Have trouble keeping your eyeshadow in place? Primers not working well for you? You might want to check out Estee Lauder's new eye collection: Double Wear Stay-In-Place Shadow Creme and Eye Pencil.
The eyeshadows are ultra creamy and deliver stay-true color, and promise not to budge throughout your day. The Eye Pencils glide on smoothly and also have long-wearing properties.
I have a soft spot in my heart for long-wearing makeup, so I'll be playing with this on my next trip to the makeup counter.
Grab them at EsteeLauder.com or your local counter. The shadow retails at $17.50 and the pencils retail for $19.00
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Estee Lauder Introduces Long Wearing Eye Collection
What I'm Wanting: White Frosty Eyeshadow
Like this Iceland duo by Nars.
I don't really know why, but I desperately want some frosty white eyeshadow to wear with some carbon black eyeliner. I am inspired by the product photos of the MAC Chill Collection, but I wasn't impressed with the products in person, although the Penultimate Liner was super fun to play with.
I'm quite certain that it's because I've never worked with white eyeshadow other than a highlighter, and sparingly at that. I'd probably wear it with a true red lipstick.
Would you wear it? Have you worn it? Any tips?
Pat McGrath Makes a Fantastic Look for Max Factor
Pat McGrath is a world-famous makeup artist, and is currently the Global Color Cosmetics Creative Design Director for Proctor and Gamble. She consistently puts out some amazing looks for the brands, including Cover Girl and Max Factor. This time, she created this look for Max Factor and their new spokesmodel, Giselle Bundchen. As we all know, the smokey eye comes back big in the fall and winter, and this one is just a touch outside of the traditional smokey eye, enough to really make those eyes pop.
Here is what she used:
- Blend the violet shade from Vivid Impact Eyeshadow Duo in Sultry Sage around the eyes, extending the color at the outer edge.
- Highlight the inner eye corners and brow bone with White Frost from Domino Effect Vivid Impact Eyeshadow Duo.
- Groom brows with No Color Mascara.
- Define lashes with Stretch & Separate Mascara in Rich Black.
What do you think? Will you try it?
More MAC Starflash
Not too long ago, I bought up all the liners in MAC's Starflash collection and promptly fell in love with them. Because I was so hooked, I stopped by the counter on Tuesday to take a closer look at the shadows, and here is what I ended up walking away with:
- Smoke and Diamonds. This one is sold out online, and I can understand why. Very on trend gray will make an excellent smoky eye, but can still be worn on it's own.
- Top Hat. I just loved this vibrant purple, especially blended with some of the other colors.
- Glamour Check!. Another one that will pair wonderfully with the others and looks fantastic with the Raven eye pencil.
- Mink and Sable. This is another base color that blends well with more vibrant colors. It looks really great with the Orpheus liner.
- Star by Night. Another vibrant blue that I hesitated briefly with. I have so many great blue MAC shadows (Blue Storm is a favorite), but it works well with the other shadows in the collection.
Naked Eye and Liquid Liner: FOTD
Kind of simple, but dramatic, too. I love, love, love liquid eyeliner. I find it incredibly easy to work with and the results are fantastic. If you happen to be wearing false lashes, you should definitely give liquid liner a try.
On the lids, I'm wearing Urban Decay Matte Eyeshadow
And yes, my hair is a hot mess. It's humid and I was lazy.
Eyeshadow Master Class
Eye Shadow Master Class
Sometimes it's good to go back to the basics. I always appreciate a good tutorial - even if you're the best at applying your makeup, I guarantee you can always pick up a tip or two from a good tutorial.
Chanel Quad Eyeshadow in Bleu Celestes
This compact is everything you would expect from the house of Chanel. Gorgeous shades, incredible pigmentation, long wear, perfect amount of shimmer vs. matte, shades that work perfectly together, and a price that is out of this world expensive. If paying $55 for an eyeshadow quad isn't out of your price range, then this is one that you won't want to pass up. I purchased mine at Nordstrom, but you can find it online (with a video!) on Chanel's website.
Review: Enchanted Eye Palette in Bronze
A nice selection of bronzes and greens. I picked this up because I was wanting a more neutral selection, and the colors seemed to go well together. Watch for glitter, however. Most of the colors do have a glitter element to them, and the rest have a shimmer. There are no mattes here at all. But the colors can all be mixed and matched, have a great staying power, and as always, Sephora gives you a very good product for a reasonable price.
$26 at Sephora.com.
Rimmel Stir It Up Cream Eyeshadow
Ulta.com tells us that Stir It Up Eyeshadow is a cream eyeshadow that is comprised of three colors that you "stir" up to make a deep-looking shade. Frankly, when I stirred it up, all I got was a big mess with some huge flecks of glitter. Like the glitter that my kids use at preschool. In pink. It's rather disappointing, really, because the three colors in the pan really look like something I would use. And since I bought something out of the Underground line, I was counting on a bit more glitz than I was used to. But not big huge flakes of glitter. That's just not the look I want during the day. Or ever, really. But the consistency was nice, and it did go on smoothly and evenly, and lasted all day. So perhaps I was overzealous with my stirring. Or I should have used a brush rather than my finger. I'm not ready to write this one off yet, since other Rimmel products I've tried I've been quite happy with. But I wouldn't go get another one of these hoping for a better result just yet.
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