Maybelline color tattoo 24hr cream gel eyeshadow photos, swatches and rave!

I have a new love, and it's these new maybelline cream shadows!

If you like MAC paint pots, these are very similar, and they are less than half the price of MAC.

The color selection is great, there are many shades to choose from. I do wish there was a light neutral beige. All the colors are quite pigmented and bold.

First up is 'tough as taupe'. This one is creamy and very pigmented. It's a medium taupe color with a grey purple cast. There is no shimmer in it, the finish is nice and satin like.

tough as taupe swatch:

Here is a look I did using tough as taupe as a base color:

Next is 'bold gold'. It's a medium burnished gold with bright gold small-particle glitter. This one isn't as pigmented as the taupe, but it can be layered to achieve the color you see in the pot.

Swatch of bold gold:

And another look I did using bold gold as a base color:

These cream shadows really impressed me. The pigmentation is just as good as MAC paint pots or Estee Lauder double wear cream shadows.
The wear time is excellent as well, they stay on for 10 hours or so without fading or creasing on me. Some might find they last longer, or those with oily lids maybe less.
I forgot to mention that these also work really well as a gel liner. I used MAC 209 lining brush and applied the taupe color to my upper and lower lash lines and it lasted all day long.

My overall verdict is that these are amazing, and I want just about every color.

It's about time a decent cream shadow is available at the drug store!

Kat Von D true love palette EOTD

I had a lot of EOTD pic's I did with this palette saved on my computer, but they somehow got deleted. I only managed to find one look that I did- and I can't even remember exactly which colors I used. oops!

I really like this palette, but I don't love it. I'm not really a fan of purples, but if you like them then I'd say you need to get it.
There are four different purple shades (including a white/purple duochrome) and some really pretty neutrals (which I tend to go for).

What I use most and adore about this palette is the cream eyeshadow! It's called benji and it's this awesome warm toned coppery color. I am sad because it's just starting to dry out and I need to find something that's similar to it. Any reccomendations?

Here is my EOTD using Benji and some of the purples:

I guess I love the copper color because it really seems to make the green in my eyes stand out.
Help me find a replacement!

Trash review: MAC bare study paint pot

The most recent product I've completely used up is MAC paint pot in bare study. This is the second one I've gone through. Time to 'back 2 MAC' it!

I used it every day give or take for almost a year before hitting the glass bottom. I never had any issues with it drying out, I always keep the lid on tight and store it upside down.
Paint pots are a really nice cream eyeshadow product, they don't crease and they last all day. Bare study is a shimmery champagne color. I use it as an eyeshadow base or as an all over lid color wash when I'm in a rush.

Bare Study paint pot swatch:

I like how the shimmer is very fine and not too sparkly. It works well with other shimmery eyeshadows.

Here is bare study on my eye with nothing else:

Paint pots are one of my favorite eyeshadow products. I also use them in the colors painterly and rubenesque all the time. They are great to use alone or under powder eyeshadow. Considering it will last a year or so, it's great value! I can't think of anything bad or disappointing about this product.

Repurchase? Absolutely.

Price: $20 CAD

Rating: 5/5

MAC chilled on ice paint pot photos and swatches

I got another paint pot from MAC's cham pale collection, chilled on ice. It was a while ago actually. Anyways, I wanted to share it's glittery goodness with you since a lot of online swatches make it look shimmery - which is what I thought it would be; But it's chock-full of glitter!

It's got a really neat cool silvery undertone to it and it just looks awesome in different lights. The only thing is that you *really* need to layer it on in order to see that effect.

2 layers:

3 layers:

4 layers: you can really see the cool undertone here, and the glitter!

This is what 3 layers looks like on my eye:

This paint pot disappoints me with it's sheerness. It is gorgeous, yet the glitter just gets everywhere and the fall out through the day is annoying.
This works really well under gold eyeshadow, it makes it a whole lot more dimensional. Of course it will add super sparkliness to your eyeshadow as well.
You can see my swatches of dangerous cuvee paint pot here, it was also released with MAC's cham pale collection. It is also sheer and glittery.
I wish these paint pots didn't have soo much glitter. Nevertheless, they are very pretty to look at.

MAC Dangerous Cuvee Paint Pot photos swatches and EOTD

I bought dangerous cuvee paint pot yesterday without swatching it first, and I'll go ahead and admit it was a mistake. The tester at MAC was missing, but just from looking at the pot I thought it would be totally gorgeous and I snatched it up.

Dangerous Cuvee is one of the 4 new paint pots released with MAC's Cham pale collection for winter 2010.

It is very pretty, but it isn't what I thought it would be. From the pot it looked like a mauve-silver shimmer. On my skin it is bright and shiny silver chunky glitter. It reminds me of NARS night life eyeshadow. Very attention grabbing garish glitter.
It is also very sheer.

1 layer:

2 layers:

3 layers:

On my eyes I used 4 layers to build up the color. It looked ok but it creased almost immediately. The mauve undertone is very faint, and can only be seen in certain light.

EOTD breakdown at the bottom.

I'm really not impressed with this product. I was hoping for a little bit more color pay off and less glitter. The glitter likes to migrate as the day goes on too.
I suppose this would be nice for going out clubbing or something. Then again you could use something a lot cheaper for that.


EOTD breakdown:
- MAC bare canvas paint
- MAC dangerous curee all over lid (4 coats)
- Clinique black diamond creamshaper
- Revlon grow luscious mascara blackest black
- MAC vanilla pigment on brow bone and inner corner