Product Focus: Cream Eyeshadows

Hello my beauties :)

I'm home once again and not because of the snow this time :D Our darling plumber has come to fix our hot water tank and put an end to our watery woes!

Any ways, I have got bits and pieces to be getting on with but I thought I'd bring you some swatches of cream eyeshadows that I have.

Cream eyeshadows come in different forms and various brands, from high end to drugstore, sell them. I previously featured a cream eyeshadow product from the brand MeMeMe here.

I use my cream eyeshadows either as bases for powder shadows or as a quick and light wash of colour on my lids. I apply all products to my lids over the top of a primer to prevent creasing, increase lastability of the shadows and increase the intensity of the colour. My favourite primer is Too Faced Shadow Insurance but like with most things it's pretty much down to personal preference :)

Right. First set of swatches are NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencils. I have seven at this point in time but they're great quality and inexpensive enough to collect all of them ;) Hehehe!


From left to right:

601 Black Bean
603 Pots & Pans
604 Milk
605 Strawberry Milk
606 Baby Blue
611 Yoghurt
612 Gold

These pencils are super creamy so if you apply too much they will crease. You can apply them straight from the pencil or picked up the product with a clean finger or brush and apply that way. You can also "de-pencil" them and there are a ton of tutorials on how to do that on youtube. The problem with the pencil form is that they do need to be sharpened and I think they're too big for a standard large sharpener, although I can't confirm that. The full NYX range is not available in the UK but I ordered my pencils from Non Pareil Boutique, where they are currently retailing for $3 each.

Sticking to the same kind of format, we have MAC Shadesticks up next. As you know from my previous MAC haul post, I recently bought five of these bad boys. I did already have a little collection going though!


From left to right:

Butternutty - Limited Edition colour from Sugar Sweet collection
Cakeshop - Limited Edition colour from Sugar Sweet collection
Corn - Discontinued
Cuddle - Limited Edition colour from Warm and Cosy collection
Gentle Lentile - Permanent
Gracious Me - Discontinued
Lemon Chiffon - Limited Edition colour from Sugar Sweet collection
Nurture - Limited Edition colour from Warm and Cosy
collection
Penny - Discontinued but repromoted with Sugar Sweet collection
Pink Couture - Discontinued
Shimmermint - Discontinued
Shimmersand - Permanent

Shadesticks come in the same pencil like form as NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencils but rather than having to sharpen them, they twist up. Much more convenient in my opinion. In terms of the amount of product you get, Shadesticks are 1.5g/0.05 US oz and the NYX Pencils are 0.5g/0.18oz. They retail for £13 each and are available from the usual MAC locations :) Despite the similarity to the NYX Pencils, the Shadesticks aren't as creamy. They're still smooth but feel drier somehow. Although I've never experience a problem with creasing with either product, I'm sure if you piled it on it would crease.

Next up we have MAC Paint Pots.


From left to right:

Artifact - Permanent but currently on the Goodbyes list
Bare Study - Permanent
Blackground - Permanent
Delft - Launched with the Painterly collection and was part of the permanent line but has since been discontinued
Fresco Rose - Launched with the Painterly collection and was part of the permanent line but has since been discontinued
Girl Friendly - Limited edition with the Fafi collection
Greenstroke - Launched with the Painterly collection and was part of the permanent line but has since been discontinued
Indianwood - Permanent
Moss Scape - Launched with the Painterly collection and was part of the permanent line but has since been discontinued
Painterly - Permanent
Perky - Limited edition with the Fafi collection
Quite Natural - Came out with the Fafi collection I believe, currently showing as part of the permanent line
Rollickin' - Limited edition with the Fafi collection
Rubenesque - Permanent
Soft Ochre - Permanent

I really like paint pots. The consistency of the product is super creamy and they just apply so nicely. Each little glass jar contains 5g/0.17 US oz of product. Each jar is £13. Most of the shades I have are shimmery with the exception of Girl Friendly, Painterly and Soft Ochre, which are all matte.

Finally we have my sort of odds and ends!


From left to right:

BeneFit Creaseless Cream Eyeshadow and Liner in Honey Bunny
BeneFit Creaseless Cream Eyeshadow and Liner in Skinny Jeans
Estee Lauder Double Wear Stay-In Place Shadow Creme in 07 Golden Apricot
Estee Lauder Double Wear Stay-In Place Shadow Creme in 01 Pink Blush
Stila Smudge Pot Gel Eye Liner in Jade

The BeneFit products each contain 4.5g/0.16oz per jar and are £14 each. The products themselves are very similar to the MAC Paint Pots with the exception that they have more slip to them, making them easier to blend. They can also be used as liners but I've never tried that. The Estee Lauder products each contain 5g/0.17oz and are £14 to £15 depending on the colour. They're pretty much exactly the same as MAC Paint Pots, just in shiny packaging. That's not entirely surprising though as MAC is part of the Lauder group. Lastly the Stila Smudge Pot contains 4g/0.14oz. Like the BeneFit products this can be used as a liner too but I've never tried it out. I find it a lot thicker in comparison to all the other cream products.

And that, as they say, is that! You don't necessarily have to use any of these products as bases, you can use them on their own, it's just what I like to do with them. Also you can use gel liners as bases but I don't tend to do that.

Hope these swatches have been useful. Please feel free to comment below if you have any questions, I heart questions :)

~xoxo~