I have a huge soft spot for cream eyeshadows as when they are good they are really great value for money as they can be used in a whole manner of ways. However when they are bad they really aren't worth mentioning which is always disappointing as ironically it is always the prettiest shades that tend to let me down.Take for instance the new E.L.F Jumbo Eyeshadow Stick's an array of truly stunning shades with a formula that is not so spectacular.
Much like NYX's Jumbo Pencils E.L.F's version come in large chunky crayon style containers which are easy to use and as they don't require sharpening you don't have to worry about loosing half of your pencil to a sharpener. To release new product all you have do is wind up the bottom of the pencil and hey presto...if only more brands would follow suit!
At the moment E.L.F offer 10 shades of the E.L.F Jumbo Eyeshadow Stick which I do think is pretty substational and a pretty varied range. In the end I went for a few neutral shades (total creature of habit) and top of my hit list was Turkish Coffee. E.L.F's Turkish Coffee is the most scrumptious deep metallic brown shade that leans slightly golden and is pretty much a suit all shade.
I figured it would compliment most of my powder eyeshadows and would be a shade I'd get plenty of use of.
Well that is where the praise end's I'm afraid.
Now don't get me wrong the formula glides on with such ease which is always a blessing on the delicate eye area and in theory as it is a pencil product it can be used in a multitude of ways including: as an eyeliner, as an all over wash of colour and as a base to apply powder products on top of.
All of this would be true if the formula wasn't so prone to creasing - I have tried everything including between several switching primers, not using a primer (not sure how that would help but I tried none the less) and layering powder products on top to no avail. In the end it really didn't matter what I did within an hour, two at a push E.L.F Jumbo Eyeshadow Stick gave up the will to live and creased. Normally I would blame my oily lids but with such a reduced wear time I'm afraid in this instance the formula is to blame.
E.L.F Jumbo Eyeshadow Stick in Turkish Coffee £2.50 via E.L.F - link
Such a gorgeous colour, its a shame about the formula, lets hope its reformulated!
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Thats such a gorgeous shade, love it!
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I never really check out elf, but this looks so gorgeous!
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Was loving this and had such high hopes until the end! What a shame.
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It looks great, to bad the formula is not the best
ReplyDeleteIt looks great and the colour , i guess the formula is the down sidex
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Such a shame that the formula is bad, would have been such a good product. At lest the colour is great!
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Just because it creases doesn't mean it's bad. The NYX jumbo pencils for instance crease like crazy but people still go crazy over it since it's a great base
ReplyDeleteI agree but even with powder eyeshadow over the top of this it creases like crazy so in this case I'm afraid I found it pretty dismal.
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ReplyDeleteI've really wanted to get into cream shadows stick but none of them seem to last on my eye lids, i still have not tried the nyx ones yet though, i hope they do!:)
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such a shame when a product disappoints, I love chubby pencil products too, but I can't stand creased eye makeup
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I think on a whole elf get more praise than they deserve, the majority of their products are poor in formulation, pigmentation and staying power.I have bought so many elf products yet all I have is an eyebrow kit, powder brush, lippy & a gloss. The rest is in the bin! Yeah it's cheap but when you can't even use the products! Xx
ReplyDeletei got two of these when they where 50% off and i dont get on with them either. the creased no matter what i did, with primer under them, with shadow on top and they creased within an hour. NYX jumbo pencils are much better x
ReplyDeleteThat's such a shame!really pretty colour but its no good if it just creases is it?!x
ReplyDeletelove the colour! shame about the creasing :( x
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