City Color Intense Shine Eyeshadow Palette

City Color was launched at IMATS LA in 2013, and offers a range of high quality products at affordable prices.  City Color products are not tested on animals.  They offer a full range of products for the face (conceal and correct; contour etc.), for the eyes (shadows; mascara etc.) , for the lips (gloss; liners etc.), including tools for the beginner, to the make up junkie to the professional.

City Color Cosmetics are always on point with trendy collections and their highly pigmented formulas.  City Color believes "the importance of carrying the latest trends and significance in understanding the consumers' desires for high quality and reasonably priced beauty products."

The product we will be discussing today is the City Color Intense Shine Eyeshadow Palette. 

About the product:

• 12 metallic-foil shimmer shadows
• colors range from blues, to pinks, to greens, to black/grey, to purple/gold and white
• simple white packaging that enhances the look of the colors
• price ranged from $4.49 (www.amazon.com) to $4.99 (www.citycolorcosmetics.com)

Likes:

• color selection/range is amazing
• the colors are pigmented and offers BOLD color
• the palette is vibrant, fun and versatile
• soft texture that goes on smooth
• fun to play with to create various looks for day and evening time
• price range

Pet Peeves:

We will name this section pet peeves instead of dislikes as there was nothing that I really disliked about this product, however I did have two pet peeves.

• case a bit difficult to open and I have chipped a nail trying until I started to use a paper clip to open the groove
• a tiny bit difficult to blend out, however once blended the final look is AMAZING due to the softness and pigmentation of the product.

Final Thoughts:

I am absolutely in love with this little palette.  It was an impulse buy on Amazon in order to fill an order, but I am so glad that I got it as it does not disappoint.  I would recommend purchasing this product to have fun with all the looks that you can get from it especially as it is under $5.  I give this product 😻😻😻😻😻 (5 out of 5 kittens).

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Maybelline Expert Wear Eyeshadow Palette - The Brights

Maybelline started off as a small family owned business and was created by Thomas Lyle Williams in 1915.  The company was named in honor of his sister Mabel.  In 1967 the company was sold to Schering-Plough and in 1990, sold again to a New York investment firm Wasserstein Perella & Co, and then acquired by L'oreal in 1996.

Maybelline's slogan "Maybe she's born with it.  Maybe it's Maybelline can be heard echoed around the world.  Products range from the eyes (shadows, mascara, etc.), to the face (foundations, powders etc.), to the lips (lipstick, glosses, balms etc.), to accessories (brushes, makeup tools etc.).  Products can be purchased from various drugstores like Target, Walmart, CVS and can also be purchased online from websites like maybelline.com and amazon.com.

The product we will be discussing today is the Maybelline Expert Wear Eyeshadow Palette - The Brights.  About the product:

• the palette offers a range of twelve (12) very eye catching colors
• there are approximately thirteen (13) eyeshadow looks that can be achieved with the duo, trio and quad combinations the palette offers.
• colors range from blues, to purple, to pink to browns/gold to black
• the packaging is simple and effective

LIKES

• the simple and effective packaging
• the eye catching colors

DISLIKES

• product is powdery and had a great deal of fall out
• not pigmented or vibrant even when applied wet
• difficult to blend

FINAL THOUGHTS

Although the colors are eye catching they were not pigmented when applied.  It took a lot of elbow grease and time to blend and get the look that I was trying to go for and the end result was still not what I wanted as I lost interest in using the product so I settled for the look I ended up with.

The final look was not a bad one, however it was hard to get the colors to blend and with the fallout, I do not think it was worth the work I had to put in.  There are several other drugstore palettes that are better and worth the money and time, even some other palettes from Maybelline.  I was not satisfied and thus returned the product. Overall I give this product 😻😻 (2 out of 5 kittens) for packaging and color range.

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Thanks for stopping by and remember to always live and play in color.