The week has begun and I hope everyone had an eventful Monday!
Today I'm going to review the E.L.F. Studio Long-Lasting Lustrous Eyeshadow. This products is sold for $3 at eyeslipsface.com (they are currently having some awesome summertime sales.)
So let's dive right in!
The Claims: "Soft and fluffy, these vibrant,shimmering Long Lasting Lustrous eyeshadow colors can be used as eyeshadow or bold liner. The whipped gel texture is easy to blend and lightweight for lasting comfort and wear. Perfect for highlighting the brow bone and adding extra shimmer for a truly glam look."
(eyeslipsface.com)
What I Found:
If you couldn't tell from the description, these are cream shadows, but not. I've never had such a unique product in my collection before. (and i have quite the collection) These are definitely very soft and very fluffy shadows. I 100% agree with e.l.f. on that one. The texture is so unique. It's whipped and almost... spongy? Its the type of product you could push your finger into, and it would leave a dent. There is something "lustrous" about these shadows. It's almost luxurious feeling spreading these on your eyelids.
The vibrancy of these products surprised me. I thought they would blend out into a very sheer wash of color, because of the whipped up texture. I was wrong. Although you can blend these out to be sheerer, they are really pigmented if built up a bit. (way to go e.l.f.!) Sadly, the pigmentation doesn't last without a primer, and these do fade throughout the day. I myself do have mildly oily eye lids, nothing major, but they did fade after about 2 hours of wear. This was without primer.
I normally wear eyeshadow primer on a daily basis. For the sake of my reviews, I test products out with and without primer. With primer I found these lasted on me all day with no fading! It is harder to tell in the picture, but I do feel like primer also intensifies these already very vibrant colors. Since I wear primer weather I have to or not, I was happy with my results.
Moving on... Just so you all know, almost every eyeshadow product creases on me. Cream, powder, in between, all of them crease. (probably because I have a very pronounced natural crease in my eyelids) These did not! I was so pleasantly surprised! (again, way to go e.l.f.!) I was so happy that with and without primer, these never creased on me. Not once!
As far as being able to wear these as a bold liner goes, I strongly disagree.
These did not work for that purpose. At all. If you were looking for a 2-in-1 product here, unfortunately this isn't the one your looking for. I tried using the smokey black shade I purchased, to create a smooth line on my lid, and there were several problems. Firstly, like I said before, you build up the product to get the most pigmentation. Its difficult and not worth the time to have to go over and over your liner. A small, detailed liner brush just can't apply the product to make it look its best. Secondly, the texture simply isn't that of a gel or cream liner. It's too whipped to create that smooth, glide across the lid, effortless wing or thin line.
More Specifics:
As far as lightweight goes, for sure it is! These are really comfortable to wear.
You can create a lot of cool looks with these shadows. One thing I enjoy doing is taking the the first shade I have swatched, confetti, and applying it over a regular shadow. Because this shade is basically a white glitter, it adds dimension and sheen to your eye look!
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| In natural lighting, swatched WITHOUT primer |
Shades Left to Rights: Confetti, Toast, Soiree, Gala, Festivity, Party
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| In natural lighting, swatched WITH primer. |
I strongly recommend and hope I was helpful!
xoxo,
Glimmer
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