Eyeshadows Part I (Saina)

The thing I'm going to keep emphasizing is the importance of how long something wears. I hate it when I'm wearing eyeshadow and it starts to crease. Especially when I put effort into creating a super hot look. So I always use a primer under my shadows. In my the next installment of my eyeshadows I'll go in depth for which primers I opt for, but just to keep it simply colors here, I wanted to let you guys know all the wonder that is Benefit's Creaseless Cream Eyeshadows. This product is amazing because it literally does not crease, even when you layer stuff over it. I usually put a couple coats on just to intensify the colors, they're buildable so the more coats=more color. Then after a few seconds they dry and don't move. I noticed this first when I swatched some of the colors on my hand, and by the time I came to wipe them off with just a tissue I was sold. I have this eyeshadow in the colors R.S.V.P, Gossip, Stilleto, and Skinny Jean. I like to layer them with other colors, because it really is impossible for me to use just one color. I'll usually layer them with like a darker MAC color. Which brings me to how amazing MAC shadows are and how I can't get enough of them. I have enough of their shadows to make my own tester unit. There are just so many options it's so hard to choose one of them to buy, so I always leave with like 4. Anyways some of my favorites include Amber Lights, Sketch, Honesty, Shroom, Carbon, Vanilla, Club, Naked Lunch, Espresso, and Gesso just to name some of regulars. Can't you tell I really like to stick to my smokey eyes??
Another brand I love because of their assorments and pigmentation is Urban Decay. They have such fun colors and they're super blendable and just so gorgeous. Grifter is probably like one of my favorite shadows EVER. This pallet pictured is the first set of eyeshadows I got from Urban Decay and probably one of my best investments. It also came with a full size primper potion...which I'll talk about soon.
Another thing I look at before I commit to a certain brand is versatility. I chose Bourjois eyeshadows initially because they're really popular in Europe, I played around a lot with them outside of the states. I really wish we had a bigger collection to choose from here in the States, but sadly for now we have to make due with the tiny section that is in Ulta. But that's not entirely unfortunate because we can still get this lines super amazing products. I really love their wet/dry shadows because they don't change at all after being used wet, unlike other shadows I've used. They don't get gross or hard, nothing changes at all! These shadows are also extremely pigmented and super pretty. I also have a couple of the Stretch Eyeshadows as well, which I also love because they are extremely blendable. Now, considering I've babbled a paper's worth about just eyeshadow i'm going to pause here and continue the rest in the next post.