Deborah Milano Eyeliner Pencil in 03 Review

By Tuesday, March 31, 2015 , ,


I usually gravitate towards black liners I don’t know why but I do and for sometime I had been wanting to try something different but not to different and what felt comfortable and sort of next best thing to black was brown. So as I was browsing through makeup counters and came across Deborah Milano eyeliner pencil 03. Let see how it fared out.

Product Description:
A soft pencil that glides on and leaves a clear, sharp line. Fantastic staying power. Dermatologist tested.

Packaging: It is packaged as a colour coded wooden pencil which can be sharpened. 


Performance:

Deborah Milano 03 is a brown eyeliner pencil and the colour is a true brown with no shimmers or glitters in it.  It is made out of wood so you have to sharpen them and there is some product wastage due to that. When I swatched it on my hand at the store it was pigmented and smooth in texture and just glided. How I wish it was the same way on the lids as well. 
When used on eyelids it is not as pigmented as it swatches and even if you go over 2 -3 times it doesn't impart the desired pigmentation. The same goes for the texture it is not as smooth on eyes, it tugs and drags a little. Brand claims that it has fantastic staying power but I beg to differ, its staying power is poor. It stays for 1 or 2 hours if used as eyeliner and it doesn't show up on my waterline,  it get  transfers to the upper eyelid and it smudges very easily if you even touch your eyes it comes rights of. It was a bummer product for me.
See it swatches nicely.
I just swiped my finger once it came right off.
The Good:
  • Like the colour.
The Bad
  • Lacks the pigmentation.
  • Tugs on the eyelids
  • Transfers easily
  • Smudges
  • Poor staying power
I love the colour that was the reason I bought it in the first place but it just did not work for me. Maybe I got the bad one out of the bunch, I don’t know. If anyone of you has tried it let me know how it worked for you.

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28 comments

  1. Lovely review. I had used a Navy blue eyeliner in Deborah Milano, even that was a dud, it just expired like that, I did not use it at all.

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  2. @Swathi: I thought maybe this one was bad. In future I am staying away from there eyeliners.

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  3. Oops, can't have an eye pencil that smudges and wears off :-(

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  4. @Kiss & Makeup: I know it was so disappointing.

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  5. Bummer! I really loved the color. Nice review sweety :)

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  6. @Komal: Ya the colour is good but it doesn't do the job.

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  7. This eyeliner looks perfect! Great post xx I've followed you, looking forward to more great posts! x

    www.chontellelouise.blogspot.com.au

    x Chontelle Louise

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  8. @Chontelle: Thanks for visiting the blog and following.

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  9. shade looked so pretty in swatch pic..but way it smears ..nah !! For me too

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  10. @Radha: I fell for the shade as well but such a dud product.

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  11. I have one in white and its texture is pretty nice, but yeah it has a poor stay time

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  12. I have never tried Deborah pencils..They seem to be quite a dud...Better to skip it I Guess..Lovely review Babe :)

    http://www.coralswithblues.com/

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  13. @Lana: I would have been fine with lack of pigmentation and it not being so smooth on eyes. But it failed in all the departments :(

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  14. @Richa: This was my first time trying Deborah Milano eyeliner pencils and I don't think there will be a next time.

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  15. Thanks for stopping my blog keep visiting..
    The pencil is nice so is ur review i cudnt find the price mentioned though :)

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  16. @Natasha: I don't remember the price and it has rubbed from the sticker as well so that why I did not mentioned it. Thanks to you too for visiting the blog. I like your blog so you will see me quite often.

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  17. I love the shade, but it sounds like you were a bit disappointed with some aspects of the liner. I am not familiar with this brand. I'm assuming it's not sold in the US

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  18. @Allison: Bummer and it is an Italian brand so quite possible its not available in US

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  19. Shade looks lovely but i can't handle the liner that smudges so much.

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  20. The shade look lovely.. may be you can use this as a base colour for brown eye makeup... Think it will work great...

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  21. @terst: ya it smudges like crazy.

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  22. @All Girly Gossip: I thought of doing so but it tugged and dragged while using as an eyeliner. I did not dare to use it as a base.

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  23. Haven't tried it shade looks good :)

    http://beautytempts.blogspot.in/

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  24. Ahh.. it is such a dud.. wish it had better formulation :P

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  25. @Poo Jain: me too, if the formulation was better it would have been a great product.

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