E.l.f. Cosmetics: Flawless Eyeshadow in palette Smoky
The process of buying makeup, especially eyeshadows, can be extremely difficult for those who cannot afford high-end products. It is rare to find a low-end eyeshadow palette that can be applied without looking like an eight year olds play makeup. However, the makeup brand, E.l.f Cosmetics, does a magnificent job in providing an eyeshadow palette that exemplifies all of the qualities a perfect makeup product needs, and does so at an alarmingly low price.
Retailing at a whopping two dollars, this eyeshadow palette provides a perfectly textured pigment with each shade, and has the ability to create a wide variety of looks with only four colors. E.l.f Cosmetics is known for its incredible quality …show more content…
Many eyeshadows have issues with excessive fallout, which occurs when the shadows themselves are too powdery. However, this palette applies with ease, and has a silky, smooth texture.
Along with the quality of the products, E.l.f. Cosmetics does an excellent job choosing shades to flatter any eye color. Women wear eyeshadow because it has the ability to make its wearers eyes stand out, and this palette does an outstanding job in doing so. Consisting of a shimmery pearl, a gunmetal metallic, a matte charcoal and a lustrous black, any color eye is guaranteed to be accentuated when wearing this …show more content…
Anastasia Beverly Hills, a makeup brand known for its incredibly pigmented and stunning shadows, has failed miserably on their recent eyeshadow palette release, Subculture. The palette retails for forty two dollars, and includes fourteen warm-tone shades that are nearly impossible to blend together.
While the palette may look beautiful at first sight, the first hit into the pan is an absolute nightmare. Putting a brush to the shadows is the equivalence of dropping a bag of flour. This palette makes a mess. The shadow compounds do not effectively stick to the brush and the fine dust-like particles fall everywhere. Good luck trying to get the shadow to sit on your eyelid; I can assure you that it won’t. Similar to how the makeup won’t stick to the brush hairs, it doesn’t stick to skin either. Additionally, several of the shades are beyond fashion faux pas. There is absolutely no use for a powdery yellow shadow, or a deep teal blue that doesn’t match any of the other shades in the collection. The fact that there are duplicate redundant shades further challenges the rationale of a high price