Review of Clinique, Stormcloud, High Impact Eye Shadow

Makeup and I have been friends since I was about 12. Yep, Mom let me wear it when everyone else still considered chapstick a lipstick. Silly, foolish girls!

My uncle though, who knows my love for new makeup and beauty products always makes it a point to bring me free items that he gets from clients in New York. Since he began bringing me the things they never opened or used, I have gotten some really spectacular items; All. For. Free.
 
One item that I haven't mentioned in the past is Cliniques High Impact Eye Shadow, in the Stormcloud (17) color.

It came packaged in a beautiful metallic silver container, that slides open revealing the eye shadow, and a long sponge application brush.

The Color:
 
Stormcloud is not necessarily the name I would of slapped on to this eyeshadow. It is far too feminine and lilac flower in color to even consider it a stromcloud. This stomcloud however has a more pastel purple lilac to it that makes it a little bit 'nicer' than an angry storm cloud.

It has a light grayish tint mixed with a vibrant pastel lilac color. It's a smoky purple overall, and even though they have the name off, I still think it is a lovely color.

On The Eye:
 
I did not intend on using the sponge application wand that came included in the compact. Instead I used one of my own professional brushes to apply the shadow. I find the sponge brushes to be poorly made, and don't work well at all when attempting to mix colors.

Anyhow, my plan was to fill my entire lid with Stormcloud, and use a small bit of black shadow at the ends of my eyes for contouring.

Clinique, Stormcloud, High Impact Eye Shadow applies easily, but lightly and it leaves behind a powdery trail that you have to make sure you dab off using a dry tissue. If you don't wipe it off, it will land in your eye, and burn!!!

I had to apply around 3 layers of the color in order to get the color to even show up. It was a bit annoying, but once I had enough recognizable color, I was able to make my final decision on how I felt about Stormcloud.

My final thoughts were that Stormcloud was far too pastel, and easter egg looking to be a shadow I would use more than once. Even after lining my outer lids with black, and blending the color it still looked to a bit too light and Easter like. At least though adding black to my outer lids allowed Stormcloud to look like a Stormcloud... only, a very weak one.
 
Overall:
 
Mediocre.
 
I've used similar eyeshadow that I picked up at Walmart for only $1.00. Clinique, Stormcloud, High Impact Eye Shadow is basically what I would consider a dollar store eyeshadow. Nothing spectacular, but nothing awful either.

Where To Find:
 
I was unable to located Clinique, Stormcloud, High Impact Eye Shadow being sold at any online beauty supply stores, and the official Clinique site does not carry this color anymore either.

I did though locate it on Ebay, being sold for decent prices. If you are still interested in this color, Ebay is likely where you will find it.