It's no surprise that I'm quite the Essence fan, ever since I discovered their products online and locally, not to mention their huge range of products and pocket-friendly pricing. After lamenting the lack of new collections in our local stores, I was glad to finally see them release the [not so new] Beauty Beats/Justin Bieber trend collection, which is from last year. (Note: I am not a Justin Bieber fan.)

Picture credits to Essence Malaysia

I spotted this one at one of the smaller Watson's stores, and couldn't decide between this eyeliner pen and the blusher. Ended up buying the eyeliner pen because I'm a total sucker for gimmicky stuff like a double-ended eyeliner. (⌒_⌒;)

Essence Beauty Beats 2-in-1 Eyeliner Pen

The eyeliner pen is slightly longer than your average eyeliner, probably because it is double-ended, with a 'thin' fine-tip end and a 'thick' chisel-tip end. The fine tip end is considerably softer than the thicker chisel-tip end, although both are felt-tipped 'marker pen' style eyeliners.

The 'thin' end

The 'thick' end

As you can see from the swatches, the fine tip is very watery and not very pigmented at all, and looks more brown than black. The thick end though, is quite pigmented.


Unfortunately, this eyeliner is NOT waterproof at all. A gentle swipe with water effectively smudged away half the line, while a slightly firmer rub more than removed it completely. How Justin Bieber fans are supposed to scream and cry at their idol while wearing this eyeliner without it making a mess on their face is beyond me. ಠ_ಠ

Waterproof? Nuh-uh.

If you're looking to experiment with eyeliner, or have really really dry eyes/don't sweat at all, this could be okay, I guess. Both ends work well to give you different looks, from thin faint lines to thicker bold lines.


I am seriously kicking myself now for buying this eyeliner instead of the blusher. (-__-;) The blusher, which retails at RM 14.90, is 2 bucks cheaper and has more product, not to mention more value for money than this gimmicky, non-waterproof eyeliner. (¬_¬) Oh well, as far as lessons go, at least this is considered cheap at RM 16.90, ha!