Tag: eyeshadow

Wet n Wild Color Icon Eyeshadow Collection

Excellent quality at a super low cost. Impossible, you say.  But, Eureka! Wet n Wild offers some of the most highly-pigmented, blendable and vibrant colors just at your local drugstore.  I found mine at Walgreens for $4.99.  That’s right – eight colors for under $5 (I just had to pick up two).

I figure a budget buy is an awesome opprotunity to try out a color outside my comfort zone.   I read somewhere that blue eyeshadow – even if it is subtle – can tame red eyes.  With lots of late nights that come with a new business, I am no stranger to this problem.  So I picked up Blue Had Me at Hello:

For a more neutral option, I snatched up Pedal Pusher (someone told me purples enhance hazel eyes):

What is so super cool about the palettes is they come with instructions.  While they are super pigmented, they offer a “how to” on what they call a “sweet look”: the lightest shadow to the brow. Next “Flirty Look”, adding second color to crease.  “Dramatic Look”, adding third color in the crease. Last, “Wild Look” with the definer.  The two darkest colors in both palettes are almost too pigemented for me. I use them both as a liner.  They work really well over a liquid liner like Le Métier de Beauté Precision Liquid.

These shadows perform so well – I don’t know how they do it? For those who want a more neutral look, the palatte also comes in Comfort Zone:

Guerlain Four-Color Eye Shadow Palette

I am somewhat new to Guerlain cosmetics, but so far, they have impressed me completely.  I was sold on the new Four-Color Eye Shadow Palette for Fall 2011 because they are seriously mistake-proof, blendable, simple and a mix of finishes. For those who want a finished look with more dimension to their eyes without a lot of fuss, these are worth the lux price tag.

I tried both the Les Fumés and Les Noirs with smashing results.  For me, the Les Noirs (pictured below) was more sutable to a big look and a night on the town.  I layered the shades and got a bold smokey look.  The palette contained quite a bit of pigment.  The Le Fumés was more neutral and can easily be worn at work or during the day.  The matte base shade, top center, worked really well with the natural color of my lid. This quad is pictured bottom left in the second image.

The texture of the shadows is silky but you still get a powder effect so they are easy to work with and blend.  You can easily wear the shades separately, but I encourage trying all four layered because the effect is a total wow.  I applied the lightest shade on my lid to the brow. Second lightest to the crease, third in the crease and fourth over my liner.

If you are out and about at your Neiman’s this is worth checking out.

RMS Beauty Cream Eyeshadow

The big question here is “does it crease?”.  I am so  happy to report: “NO!”.  I have been working with this product for a couple weeks because I wanted to be absolutely sure I could report no crease.  As long as you follow founder and makeup artist Rose-Marie Swift’s directions for nothing under the product, there will be zero gathering, clumping or creaseing. 

There really is no need to pile anything on before, because this doubles as eye cream. The shadow moisturizes on its own and will work more effectively without interference of other products.  Contact with other products can “affect its relationship with the skin.”

With all the hoopla behind mineral makeup, we know there is probably some benefit. But if you are like me, I find it drying on my dry to combo skin. This gem provides the benefit of minerals without drying with the addition of some team players: coconut oil, beeswax, jojoba seed oil, and cocoa seed butter.

Birchbox offers the Cream Shadow in the following colors: 

  •  Lunar, a shimmery nude 
  • Magnetic, a violet-toned slate 
  • Solar, a luminous gold 

    The color I chose was Lunar, but all the Birchbox offerings are very neutral. Lunar gives a brightness with just a slight shimmer.

    NARS ‘Bright Lights, Big City’ Eyeshadow Palette (Nordstrom Exclusive)

    Guys, if you are near a Nordstrom, this is worth a trip.  This NARS palette is outstanding – if I sounds really enthusastic, good.  I am positively giddy over this. I actually was planning on checking out some of the summer trios: Okinawa and Cap Ferrat, which are both gorgeous. 

    But the Bright Lights, Big City is sophisticated, timeless and so wearable and captured my heart. I am shy with darker colors but I literally dove into Night Clubbing to my crease and it is HOT. I adore Cyprus on the brow bone and Fathom in corners.  Finally, I used Night Breed as a liner – just a small amount of sparkle literally luminates my lashes.

    For a day look, I love Biarritz all over the lid with Coconut Grove as liner or blended in the crease.  If you want darker liner, Night Clubbing would be a perfect tight line. 

    These colors are all available as single eyeshadows for $23.  I would literally buy every single one, so for all six (albeit a smaller quantity) for $55 is a steal.

    Top Row (left to right): Cyprus, Biarritz, Fathom

    Bottom Row (left to right): Night Clubbing, Coconut Grove and Night Breed

    Stila Prime Pot Waterproof Eye Shadow Primer

    Ever want something that can make eyeshadow stick and withstand summer heat? And, to boot, no creases? My new, little Prime Pot is just what the doctor ordered.  Right now, I am using this for a clean and neutral look that can withstand the pool and sweat.  Over the last couple of days, it is also come in handy for a more awake look (crucial while battling this obnoxious cold).  Expect a matte look that covers imperfections.  I am fair and the Tawny matches my red-undertoned complexion.  Carmel would work with deeper complexion and a more olive undertone.  Stila claims the formula “sticks” to eyeshadow and keeps it from creasing and facilitates easy blending.  It lives up to these claims.  But right now, my favorite look is the smudge pot just on its own.  The product is dry (hence the matte look), but I have no problem blending it with my finger and adjusting coverage.  It isn’t a powder, but it’s not the creamiest of creams.  Definitely a new summer staple for me.

    L’Oreal HiP High Intensity Pigments Matte Shadow Duo Striking

     

    I wanted a low commitment way to try yellow makeup so I picked up this eyeshadow duo on whim.  I had heard great things about the High Intensity Pigments products from L’Oreal and with the sale at CVS, the price was right.  I was really impressed with the quality of shadow – very smooth and pigmented.  I found that it is designed to be built up, so I could get a very subtle and sheer layer of yellow.  I actually was pleasantly surprised.  The yellow looks fresh and compliments my skin (with lots of red) very well.  I would wear it with little or no liner. Maybe a powder liner using the other side of the duo.