This past weekend I was given gobs of brand new bath, body, and
beauty items. Nothing makes me happier than new products, especially
when they are free!
In the batch of freebies I came across an eyeshadow palette that
included 4 different colored eye shadows. Each eyeshadow is presented to
match up with the others for easy blending of colors.
Now usually I only will use pigment powders for eyeshadow. I find them to be much, much cheaper, and they contain a heck of a lot more powder than any eyeshadow tub, or palette does.
Seeing that Hard Candy Eye Shadow Quartet Eye Palette, Old Skool was given to me for free, I was going to use it up till there was nothing left to use! That was of course, if the eyeshadow was worth using daily.
The eyeshadow comes in your standard compact. It clips shut, and includes 2 mini eyeshadow application wands. I never use these cheap wands, and always use my own professional application brushes. It's nice though that they added them, for those who don't have their own set of brushes.
The compact clicks open revealing all four of the lovely burnt brown and neutral earthy colors. These are perfect fall colors, or perfect for those who just happen to enjoy darker colors on their lids.
The color at the top is my absolute favorite. It's a very rich and dark brown, with beautiful flecks of glitter throughout. The glitter is fine, so it will stick to your eyelids, and not fall to your cheeks.
The color below this one is a dark tan color, which is matte. There is no shimmer or sheen to it, but it matches well with the rest of the colors.
Just below that color we have a lovely bronzed gold color, which also includes very fine micro-flecks of beautiful golden shimmer. This color is red hot, hot, hot for the upcoming summer months.
The final color contains a larger color palette featuring a light skin tone. I personally recommend using this pale color as a base for your eyelid. Cover the entire eyelid in this color, and then use the other 3 colors to mix, blend, and contour the eye.
The result is pretty stunning, and with a little bit of blending with your darks and lighter browns, what you have is a bronzy, golden summery eyelid.
You can use just the darker colors for a more sultry stormy looking eyelid. You really have a bunch of options here, and if you are willing to toy with the different color combos, you can come up with some really wonderful looks.
Last:
Now that I have discussed the lovely colors in the Hard Candy Old Skool Kit, some of you are probably wondering how well the eyeshadow holds, and if it creases.
Unfortunately the eyeshadow does crease, which is a major downer for me. I never have creasing issues with pigment powders, so using this eyeshadow and findings ugly creases in my lids was pretty upsetting.
The eyeshadow does last though, but you have to rub your finger across your lids, mid-day just to blend the powder that got stuck within the creases of your eyelid.
Overall:
I like the eyeshadow, but I definitely would not spend $20.00 on this palette, when I could buy an entire set of 12 different colors in pigment powder, for half that price.
Sadly, I can't recommend this one. The colors are lovely yes, but seriously not worth that ridiculously high asking price.
Now usually I only will use pigment powders for eyeshadow. I find them to be much, much cheaper, and they contain a heck of a lot more powder than any eyeshadow tub, or palette does.
Seeing that Hard Candy Eye Shadow Quartet Eye Palette, Old Skool was given to me for free, I was going to use it up till there was nothing left to use! That was of course, if the eyeshadow was worth using daily.
The eyeshadow comes in your standard compact. It clips shut, and includes 2 mini eyeshadow application wands. I never use these cheap wands, and always use my own professional application brushes. It's nice though that they added them, for those who don't have their own set of brushes.
The compact clicks open revealing all four of the lovely burnt brown and neutral earthy colors. These are perfect fall colors, or perfect for those who just happen to enjoy darker colors on their lids.
The color at the top is my absolute favorite. It's a very rich and dark brown, with beautiful flecks of glitter throughout. The glitter is fine, so it will stick to your eyelids, and not fall to your cheeks.
The color below this one is a dark tan color, which is matte. There is no shimmer or sheen to it, but it matches well with the rest of the colors.
Just below that color we have a lovely bronzed gold color, which also includes very fine micro-flecks of beautiful golden shimmer. This color is red hot, hot, hot for the upcoming summer months.
The final color contains a larger color palette featuring a light skin tone. I personally recommend using this pale color as a base for your eyelid. Cover the entire eyelid in this color, and then use the other 3 colors to mix, blend, and contour the eye.
The result is pretty stunning, and with a little bit of blending with your darks and lighter browns, what you have is a bronzy, golden summery eyelid.
You can use just the darker colors for a more sultry stormy looking eyelid. You really have a bunch of options here, and if you are willing to toy with the different color combos, you can come up with some really wonderful looks.
Last:
Now that I have discussed the lovely colors in the Hard Candy Old Skool Kit, some of you are probably wondering how well the eyeshadow holds, and if it creases.
Unfortunately the eyeshadow does crease, which is a major downer for me. I never have creasing issues with pigment powders, so using this eyeshadow and findings ugly creases in my lids was pretty upsetting.
The eyeshadow does last though, but you have to rub your finger across your lids, mid-day just to blend the powder that got stuck within the creases of your eyelid.
Overall:
I like the eyeshadow, but I definitely would not spend $20.00 on this palette, when I could buy an entire set of 12 different colors in pigment powder, for half that price.
Sadly, I can't recommend this one. The colors are lovely yes, but seriously not worth that ridiculously high asking price.
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