I've got quite a few L'Oreal HIP liners, some Bobbi Brown pots, several Stila Smudge Pots, ELF liners, Wet n Wild, a newer Smashbox cream shadow that doubles as a gorgeous gel liner - much larger & much higher quality than their tiny and expensive gel liners, a pathetic MAC Fluidline sitting alone & crusty because I couldn't care less about it, as well as some Essence Stay All Day cream shadows which double as gel liners. As much as I love my Smudge Pots, Bobbi Brown & Smashbox, I am in total lust with the Essence products. One of the shades I have is a metallic-type black/dark grey base with metallic sparks in it. Kind of the color of hematite. Utterly gorgeous! It applies very smoothly, very pigmented, very easily. And it really does stay all day, I kid you not, through sweat, tears, heat, humidity, oily lids, everything. I believe I paid about $2.49 for it, for 5.5 grams. The shade name is Rock Chick & it looks beautiful as a liner. I just wish Essence had more shades of their cream liners & eyeshadows because they really put higher end products to shame. If Essence can come out with crazily spectacular products like these for next to nothing, there is absolutely no excuse for department store & pro makeup brands to be foisting off total crap on us at a premium price. I also love the fact that Essence is made in Germany, not China like the majority of other cheap brands. German companies make some amazing products.
