Almay Eyeshadow Singles

Now that I've gotten to play with them more and apply them to my eyes I can pass along a proper review.

For the look that I did I used lilac on the lid, vintage grape in the outer corner and crease, and creme brulee on the inner corner and as a highlight. I found the look extremely difficult! The eyeshadows just refuse to give off much color. I just had to keep rubbing at it to get anything on my brush. And maybe it's because I tried the hardest and longest with lilac but it reviled it's true nature. It's a cream shadow disguised as a powder. after a bit of messing with lilac it started to smear and move with my brush strokes. Then it started to pull away from the sides of the pan. So I used my finger and it felt slightly damp and sticky. When I gently pulled my finger up it stuck to the finger a bit and left a little 'peak' in the product where it had tried to go with my finger. The other ones don't do this, but as I said I didn't try so hard with the others. It must just be a cream to powder product, but something happened wrong in the creation because color payoff unless your using a finger just doesn't happen.

The one golden star that I have is creme brulee. I used a smaller stiffer brush with it and it got the product rather easily. But I also noticed something on this one that none of the others do. It had powder on the top after I swiped it with my brush. Usually when you dip/swipe/rub/ect. an eyeshadow theres a little powder left on the top, or sitting on the brush noticeably. But with the rest of the almay eyeshadow singles theres just nothing, it really looks like a cream. But with creme brulee theres just a slight bit of noticeable powder.

Bottom line: Would I recommend them? I would say if you like using your fingers for makeup then yes. These would work well for you. But if, like me, you don't like sticking your fingers in your products then stay far away from these! Creme brulee being the one exception.