It stays on for me. It takes a bit of getting used to , and it's easy to get too much at first (it's very dense, so I kind of pat it in).
It's funny: it came in a kit with an undereye concealer: some thinner liquidy stuff that made no visible difference to me!
If you can, get it from QVC (I don't know if they have it in right now, but they often do). Then, if it doesn't work for you, you can send it back. (What works for one person might not work for another--different skin types, etc.).
Let me know how you like it.