarines.

The slender design of this eyeliner has a wind-up applicator that doesn't require sharpening. The darkly pigmented black eyeliner applies easily, and smoothly, although it does seem to transfer to lower lash line and under my eyes, leaving me with black smudges and semi-panda eyes.

I only tightline my upper lid and don't apply eyeliner to my lower lash line, so I prefer my eyeliner to stay where I put it and not migrate under my eyes during the day, but the minerals in it seem to have made it quite soft and fairly waxy, so it doesn't stay in one place unless I put powder or an eyeshadow over the top to set it, which is not ideal.

Would I purchase another one of these? Honestly, no. I do love the fact that it doesn't need to be sharpened, but I found the formula to be too waxy and transferable. After using this for a few months, I'm tired of having panda eyes by lunchtime each day, and can't wait to finish it.

I really like this eyeliner, as it’s so soft and glides so nicely, doesn’t pull my skin trying to get a good colour pay off like with other liners.

I use it mainly for stronger, smokier makeup looks, so I always smudge it with a dark eyeshadow, making it last long and it doesn’t transfer on me at all.

I can however see how this could smudge if not set with eyeshadow powder, as it’s so smooth and has oils as ingredients in it, so it might just be perfect if you’re after a soft liner to use with eyeshadows, but not really to use by itself, like previous reviewer sad.

For what I use it for it’s perfect. For me the smoothness and no tugging sold this product and I would definitely repurchase this in the future.

The packaging is convenient. It’s retractable and self sharpening as well as light - can easily be carried around. What first attracted me to it was that it’s cruelty free while I was transition to everything cruelty free. It’s also very affordable, even more so during a sale.

The eyeliner is a very highly pigmented black and glided on smoothly to the upper lids and under eyes. It can be used for a simple look or built up to more of a bold look. The initially stages after applying is great, but after couple of hours, it does smudge, especially on a hot summers day where my eye lids get greasy. It can easily be whipped off, but you don’t notice the panda eyes until you look in the mirror.

Overall, I do believe there are better cruelty free eyeliners out there that can do a better job. I would not recommend it if you’re going to be using it for under eyes. It’s better if it’s only to the upper eyelids.