Essence Kajal Pencil In Black - Review & Swatches

Hi, I love to apply kohl in my eyes, that is why I need to buy a new kohl pencil every few months. Sometimes I just try and swatch different kohl pencils at make up counters. It was same moment when I swatched Essence Kajal Pencil during my eid shopping trip and bought it there. Today I am reviewing it for my lovely readers. Lets see what I have to say about this.

 

Essence Kajal Pencil In Black - Review & Swatches

What Essence Claims:

crazy color! the essence kajal pencil creates fashionable color highlights on your eyes in cool and trendy colors to ensure a totally individual style

. Ingredients:

HYDROGENATED COCONUT OIL, HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL GLYCERIDES, TALC, CERA MICROCRISTALLINA (MICROCRYSTALLINE WAX), HYDROGENATED PALM GLYCERIDES, MYRISTYL MYRISTATE, RHUS SUCCEDANEA FRUIT WAX, BEHENYL ALCOHOL, HYDROGENATED COCO-GLYCERIDES, CETYL PALMITATE, CARNAUBA (COPERNICIA CERIFERA) WAX, HYDROGENATED CASTOR OIL, SORBITAN PALMITATE, STEARALKONIUM HECTORITE, PROPYLENE CARBONATE, TOCOPHEROL, LECITHIN, ASCORBYL PALMITATE, GLYCERYL STEARATE, GLYCERYL OLEATE, CITRIC ACID, CI 77499 (IRON OXIDES), CI 77510 (FERRIC AMMONIUM FERROCYANIDE).

Essence Kajal Pencil In Black - Review & Swatches

My Thoughts:
There is nothing fancy about the packaging, Simple black pencil with silver cap. No sharpener or smudger attached. It has a rich black color. Color pay off is good and only one swipe is needed to draw a neat line around your eyes. The formula is creamy and helps it to apply easily. But on the dark side, it also smudges in no time and may give you raccoon eyes, so beware. Staying power is also bad. Just stay on my water line for 2 hours and then starts to fade away. I will recommend to apply a good eye shadow primer before applying it to increase its staying power. Its inexpensive too, I only bought it for Rs. 175.

 So basically you got what you pay for. Its not a winner when it comes to staying power but it gives rich black color and glides smoothly. That's what I concluded. I would not repurchase it for sure. Will try some other eye liner pencil next time.
Here is a swatch on my hand:

Essence Kajal Pencil In Black - Review & Swatches

On my eyes:

Price & Availability:

Rs. 175 from Imtiaz Super Market. Available on all leading supermarkets nationwide.

My Ratings:

2.5 out of 5

What is your favorite kajal pencil ? please share your favorites and suggestions in comments below. It really make my day. thanks

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