Beauty Care: Maybelline Intense Charcoal, Metallic Nights, Deep Onyx TattooStudio Eyeliners Reviews & Swatches

Intense Charcoal

Maybelline Intense Charcoal TattooStudio Gel Pencil Eyeliner ($9.99 for 0.04 oz.) is a deep gray with subtle, warmer brown undertones and a matte finish.

Nearly oaque coverage in one stroke
Lightly creamy, glided on comfortably
Applied evenly, layered well
Long-wearing (12 hours–but brand claimed 36 hours, unfortunately!)

FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).

Top Dupes

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Urban Decay Smoke (P, $22.00) is darker (95% similar).
Sephora Stone (51) (P, $11.00) is darker, warmer (90% similar).
Make Up For Ever M14 Matte Charcoal Grey (P, $21.00) is cooler (90% similar).
Sephora Charcoal Matte (P, $13.00) is warmer (90% similar).
NARS Zinc (LE, $26.00) is cooler (90% similar).
Haus Labs Charcoal Matte (P, $22.00) is lighter, warmer (85% similar).

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Possible Dupes

These are likely to be very similar shades based on our duping algorithm.

Sephora Stone (DC, $10.00).
NABLA Cosmetics Midnight Gray (P, $18.00).

Formula Overview

$9.99/0.04 oz. - $249.75 Per Ounce

The formula is supposed to have up to "36-hour" wear that is "waterproof, smudge-resistant, sebum-resistant, and fade-resistant" and pigmentation that has "intense" coverage in "one stroke." This is how the product is marketed, so the ratings are based on these factors.

I definitely did not get 36 hours of wear, and my rating system cringed at the thought of it, since effectively all the shades will be rated significantly downward just because of that one over-the-top claim. I found the formula to be long-wearing and often lasting 12 hours with about ~75% product intact (thinned/faded but not smudged), which made it one of the longer-wearing pencil eyeliners I've tried overall. There was still enough visible product on my lower lash line to know I was wearing eyeliner for some shades as long as 16 hours, but it definitely wasn't good wear to that length of time.

They were typically pigmented, creamy enough to glide on readily but not to the point where the product gathered into fine lines while it set. I would agree that the formula was waterproof, smudge- and fade-resistant as well.

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Ingredients

Dimethicone, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Polyethylene, Acrylates/Stearyl Acrylate/Dimethicone Methacrylate Copolymer, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Nylon-12, Paraffin, Polyisobutene, Cera Microcristallina / Microcrystalline Wax / Cire Microcristalline, Aluminum Hydroxide, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Silica, Alumina, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Tin Oxide, BHT. May Contain: CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499 / Iron Oxides, CI 77891 / Titanium Dioxide, CI 77510 / Ferric Ammonium Ferrocyanide, CI 77000 / Aluminum Powder, Mica, CI 42090 / Blue 1 Lake, CI 77400 / Copper Powder, CI 75470 / Carmine, CI 77266 / Black 2, CI 19140 / Yellow 5 Lake.

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Intense Charcoal

PPermanent. $9.99.

9.5

Product

Pigmentation

Texture

Longevity

Application

86%

Total

Metallic Nights

Maybelline Metallic Nights TattooStudio Gel Pencil Eyeliner ($9.99 for 0.04 oz.) is a deep black base with flecks of silver sparkle throughout.

Semi-opaque, buildable coverage in one stroke
Lightly creamy, glided on comfortably
Applied evenly, layered well
Long-wearing (10 hours–but brand claimed 36 hours, unfortunately!)

FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).

Top Dupes

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Make Up For Ever D12 Diamond Black (P, $21.00) is warmer (95% similar).
Urban Decay Cosmic Speed (LE, $22.00) is lighter (95% similar).
ColourPop From Downtown (LE, $5.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
Sephora Clubbing Stilettos (02) (P, $11.00) is less shimmery (95% similar).
Fenty Beauty Black Card (P, $22.00) is less shimmery (95% similar).
Zoeva Black to Earth (P, $7.50) is less shimmery, darker (95% similar).
Urban Decay Uzi (P, $22.00) is lighter (90% similar).
ColourPop XOXO (LE, $5.00) is more shimmery, lighter, cooler (90% similar).
MAC Dark Spark (LE, $16.00) is less shimmery, lighter, cooler (90% similar).
MAC A Little Moonlight (LE, $22.00) is more shimmery (85% similar).

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Formula Overview

$9.99/0.04 oz. - $249.75 Per Ounce

Browse all of our Maybelline TattooStudio Gel Pencil Eyeliner swatches.

Ingredients

Dimethicone, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Polyethylene, Acrylates/Stearyl Acrylate/Dimethicone Methacrylate Copolymer, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Nylon-12, Paraffin, Cera Microcristallina/Microcrystalline Wax/Cire Microcristalline, Polyisobutene, Aluminum Hydroxide, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Alumina, Silica, Polyglyceryl-3 Polydimethylsiloxyethyl Dimethicone, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Maltodextrin, Tin Oxide, Kaolin, Magnesium Stearate. May Contain (+/-): Ci 77491, Ci 77492, Ci 77499/Iron Oxides, Ci 77891/Titanium Dioxide, Ci 75470/Carmine, Ci 77510/Ferric Ammonium Ferrocyanide, Mica, Ci 77007/Ultramarines, Ci 77000/Aluminum Powder, Ci 77742/Manganese Violet, Ci 42090/Blue 1 Lake, Ci 77400/Copper Powder, Ci 16035/Red 40 Lake, Ci 77266/Black 2, Ci 19140/Yellow 5 Lake, Ci 77510/Ferric Ferrocyanide. Fil T260751/5