My favorite eyeliners

As an Asian woman with monolids, finding the best smudge-proof eyeliner has been one of my main beauty missions.  Too many times, I've sported raccoon eyes and went out in public with liner transferred onto my upper lids.  I am pleased to say that it hasn't happened since I've found the following products:

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 stila Stay All Day Waterproof Liquid Eye Liner, Intense Black* was the first liquid liner that made me feel confident about my liner... staying all day.  I stopped checking the mirror to see if my liner had migrated to other parts of my eyelid.  I loved it so much that I recommended it to my other friends.  I've had only one complaint from a friend who had been using it with no problems. But when she started putting moisturizer on her eyes before the liner, she said that the liner would come off. That has never happened to me, and I also apply moisturizer/eye cream before putting on my makeup.  I always make sure to put on an eye primer and then powder after I allow my moisturizer to absorb.  I swear those two steps are the key to my liner staying in place.  So if you have any transfer/smudging occurring with eye liners, definitely try adding those steps to your makeup regimen.

This is the eye primer I've used for years.

Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion

Review: L'Oreal Telescopic Liquid Liner

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This product is kind of a bummer. The main issue is that the formula is super watery.  The first application will look like water color paint...with lots of water.

The liquid color can be described as "transparent gray". (Excuse my unkempt eyebrows here, please.)

The other problem is that the felt tip is so pointy and hard that when you try to add another layer of liner, you may move some of the first layer. You can see the gaps below where an attempt to add more liner scraped off the existing liner.

On average, I needed about 3 layers to get a nice, consistent dark line. That's a lot!

After the arduous task of applying this liner, I did not experience any smudging or smearing. So once it was on, it stayed on.  If you're willing to try it out, it is about $10 at drugstore.com.  It definitely did not work out for me.