I walked into the office one morning and found a delivery of goodies from Oriflame sitting on my table. Like a kid presented with a box of Christmas gifts, I gleefully examined the products one by one, and was particularly intrigued by a certain item: the Eye Liner Stylo from their premium makeup range, The One.
There was nothing special about the way this product was packaged; but it was when I swatched it onto my hand when my eyebrows hit my hairline, because what came out was not a black formula like I had expected, but rather a dark violet. Despite officially being known in the catalog as Blue, this shade was definitely more of a deep purple, something you’d find in a boxed set of Crayola markers.
I was a little hesitant to try it on at first, thinking I’d look like some child who mistook Crayola markers for makeup — but then I remembered Harumi Sudrajat, who once visited FDHQ with the same liner in the exact same shade. “It’s a dark purple,” I remember her saying, “but for some weird reason, it works!” She had a stash of makeup from Oriflame’s The One line, and had raved about how well-made the products actually were.
And since I trust Harumi, I asked Shella to help me draw on the half cat eye from the Prada SS ’15 show, hoping to the heavens that I wouldn’t look too much of a muppet with an eyeliner that isn’t black.
But you know what? I can dig it. The deep violet is not actually bright enough too look like purple on skin, but it also isn’t as harsh as black eyeliner. You know how sometimes black eyeliner can look somewhat severe on someone who already has serious or permanently angry-looking faces? This is a good alternative for people who like brown eye liners and want to change up their look once in a while.
There are to downsides to this product: first, it promises 24-hour wear. While it does stay on for a lengthy amount of time, it will bleed after about half a day (I wore this without a primer, so it might do better on primed eyelids). Then there’s the issue of removing it: it will mostly come off once you swipe a cotton pad saturated with eye makeup remover, but it will leave behind a faded mark that lasts until the next day, as if it had been stamped there.
The removal process is a nightmare! I used up about four cotton pads and six cotton buds trying to completely get rid of it; even the mark on my hand where I swatched it stubbornly refused to come clean, even after I had tried to get rid of it with an eye makeup remover, micellar solution, oil cleanser, and facial scrub. Despite all the struggles, I still put it on the next day because I liked the color and the soft but sturdy felt-tip applicator.
So it’s really up to you: if you like easy to use eyeliners with good lasting power, you’ll find a winner with this product — but that’s only if you don’t mind spending more time hunched over your bathroom sink at night, trying to remove all traces of it from your eyelid.
The One Eye Liner Stylo is available in four shades (Black, Brown, Blue, Grey) from Oriflame, and retails for IDR 125,000.
