Product Review: Hard Candy Stroke of Gorgeous Marker

I am a makeup artist. But before that I was a makeup junkie. I was the kid who played in her mom's makeup drawer and begged for hot pink lipstick in the makeup aisle because it matched my Barbie purse. I believe that Chanel and Covergirl can coexist. Dior and Wet n Wild live quite happily next to each other in my personal makeup drawer. I love a good drugstore find!

Unfortunately, this is not one of those. Hard Candy has some great products! I love their corrector and concealer palette. It works great for us pale girls and our under eye circles. I wanted to love this product, especially because of the color. I picked up Hard Candy's Stroke of Gorgeous felt tip marker in Anchor. It looked to be a pretty grey color for Fall.

And it was...once it got started. It took a while for the color to come all the way out, and it didn't build on itself very well, even when letting it dry between layers. Check it out:

Not the best picture, for sure. However, the shadow from the glasses is adding to the color of the product. It wasn't nearly as pigmented as I'd hoped, and I'm not sure what circumstances would allow you to keep this product on for 12 hours, but it sure as heck isn't sitting at home and then falling asleep on the couch.

Recommendation:
Save your money. Even though it's a cheapie product, it's not worth it. Rimmel is the best drugstore brand marker I've found, and the best one period is Limelight by Alcone. Now if you guys could just start branching out into other colors beyond black!