Today I used a coupon and a discount a Ulta (amaz-a-balls, they let me use both) on two packages of Maybelline’s new Eye Studio Shadow Palettes. I picked up Sapphire Siren and Give Me Gold (yes please). Both have itty bitty pics on the back to show you how to use all four colors together. Okay, I think that dark line near the lashes is the darkest color. I can’t find my reading glasses.
Both have a HUGE light color, which indicates, to me, that you’re supposed to use that all over your lid, up to your brow-bone, where it becomes your brow highlight. It’s also shown clearly on the inner corner of the eyes.
Although the pictures are clear, again, small. I’m going by what I can see on the package. I like the idea on the package and am impressed with the simplicity of the use of the colors. You’re using four, but you’ve got one under all and the rest are not mixed. Seems like anyone, even me, should be able to master this one the first time out.
Okay, time to open and look at piggie samples. I’m prying the cover off the Gold one. The dark colors can look incredibly pigmented on the hand, but not the eye. It’s the light colors you want to really give a good going over to.
I immediately stuck my thumbnail into the damn color. Lovely. In the case of this palette, not the other one, the first two colors are virtually identical. Rendering no need for one, or the other. Yes, the second color is a tad deeper, but deep enough to justify it? Maybe not.
All colors are quite shimmery, with not a matte in site. Obvious when I purchased them, but in case your store is super lighted, you might miss that. Shimmer shows up best in slightly darker light.
Both palette’s are usable, day or night, even with the shimmer. These colors were one each of the brightest and the most neutral and I’m not sure they could intermix. One is very cool and the other almost neutral, with a tad of warmth in there.
The, “applicators,” are useless to me. That’s normal. I use brushes and that, is that. I also use a good shadow primer with all of my powders and often a paint pot beneath.
I’m looking forward to playing and taking some eye pics. Probably a You Tube Review soon.
Nancy
