Calvin Klein Gel Eyeliner

Please correct me if I’m wrong but I think this little pot of horror was part of CKs last attempt at a successful line of cosmetics. They haven’t had much luck and this is a shining example why. I got this at an outlet store down South for about £7 thinking that it had to be a rival for my beloved ELF cream liner. ELF, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have strayed.

You get 31g in a plastic pot. It’s a packaging fail. Cheap to the touch and when you remove the seal you are left with sticky glue residue around the edges which ruins any high end feel CK may have been aiming for. This is shade 302 Black Ice.

The texture is firm but not as firm as the ELF liner. I could forgive it all its packaging foibles if it was a decent product but as the swatch shows it’s patchy and lacking in pigmentation. It fades before the end of the day too.

Normally I try and state the positives and negatives of each product I review but honestly I’m filled with disappointment every time I see this in the draw. Every time I reach for the ELF. Better luck next time CK...

*I bought this*