Frequently asked
How fast is shipping?
Every order ships the next business day, with tracked delivery. Free US shipping on orders over $50.
Is there a results guarantee?
You're covered by a 60-day money-back guarantee. If it still smudges or transfers on you, contact us within 60 days for a full refund — keep the pencil.
What's in it — and what's not?
Mabataki is a water-based formula carrying flexible film-forming polymers and pigment — the technology that has been the standard of Japanese drugstore beauty for over 20 years. What's not in it is the point: there's no wax base, so the natural oil on your eyelid has nothing to dissolve.
Will it work on hooded or crepey lids?
That's exactly what it was designed for. The soft gel pencil glides on with almost no pressure — no skipping, no dragging, no going over the line five times. And because the color sets into a flexible layer, it moves with your lid instead of printing onto the fold or brow bone with every blink.
How do I use it?
1. Line your lash line the way you have for decades — the soft tip needs almost no pressure.
2. Give it a minute. The water evaporates and the color sets into one flexible layer.
3. Forget it until bedtime — no primer, no setting powder, no spray.
4. To remove: hold a warm-water cotton pad on the lid for a few seconds, then slide the layer off with gentle fingertip pressure. No oil remover, no rubbing.
How long does it actually last?
From application to whenever you decide to take it off. The layer isn't oil-based, so the sebum your lid produces all day can't dissolve it — and once set it isn't water-soluble, so sweat, tears, humidity and rain slide over it. The line you draw at 8am is the line you see at 8pm, with no touch-ups.
The tests wax liners fail
Real People, Real Results
One Application. One Whole Day.
- The soft gel tip glides with almost no pressure
- No skipping or dragging on thin, crepey skin
- Water evaporates and the color sets into one flexible layer
- No primer, no powder, no spray on top
- Thousands of blinks in — the line hasn't moved
- Nothing smudged under your eyes
- Nothing stamped onto your brow bone
- Your lid's oil has been trying all morning. There's nothing for it to dissolve.
- Heat, humidity and a teary moment slide right over the layer
- It flexes with every blink instead of cracking or flaking
- Still the crisp line you drew this morning
- No blotting papers, no babysitting
- Warm water and gentle fingertip pressure release the layer
- It slides off the skin in one piece — into your hand
- No oil remover, no rubbing the thinnest skin on your body
- Clean lid, no residue, ready for tomorrow
The Results Speak for Themselves
It's not you. Your eyelid changed.
You've applied eyeliner for 30 or 40 years. You know what you're doing. But after 50, the skin on the lid gets thinner and drier, and lids fold or hood — so your skin now rests against the lash line. Every one of your 15,000 daily blinks adds friction and oil to the line you drew.
And here's what the makeup aisle never told you: ordinary eyeliner — including "waterproof" — is a wax and silicone paint. Wax is oil-based. Your eyelid produces oil (sebum) all day. Oil dissolves oil. Your liner doesn't wear off. It's dissolved, on your lid, blink after blink.
Think about it: waterproof liners need an oil-based remover to come off at night. The very thing that removes them is the thing your eyelid makes all day long.
It's not paint. It's a layer.
Japanese film technology. Film-type eyeliner has been the standard of Japanese drugstore beauty for over 20 years — pioneered around 2001 and engineered for Tokyo humidity, crowded trains and long days. It has simply never been properly brought to American women.
How it works. Mabataki is a water-based formula carrying flexible film-forming polymers and pigment. As the water evaporates, the polymers fuse into one continuous, flexible, breathable layer of color that bonds to the skin.
Why oil can't beat it. The layer isn't oil-based — so the sebum on your lid has nothing to dissolve. And once set, it isn't water-soluble — so sweat, tears, humidity and rain slide over it.
Why it survives the blink. It flexes with your lid instead of cracking or flaking — through all 15,000 blinks — until warm water releases it, without tugging.
One pencil. Three steps. Zero babysitting.
1. Line. The soft gel tip glides along the lash line with almost no pressure — no skipping, no dragging, no going over it five times.
2. Blink. In about a minute the water evaporates and the color sets into one flexible layer. Then live your day — no primer, no powder, no spray, no touch-ups.
3. Release. At night, hold a warm-water cotton pad on the lid, then slide the layer off with your fingertips — in one piece, no rubbing.
Why everything else let you down
Wear it for 60 days, risk-free
Wear Mabataki every day for two months. If it smudges, transfers or lets you down before you take it off, contact us for a full refund — keep the pencil.
Look like yourself again — awake and defined
One line at 8am. Still there at 8pm. Gone in seconds, when you decide.
Get MabatakiIndividual results vary. For external use only. Discontinue use if irritation occurs. Keep out of reach of children.