EYESTUDIO® LASTING DRAMA® GEL LINER

I agree with everyone’s reviews on here. I’ve used this for 10+ years and this new formula is terrible. The pot dries out so quick that I bought 4 of these within the last 2 months and twice I returned it. I spend so much time now to do my eyes before work. I have to reapply which in return doesn’t help because it dries out so quick and removes the first layer. It doesn’t create a smooth line and gets all flaky to where it gets on my face etc. Please get the old formula back! The old one I had lasted for so long and even after leaving the pot opened here and there. My most recent one I bought already felt dried out the next day, I assume there were people that tested this pot out prior To releasing and not sure how this pot ended up Replacing the older one when it was great to begin with.

The new formula for this gel pot is absolutely HORRIBLE! I’ve been using this gel pot since I was 15 and it’s been my favorite eye liner EVER. no smudge, doesn’t wear off like a pencil does after a long day.. but now they switched from lasting drama to tattoo studio and all it does is crack off little pieces in my eye and constantly makes my eyes water. So I’m faced with the decision to now use a horrible eyeliner pencil that I know will be gone by the end of the day, or deal with watery eyes all day and wear waterproof bottom mascara, because atleast my mascara won’t run! If I don’t apply it just right it all leaks into my eye, once you think you’ve got it all and put in your contacts now it’s ALL over your contacts. So I’ll be getting ready for work and have to completely redo my eyeliner cause sometimes it just won’t stop leaking from your water line into your eye unless you redo it! Don’t know why or how that works. I’m also writing this review at 5:45am while getting ready for work, WITH tears leaking from my eyes!! I’m over this formula! I don’t leave reviews on anything, I usually just deal with things or don’t use them but I’m genuinely upset that my absolute favorite eyeliner that I’ve used all my life is now horrible! Please bring back lasting drama!!

I’ve been a basically daily user of this product for the last 15 years, recently the formula has changed and now it doesn’t go on as easily it cakes off and it actually irritates my eyes. It’s really sad and I’m going to have to look for a different product now

It has one small drawback: for eyes with puffy eyelids, the eyeliner can smudge a little. However, if you use eyeshadow as a base beforehand, this issue can be solved.

I have used the gel pot eyeliner for 12 years now and loved it never had an issue. It was perfect and creamy ro apply and would last all day even in water. But this new formula is way to dry to where I cant even apply it and hurts to apply it then flakes off so easily so I have to reapply multiple times a day. Please bring back the old formula. It never dried out and was creamy and would last till the last bit of the jar.

I discovered this product when I was a teenager and have worn it almost every day of my life since (I’m in my thirties now). For almost 20 years, it was PERFECT, and I truly planned to wear it for the rest of my life. I had never once considered even testing another eyeliner, it was literally the ideal version and I was fully devoted to it. Sadly I am now in the market for a new gel-pot eyeliner because this new formula is complete garbage. The old formula would glide on easily, with the perfect balance of thickness and creaminess, it was perfectly opaque and would last ALL DAY through anything — rain, sweat, tears, swimming in the ocean. The new formula is a battle to even apply. It’s far too thick, yet also dry, it doesn’t adhere to the brush well, and it goes on like a nightmare. It doesn’t seem to want to stick to the skin, it’s impossible to get a nice clear, crisp line, it’s so thick yet applies pale and immediately dries out. It takes so long and so many attempts to try to get a clear, crisp line that you have to go over the line multiple times and each new pass causes the existing layers to flake off in nasty dry bits that get all over the rest of my face. It actually physically hurts to apply now because I have to use such force and go over it so many times, causing me to poke and prod my eyelids in a way that is definitely going to contribute to wrinkles. Prior to this formula change my only complaint had ever been when they changed the brush design (the new one is WAY too thick for precision application), but I mitigated that by just holding onto one of the original brushes and using it with each new pot. It’s lasted me years at this point— years of DAILY use— but this new formula is so bad that I have to DIG into it and work it so much to get it creamy enough to just barely stick to the brush, that it’s starting to break my old brush. I’m truly so sad and disappointed.

Came out of the package completely dry, hard as a rock, and in the shape of like a perfect cylinder pellet. It doesn’t look like it was ever usable. I’ve never seen a dried up gel liner look like that. Like the pot wasn’t even touched, they just plopped a black plastic disc in there and called it eyeliner. You won’t get a full refund back for it. It’s a waste of money and honestly, I feel scammed. I even tried rehydrating it and that was pointless. Threw it away and took the L. Maybelline is falling off for sure. I used to use this product back in the day and it was fine, obviously they don’t care anymore. Sincerely, a hurt eyeliner girly. RIP maybelline.

This new formula is garbage. It’s no longer smooth or easy to apply, and by the afternoon my eyes feel irritated enough that I have to wash my face early. I genuinely can’t believe Maybelline changed the formula, assumed customers wouldn’t notice, and then ignored the feedback. That’s a great way to destroy brand trust. I’ve been using the original gel eyeliner since 2008/2009. I loved it so much that I always kept backups — one at the office, one in my travel bag, one in my gym bag. It was reliable, creamy, and never caused irritation. Now I’m forced to find a different gel eyeliner entirely, and I won’t be returning to Maybelline. If the quality dropped this much on a hero product, I have to assume it’s happening across the line.