Blogmas Day 8: L'oreal HiP Kohl Eyeliner in Teal Kohl

L'oreal HiP Kohl Eyeliner in Teal Kohl

Description taken from Lorealparisusa.com:
"Discover the secret for dramatic, smokey eye definition HiP Studio Secrets Professional Kohl Eyeliner lets you create a velvety, smooth line that's perfect for day of night. The loose, iridescent kohl technology delivers intense, long-wearing results with a hint of sparkling glimmer."

VERDICT:
Overall Rating: 3 out of 5
Background story: I first heard about this product from LisaSz09 when she talked about the Guerlain Eye Kohl and how this was a dupe for that product. I was intrigued by the concept because it seemed to make putting eyeliner on all the more easier especially if someone wanted to try out using eye shadow or pigments as a eyeliner. So when I was at CVS there seemed to be a deal going on as they were trying to get rid of these, I don't know if they are now discontinued or not but either way I bought it.

So does it live up to the marketing?
I do not believe it's as long wearing as they have marketed. The actual brush makes it a lot easier to get a thin defined line especially in the inner eye area. However if you wanted to make a thicker line you can build it up but my main problem was THE FALL OUT! Each time I used it I had fall out on my cheeks that I have to brush away. Now only did it get on my cheeks it got on my hands so I would have random streaks of blue all over my hands.
I did not actually use this product up, and no it was not because I hated it, I rather liked the color. The problem was one day I opened it and I don't know how it happened but the tip was no longer straight like apparently I jammed it in wrong the last time I used it. I don't remember when the last time was that I used it because since the color is blue, I don't use it as often.
I have never used the Guerlain Eye Kohl so I do not know if it is a good dupe but according to Lisa it does seem so.

Would I repurchase?
Like I said, I do not know if this was discontinued BUT you can probably find it online and from what I noticed, at a pretty penny which is weird because I paid maybe $5 for it when it was on sale but that's because I'm a bargain hunter. So IF it's still available, NO I would not buy it again, I would rather use pigments on a small angled brush because I've found that's my best back of applying eye shadow as eyeliner and that's what I do with the black eye shadows that comes in my palettes.

Best,
Ren