The Physicians Formula Shimmer Strip eyeshadow palette in Nude (around $10 at Rite-Aid, Walgreens and others – I haven’t found it online yet) is a collection of nine shimmery eyeshadows in brown neutral colors. Packaging The packaging is cute, mimicking the faux lace cover that a few higher end brands have done in recent years. ... Read the full article →
The Wet N Wild Color Icon Eyeshadow palette in Comfort Zone is a collection of eight roughly earth toned shadows (more on this in a minute). The formula Wet N Wild’s formula usually rivals the best high end shadows, but occasionally a palette will have a dud. This palette is dud-free – every single color ... Read the full article →
If you read my review of the Revlon Colorstay Precocious palette yesterday, you’d better hold onto your socks: the Inspired palette just blows it out of the water (available at ULTA). I picked this one based on the colors. I had seen Pixiwoo’s recent Seaspray tutorial, and was hoping it would work for something along ... Read the full article →
I’ve been curious about the new Revlon re-done Coloystay eyeshadow quads, but I wasn’t sure what quality to expect. Revlon’s old Colorstay quads had been okay – decent pigmentation and all that, but the color combinations didn’t do much for me. The new ones certainly had some of the more dramatic color combinations I prefer, ... Read the full article →
Like the Hedy’s Ma.nish.ma Tahoe palette, their Santa Fe palette is highly pigmented, blendable and velvety in texture. Since Tahoe was so strikingly reminiscent of the coolest colors in Urban Decay’s Naked 2, I had thought this one might be similar to Naked. And it is, but none of the colors jump out at me ... Read the full article →
I’d never heard of Ma.nish.ma before, but when I saw some adorable little eyeshadow palettes at Rite-Aid the other day for $3.99 each, I picked up a couple. The first one is called Tahoe, and if you’re looking for a drugstore alternative with the cool taupe feel of Urban Decay’s Naked 2 and similar pigmentation, ... Read the full article →
Maybelline Color Tattoo 24-Hour Cream Eyeshadows really do live up to the hype. I was going to review them separately, but it turns out all the shades I purchased perform equally well, so the separate reviews would have been pretty redundant. Note that both Temptalia and Makeupgeek felt Painted Purple didn’t show up well and ... Read the full article →
