Essence Longlasting Eye Pencil in 02, Hot Chocolate Review

I never consider myself as a “makeup guru” because let’s face it, I still suck doing makeup, especially eye makeup. I really envy beauty gurus for being able to properly blend their eyeshadows and able to choose the right foundation colour, lol. But despite my inexperience in the makeup department, that never stopped me from trying the abudance of makeup products at the drugstores. I’ve experimented with makeup since I was 19 and you’d think I should be some sort of makeup veteren by now but nah, I don’t really like to experiment that much. I prefer natural makeup over glam and most of the products I’ve bought were like tools to help me enhance my “natural” beauty.

Now, back to my review, I’m going to share with you my thoughts on the Essence Longlasting Eye Pencil in the shade 02, Hot Chocolate. Honestly, I have a lot of hopes for this eye pencil because before buying it, I read a lot of positive reviews and Essence generally as a brand never dissapointed me especially for the price tag they have placed on their products. I feel like I can never go wrong with the brand until I grabbed this pencil.

One swatch  of the eye pencil

After it sets, I rub it a bit and yeah, not smudge proof

I mean, compare to most eye pencil out there, it’s not that bad... but if you have oily lids and live in a humid country like me, this will not cut it. When I first swatched it, it was creamy and doesn’t tug on my eyelids which is a pleasant experience and the colour pay off was on point. It comes in a twisty pencil which means you don't have to sharpen it and it is the perfect dark chocolate I’m looking for. You know how there’s those dark brown eye pencil out there that just end up really reddish brown and ruins the natural look you’re hoping to achieve? The colour for this was spot on and glides on smoothly but I was dissapointed at the end of my day to find it smudging on me. I use this to make a baby wing at the corner of my eyes and tightline my upper waterline but it smudged badly on me when I don’t even rub my eyes. It never claimed to be waterproof but I read a lot of reviews that clamed that it is which made me excited to get my hands on it. Maybe it’s me or my application but Essence dissapointed me with this so am definately won’t be repurchasing this and have to part ways with it.