Cheap Thrill #2: Fanny Serrano's gel eyeliner in 'Black'

Ever since the advent of gel eyeliners 5 or 6 years ago, many other brands have jumped on the bandwagon. But unlike its lofty predecessors (MAC’s fluidline, which I have recently reviewed, and Bobbi Brown’s Long Wear gel eyeliners come to mind), many of the ‘me too’ versions lacked the stellar qualities of its progenitors. They either dried up too quickly, or dried too slowly (or simply did not set at all), or dragged upon application, or flaked incessantly during the day.  

MAC Fluidline gel eyeliners (in Blacktrack and Shade): A Review

MAC gel eyeliners were my very first MAC purchases. I remember thinking this purchase over and over (and over and over and over and then some) before finally deciding to get one. If I remember correctly, one pot costs a little more than a thousand pesos (which I believe justifies why I had to think this over and over and over and then some J) back In 2007. A beauty site (now defunct) that I used to follow gave this a lot of thumbs up. She said that gel eyeliners are the perfect way to line the eyes without pulling or tugging on the lids. Before I discovered gel eyeliners, pencil liners were my thing. And I had to agree with the author of the beauty site; no matter how smooth and pigmented the eyeliner is, no matter how adept I am at lining, and no matter how light my touch is, invariably I can always feel some pressure and tugging on my lids when I line.