Benefit They're Real Push Up Liner

The blogosphere went wild about this liner when it was first released earlier on in the year. It appeared to be a bit of a revolution in the way we apply gel liner. Having always had issues with gel and liquid liner application, I was quite intrigued to see if this would actually improve it in any way. However, I had also bought into the hype of Benefit's They're Real Mascara in the past and been hugely disappointed, so I was a little reluctant to give this a go straight away, especially as it's priced at £18.50 - yikes! When I saw that last months issue of Elle magazine came with a free mini version of the liner, I thought it was about time I gave it a go - at least if I didn't like I'd only wasted £4 instead of almost five times that!

The way the products works is that the AccuFlex Tip hugs your lashline to achieve the closest line possible. To use the product you squeeze the base of the tip (with the full size liner, you twist the base of the pen) to release the gel product onto the tip, wipe off any excess with a tissue, rest the tip on the base of your lashes in the inner corner, and slowly guide across to your outer corner.

I was pretty impressed with just how close to the lash line this product does manage to get and the AccuFlex Tip is quite soft, so it doesn't drag along the lid as some products can do. However, I did find that, as with any other liner I've used, it did take some practice to get a good line with it and, despite Benefit claiming the liner to be smudge-proof, I did have a few issues with smudging.

My biggest problem with this product is the amount of wastage. Every time you use this product, you have to wipe away the excess from the tip. If I was to pay the best part of £20 for a full size of this product, I wouldn't want to be wiping it off all the time, I'd want to be using it up!

This may be a good product for a newbie who really struggles to get a line close enough to their lashes, but for me this didn't do anything that a good old gel liner from a pot and a brush wouldn't do, so it's not worth the high price tag for me.

Have you tried this product? What did you think?