Review: GOSH Long Lasting Eye Liner Pens

I'm going to start this post off by saying, I'm rubbish when it comes to liquid eyeliner.

Pencils?  A breeze. Gels? I can just about manage.  Eyeshadow with a bit of that clever converter stuff?  Easy.  But liquids?  No.  I end up in a horrible mess, rather than with gorgeous flicks.

I was recently sent a couple GOSH Long Lasting Eye Liner Pens to try out.

From the name, I had expected them to be a felt-tipped pen but these are a teeny pointed liner brush, which is made of some sort of foam.  I think that with a bit of practice, this will definitely let me get a lovely fine line rather than a splotchy stripe along my eyelid:

(apologies for the odd look of this picture, the writing was upside down so I've had to do a bit of rotating)

Because I'm so useless with the application of these, I haven't got any pictures of them on my eyes (I didn't want negative publicity for them after all) but I do have a few swatches.  I was sent 008 Carbon Black, which is spot on a descriptions go.  It's black black.  I also have 003 Brown which is an absolutely beautiful metallic bronzey chocolatey brown:

The next picture is the same swatches in bright sunlight.  Its not a great picture but I wanted you to see how gorgeous the brown looks in direct sunlight, the metallic shimmer is beautiful:

What really impressed me about these liners is how long lasting they were.  I put the swatches above on the back of my hand before going to the gym and after sitting in the jacuzzi for 40 minutes (What? That's a workout!), they hadn't budged or faded. They only started to flake when I actually rubbed them.

I can't tell you how much I love the brown and its actually encouraging me to practice, practice, practice so that I can actually wear it out in public. I also have my eye on the other shades in the range; there's a grey, turquoise, navy and a purple and I want them all!.

These are a very reasonable £5.99 from Superdrug.  Worth looking out for their 3 for 2 offers too!

*PR Samples