Ooh, ooh, what did I just do?
Oh, no.
Oh, God.
OK, we're gonna fix it.
We're gonna fix it, it's fine.
This is "How Much Should I Spend?"
A show where I test out a product
at various price points to let you know
which is the best value for your money.
Today, we're gonna be testing out
four liquid eyeliners
to see which is the best one
for creating winged liner.
The products that I'm gonna be testing out today are
Maybelline Master Precise All Day Liquid Eyeliner,
Kat Von D Tattoo Liner,
Stila Stay All Day Waterproof Eyeliner,
and a Tom Ford Eye Defining Pen.
So, today I wanna try and find one
that's super pigmented, doesn't bleed,
and also has the perfect tip
for creating winged liner looks.
I feel like a good eyeliner helps immensely
when you're trying to create a wing.
It's, like, 50% your own skill,
50% whatever eyeliner you're using,
and if you're anything like me,
you need all the help you can get
to make sure that those wings look perfect.
We're gonna start off with our cheapest eyeliner,
ringing in at $7.99.
This is the Maybelline Master Precise
All Day Liquid Liner.
From my research, this is one of the
top eyeliners at the drugstore right now,
so I'm really excited to try this out.
$7.99, not a bad price point.
Not a bad price point at all.
I'm gonna try out all the eyeliners
on the back of my hand first,
just to see the whole bleeding situation.
So, let's open this one.
Ooh! [gasps]
Look at that.
That is sharp!
That is so long and pointy!
OK.
So, let's test this out on the back of my hand.
Let's just go, boop.
[gasps] Ooh.
OK, I really like this one, I think.
It's really, really freaking pigmented.
It is black.
One thing I'm gonna say is that
I really, really do like this eyeliner,
but, and there is a but,
I did notice that when I switched over
to start working on my left eye,
the application seemed not as smooth or easy
as the first eye was.
It kind of felt a little bit dry.
Like, it felt like it dried out
in, like, the few minutes that I was applying this eye,
and then I got to this eye and it was drier,
and I had to keep going back in
to kind of fill in the line.
Does it look good now?
I think yes.
Next up, we're gonna try out the
Kat Von D Tattoo Liner,
which retails for $20.
This is, like, my tried and true.
It's really the only eyeliner
that I keep repurchasing.
I just love the tip on this.
The pigmentation is kind of just out of this world.
Like, this is a black eyeliner.
The one downside to it is that it is, like, a bit shiny.
It's not as matte as I would like it to be.
The brush tip on this is so good.
I feel like it's so effortlessly easy
to apply it to your eyes,
and on top of that, it doesn't bleed,
so that means that no product got anywhere
that I didn't want it to be.
It's a really, really precise brush,
and I feel like it's super helpful
when you take it just in small sections.
As controversial as Kat Von D may be.
Moving on, we are going to try out the
Stila Stay All Day Liquid Eyeliner.
This is a waterproof formula.
It retails for $22,
and it's not that far off from the Kat Von D,
but two bucks is two bucks.
If this one is better than the Kat Von D,
I wouldn't mind, but if it's not,
I ain't spending the extra two bucks.
This one is another very popular formula.
I feel like a lot of people love this eyeliner.
The only thing is that I feel like
I've tried this out before
and felt like it did feather on my eyes.
Let's try it out on the back of my hand right now.
Hm.
That is pretty good.
Right now, I don't see it feathering at all.
It's super pigmented in one stroke, which is awesome.
It does look like a bit of a more
wet-looking formula than the others.
Ooh, ooh.
What did I just do?
Oh, no. Oh, God.
OK, we're gonna fix it.
We're gonna fix it, it's fine.
I don't think that I'm
100% in love with this eyeliner.
I just feel like, even though the wings
actually do look pretty good,
the tips aren't as sharp
and defined as I want them to be,
even though I did try to get them to be,
like, a million times.
I can also see places where the eyeliner
did feather and bleed a little bit,
specifically on the actual wings.
And once it started to dry,
it kind of gave, like, a weird little tightening feeling.
Like, I can feel the eyeliner on my lids right now,
and it doesn't feel great.
Our final eyeliner rings in at 60...
no, 59.
59, excuse me.
Our final eyeliner rings in at $59.
Oh, my God.
I can't even believe that I'm gonna say this right now.
This is a dual-ended eyeliner from Tom Ford.
On one side, you have, like,
a felt-tip, normal marker-pen thingy.
And on the other side, you have a brushlike tip,
very similar to the Kat Von D one.
So it's kind of cool
that you do get two types of eyeliners in one.
So, I guess what I want to figure out is,
is this formula $59 worth?
Is this formula so good that I could say,
"I recommend this to you for $59"?
We'll see.
That's pretty black.
So, let's just try to smudge it a bit
and see what happens.
Oh.
Oh, no, baby.
Oh no.
[laughs]
Tom Ford, we're about to fight.
We're about to physically fight.
That is awful!
OK, so it's not saying anywhere
that this is supposed to be smudge proof,
but I feel like the fact that an eyeliner
can be so easily rubbed away isn't a plus.
If anything, it's a negative.
I think most people want their eyeliner to last more than,
I don't know, five minutes.
I have to put this on my eyes.
I have to try it on my eyes.
OK, let's try, let's try.
It's getting further and further away from me.
OK, calm down.
No.
This just...it's not working for me.
I'm getting frustrated and irritated.
Oh, my God, this looks awful.
No! Oh, my God.
I cannot get the point to be a point.
It looks like a rounded little nubbin.
I can't get it to go pointy.
What the heck?
That was incredibly difficult.
I don't like this,
and it has nothing to do with how much it cost.
It all has to do with how annoying these brushes are.
The normal brush tip is so flimsy and soft;
there's really no strength in it.
It doesn't stay stiff.
So every time I was trying to, like,
do a nice swoop or get a nice straight line,
the product just kind of went everywhere
and I was forced to go thicker and thicker and thicker
to try to, like, fix the mistakes that were happening.
It was all happening so fast.
I was really trying hard to fix what was going on,
but it just kept getting more and more difficult.
The one huge positive that I'd give this eyeliner
is that it truly is the blackest black.
My eyeliner looks black and matte, which I love.
Like, I love the pigmentation this thing has.
These brush tips are just...oof.
This has been a journey,
trying to find an eyeliner that makes
creating winged liner easy
but also stays pigmented and doesn't bleed.
Oof, Tom Ford.
You definitely get last place,
and I'll tell you why,
if you couldn't already tell from what just happened.
Looking at my eyes right now,
I'm amazed at how pigmented this liner actually is.
I think the finish on it is beautiful.
I love matte black liner,
and this just ticks all of those boxes,
but it is a pain in the butt to apply.
Anything at this price point
that requires me to learn how to use it
is just a waste of money to me.
I would prefer to have something that's easy to use,
easy to create winged liner with,
and still pigmented at the same time
for a way cheaper price point.
I think I found a winner, and for me,
that winner is gonna have to be
the Kat Von D Tattoo Liner.
I just feel like this one overall performed better
than the others.
Really good pigmentation.
It was super easy to create wings with it
because the brush tip is so fine and easy to use,
and on top of that, there was no bleeding
with the actual formula.
Everything stayed where it had to stay.
It looked great, it felt great on the eyes,
like it wasn't even there.
I love this eyeliner.