I saw an ad for these Cover Girl Smoky Shadowblasts on New Year's Eve and will admit that I started looking for them in stores on January 1. I finally found them at my Target and picked up the two shown above. I was so excited about trying them I almost tore into them in the car. But it was really cold. And windy. So I waited until I got home.I tried the green and brown one first. I wanted to love these, I really did. However, my initial reaction was a big meh. I didn't use a primer and perhaps if I did, it would have made them less "slippery" and have more staying power. It creased the first time I blinked. I took it off and tried again. This time, to build color, I tried adding sheer layers to increase the green shade. Here is a picture of my eye within 20 minutes of applying the color.
The green is all but gone and the brown is a muddy mess. See? Meh.Next I tried the gray-ish purple combo, officially called Silver Sky. The Smoky portion of it still didn't fare too well, but the lighter color worked as a cream shadow. The darker shade just didn't really show up when I tried it as a contour/liner. At least when I used it with a primer, it didn't crease terribly. Sadly, it lost most of its pigment within a few hours.Above is the lighter color on the lid 4 hours after I applied it. (The liner is a mineral eyeshadow from The She Space. That shadow normally stays put, but not against this cream shadow.) Not good. I wanted to love these, but instead, I would love my money back.
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