Reading about the Benefit Creaseless Cream shadows gave me the craving to buy some cream eyeshadows but I was not ready to spend £14.50 to see if I liked them, as my previous and only experience of cream shadows left disappointed: Revlon Illuminance quad shadow palettes which were too sheer and too subtle. When I heard that MeMeMe from Superdrug did some bright ones, I just could not resist and had to buy one. So I bought the Colourama, in shade ‘Liquid Bronze’ at £5.50 from Superdrug
My first impressions: I love the packaging. I love how it feels in the hand, very nice and heavy, the font is gorgeous, and the plastic casing almost looks & feels like glass. I did one swatch in the shop with the sponge applicator and I was sold. This had to go on my lids. It basically looks like those delicate posh pears covered with a sheet of gold, that you could find in glossy Christmas editions cooking magazines. I was surprised at how quickly it set on my hand.
Sadly this is where my love affair ended with the product. I prepped my eyes with some Too Faced Shadow Insurance. As soon as I applied on my lids, it started to crease like nobody’s business. I just could not believe my eyes: it almost felt like you suddenly try to iron a fabric with an iron which is too hot and the fabric starts instantly to shrivel. I tried to apply it more carefully on the other lid, alas with no better results. Perhaps, I also went too heavily on the second eye, or that I pulled the skin a bit too tight, which caused the shrivelling on application? I am not sure. It was very hard to capture the shrivelling, but here’s an attempt (not a eotd!)
What’s your experience with cream shadows? Do they crease on you as soon as it approaches your skin? Any tips for the application of it? Can you blend a cream shadow?
Read more ...
| The promise: Colour with Drama Combined. Long lasting cream eyeshadow 8 hours longstay wear. Guaranteed |
My first impressions: I love the packaging. I love how it feels in the hand, very nice and heavy, the font is gorgeous, and the plastic casing almost looks & feels like glass. I did one swatch in the shop with the sponge applicator and I was sold. This had to go on my lids. It basically looks like those delicate posh pears covered with a sheet of gold, that you could find in glossy Christmas editions cooking magazines. I was surprised at how quickly it set on my hand.
Sadly this is where my love affair ended with the product. I prepped my eyes with some Too Faced Shadow Insurance. As soon as I applied on my lids, it started to crease like nobody’s business. I just could not believe my eyes: it almost felt like you suddenly try to iron a fabric with an iron which is too hot and the fabric starts instantly to shrivel. I tried to apply it more carefully on the other lid, alas with no better results. Perhaps, I also went too heavily on the second eye, or that I pulled the skin a bit too tight, which caused the shrivelling on application? I am not sure. It was very hard to capture the shrivelling, but here’s an attempt (not a eotd!)
What’s your experience with cream shadows? Do they crease on you as soon as it approaches your skin? Any tips for the application of it? Can you blend a cream shadow?
