Eyeliner for oily lids

Benefit They're Real! Push-Up Liner has the best record for oily lids: 17 of 21 shoppers said it stayed put without smudging or fading, though that rests on a modest group. Each record counts just shoppers who said they have oily lids. The leader has no official Amazon listing, so the best pick sold on Amazon is KVD Beauty Tattoo Liner at 15 of 19, a close second. Benefit Roller Liner has the weakest record here at 19 of 40.

  • 263 store reviews counted
  • Ulta and Sephora shoppers
  • Jan 2016 to Jul 2026

Updated . How we count

Did it stay put on oily lids? What shoppers said
  1. Benefit They're Real! Push-Up Liner 21 said either way
  2. KVD Beauty Tattoo Liner 19 said either way
  3. Stila Stay All Day Liquid Eye Liner 38 said either way
  4. Fenty Beauty Flyliner 19 said either way
  5. Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner 23 said either way
  6. KVD Beauty Ink Liner 16 said either way
  7. Benefit Roller Liner 40 said either way

Share of reviewers who stated an outcome for smudging or fading. Ranked by the lower bound of a 90% confidence interval, so a product needs both a good share and enough reports to rank high.

Best record Benefit They're Real! Push-Up Liner 17 of 21 say it stayed put on oily lids
KVD Beauty Tattoo Liner Best pick on Amazon KVD Beauty Tattoo Liner 15 of 19 say it stayed put on oily lids See price & reviews on Amazon
What stands out

Same brand, different results. Benefit's two liners sit at opposite ends of this list, and KVD Beauty splits too: Tattoo Liner is second at 15 of 19 and Ink Liner sixth at 9 of 16.

The ranking, product by product

Praise and complaints are the points reviewers repeat most, shown as a share of each product's counted store reviews.

1

Benefit

They're Real! Push-Up Liner

Best for all-day wear

17/21 say it stayed put on oily lids

17 of 21 shoppers said it stayed put on oily lids, and 53% of its reviews say it lasts all day. Handling splits opinion, with 30% calling it easy to apply and 30% finding it hard to control.

What buyers praise

  • Easy to apply 30%
  • Deep, opaque color 17%
  • Easy to remove 10%
  • Gentle on eyes 7%
  • Stays put on hooded lids 7%

What buyers complain about

  • Hard to control 30%
  • Dries out fast 10%
Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 17 of 21
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light5 of 6
  • Light-medium to medium3 of 5
  • Medium-tan to tan2 of 3

Share of 30 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

2 KVD Beauty Tattoo Liner

KVD Beauty

Tattoo Liner

Best for a precise line

15/19 say it stayed put on oily lids

15 of 19 shoppers said it stayed put on oily lids, and 57% of its reviews say it doesn't smudge. 27% praise the precise line, while 10% say it fades during the day.

What buyers praise

  • Easy to apply 33%
  • Easy, precise line 27%
  • Deep, opaque color 27%
  • Easy to remove 10%
  • Stays put on hooded lids 7%

What buyers complain about

No repeated complaints yet.

Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 15 of 19
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination6 of 10
  • Oily5 of 5
  • Normal4 of 4
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light12 of 15
  • Light-medium to medium3 of 4
3 Stila Stay All Day Liquid Eye Liner

Stila

Stay All Day Liquid Eye Liner

27/38 say it stayed put on oily lids

38 shoppers with oily lids weighed in, and 27 of 38 said it stayed put. 20% praise the precise line, but 20% say it fades during the day and 13% say it dries out fast.

What buyers praise

  • Easy, precise line 20%
  • Easy to apply 18%
  • Deep, opaque color 13%
  • Stays put on hooded lids 11%
  • Good for beginners 4%

What buyers complain about

  • Dries out fast 13%
  • Skips or tugs 7%
  • Too expensive 4%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 12 of 19
  • Sephora 15 of 19
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination9 of 11
  • Oily2 of 4
  • Dry3 of 3
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light10 of 12
  • Light-medium to medium5 of 6
4

Fenty Beauty

Flyliner

Best for easy application

12/19 say it stayed put on oily lids

40% of its reviews call it easy to apply, but the record is mixed at 12 of 19. 37% mention smudging and 20% say it transfers onto the lid.

What buyers praise

  • Easy to apply 40%
  • Deep, opaque color 17%
  • Easy, precise line 13%
  • Stays put on hooded lids 7%

What buyers complain about

  • Too expensive 10%
Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 12 of 19
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination6 of 11
  • Oily2 of 4
  • Normal3 of 3
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light5 of 6
  • Light-medium to medium5 of 8
  • Medium-tan to tan1 of 4

Share of 30 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

5

Bobbi Brown

Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner

14/23 say it stayed put on oily lids

14 of 23 said it stayed put on oily lids, and 30% of its reviews call it easy to apply. Smudging draws complaints at 30%, while 10% call it good value.

What buyers praise

  • Easy to apply 30%
  • Deep, opaque color 13%
  • Good value 10%

What buyers complain about

  • Dries out fast 7%
Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 14 of 23
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination8 of 14
  • Oily6 of 9
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light4 of 7
  • Light-medium to medium7 of 12
  • Medium-tan to tan3 of 4

Share of 30 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

6

KVD Beauty

Ink Liner

9/16 say it stayed put on oily lids

A small group weighed in (16), and the record is a little better than even at 9 of 16. 30% call it easy to apply and 23% praise the deep, opaque color, but 17% say it fades and 17% say it smudges.

What buyers praise

  • Easy to apply 30%
  • Deep, opaque color 23%
  • Easy, precise line 13%
  • Stays put on hooded lids 10%
  • Good value 7%

What buyers complain about

  • Skips or tugs 7%
  • Dries out fast 7%
  • Irritates eyes 7%
Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 9 of 16
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination6 of 10
  • Oily2 of 3
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light3 of 5
  • Light-medium to medium3 of 8
  • Medium-tan to tan3 of 3

Share of 30 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

7

Benefit

Roller Liner

19/40 say it stayed put on oily lids

More shoppers weighed in on this liner than on any other here (40), and it has the weakest record at 19 of 40. 43% of its reviews say it smudges, though 28% praise the deep, opaque color and 24% call it easy to apply.

What buyers praise

  • Deep, opaque color 28%
  • Easy to apply 24%
  • Easy, precise line 17%
  • Good value 3%
  • Stays put on hooded lids 3%

What buyers complain about

  • Hard to control 9%
  • Dries out fast 7%
  • Skips or tugs 7%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 6 of 19
  • Sephora 13 of 21
  • Brand site 0 of 1 shown, not counted
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination9 of 12
  • Oily3 of 8
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light8 of 13
  • Light-medium to medium2 of 4
  • Medium-tan to tan2 of 3

Share of 58 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

Where these numbers come from

The 7 products ranked here carry 59,730 reviews at Ulta and Sephora. We searched them for smudging or fading and read the newest matching reviews, up to 40 per product and store, posted between Jan 2016 and Jul 2026.

A review counts only when the reviewer used the product themselves. We drop reviews written in exchange for a free product or a sweepstakes entry (0 on this page), and products that are no longer sold.

Ulta also shows reviews first posted on brands' own websites. They run much more positive than store reviews of the same products (across 19 products with both, 76% of brand-site reviewers said the product solved the problem, against 55% of Ulta shoppers), so we show them on product cards but never count them.

Because we searched for the problem, people who had it are overrepresented. Compare products with each other rather than reading a share as your own odds.

Skin type, skin tone and age splits use what reviewers chose on Sephora's review form (and age on Ulta's when given). We only show a split when enough reviewers fall on each side.

Amazon buttons appear only on products that most reviewers here say fix the problem (at least 60%, with enough reviews to trust it). Everything else gets no buy link.

An AI model labels each review against a fixed list of points, and we spot-check the labels before publishing. We publish counts, never the reviews themselves.

Read the full method

Product pages we read

  1. Benefit They're Real! Push-Up Liner Sephora (30 reviews counted)
  2. KVD Beauty Tattoo Liner Sephora (30 reviews counted)
  3. Stila Stay All Day Liquid Eye Liner Ulta and Sephora (55 reviews counted)
  4. Fenty Beauty Flyliner Sephora (30 reviews counted)
  5. Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner Sephora (30 reviews counted)
  6. KVD Beauty Ink Liner Sephora (30 reviews counted)
  7. Benefit Roller Liner Ulta and Sephora (58 reviews counted)

Questions buyers ask

Which eyeliner stays put on oily lids?

Benefit They're Real! Push-Up Liner has the best record (17 of 21), followed by KVD Beauty Tattoo Liner (15 of 19) and Stila Stay All Day Liquid Eye Liner (27 of 38). Each record counts just shoppers who said they have oily lids, and the first two rest on smaller groups than Stila, so treat the order as a hint.

Which eyeliner for oily lids is sold on Amazon?

The best pick sold on Amazon is KVD Beauty Tattoo Liner at 15 of 19. Stila Stay All Day Liquid Eye Liner is also sold there, at 27 of 38. The leader, Benefit They're Real! Push-Up Liner, has no official Amazon listing.

Does Stila Stay All Day work on oily lids?

For many shoppers it does: 27 of 38 said it stayed put on oily lids. 20% of its reviews say it fades during the day and 13% say it dries out fast.

Does Benefit Roller Liner smudge on oily lids?

Often, yes. 21 of 40 shoppers said it smudged, transferred or faded, and 43% of its reviews mention smudging. It has the weakest record here at 19 of 40, though 28% praise the deep, opaque color.

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