In my search for a perfectly waterproof eye pencil/liner, I bought over 10 pencils/liners from kosmeshop and tested them. This one went on smoothly and it is dark. It lasts longer than the Maybellin eye studio gel ...maybe about 10 hours instead of 8. You do need to allow some time for the gel to set after applying, it's a little wetter than regular gel It's almost perfect however the price is higher than most. The cushion part of the packaging prevents the user from digging too much gel out at a time, very useful.