Makeup

7 Worst Eyeshadows

From smoky hot messes to glittery disasters -- our readers recommend keeping your brushes far away from this eye makeup

by Molly Roemer

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Eye makeup has been evolving since around 10,000 B.C. from a number of civilizations and cultural uses ranging from reducing sun glare to burial rituals to restoring eye sight. Nowadays, whether we want to test out a new trend, have our makeup reflect our mood, complement our outfit, or make a statement -- we wear eye makeup pretty much for aesthetic purposes. We use eyeshadow to play up our eye color, add dimension and depth to our eyes or just attract attention to them. And, eyeshadow no longer comes in just a basic powder form, you can find it in a mousse, liquid and even a crayon form -- and in more colors and textures than you could possibly dream up.

But unfortunately, we're not here to tell you about the latest and greatest eye makeup, the best long-lasting eyeshadows, or help you find your sexiest eye shadow shade. Instead, we're going to share the worst eyeshadows with you according to our readers.

See the worst eyeshadow round up now.

We're not pointing any fingers -- yet -- but a reader says one of the eyeshadows has "absolutely no staying power, cakes into the crease and looks terrible." Another reviewer "wanted to like this because the color selection was great, but... having the GLITTER invade your eye half way through application is not fun business." And other readers succinctly sum up the eyeshadows in this list in a few words:

"unmanageable"
"junk product"
"a smoky mess"
"pretty useless"
"utter disaster of a product"

And now for the list of the worst eyeshadows ...

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products mentioned

Avon ANEW BEAUTY Eye-Lifting Serum Shadow

6.2

Pop Beauty Eye Cake

5.5

Physicians Formula Organic Wear 100% Natural Origin...

4.9

Maybelline New York ExpertWear Eye Shadow 8 Pan

6.3

CoverGirl SmokyShadowBlast

2.9

Sephora Colorful Pro Eyeshadow Palette

2.7

Rimmel London Colour Rush Duo Eyeshadow

2.8

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i agree with most of these. i tried maybelliene (spelling?) when i was in high school cuz it was cheap n there was no color whatsoever. since that horrible experience, i have never bought their eye shadow ever since. i bought vincent longo's "dawn flesh" a few years ago, n it's my go-to eye shadow whenever i want to highlight my eyes n want the shimmer and color to last all day.

by camigirl Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 04:24PM Report as inappropriate

i wont buy that stuffs

by hiang Thursday, April 4, 2013 at 09:39AM Report as inappropriate

I agree with pretty much all of these, having tried most of them, but I too was a bit shocked as I had found the CoverGirl one to be bad as they normally have really good quality products! But I do agree with all the ones I have tried from that list!!

by americansophie Thursday, March 28, 2013 at 10:15AM Report as inappropriate

I normally really like CoverGirl so really surprised to see them listed but glad to know to stay away from it now. Had planned on getting it to try out

by Alana_Danes Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at 05:57AM Report as inappropriate

Well, I can add CALVIN KLEIN - Eye Color Tempting Glimmer Sheer Creme EyeShadow to this list - tried today. It is nice, it covers nice, but the creasing is worse than any cheapest eyeshadow I tried, even using it with eyeshadow base...

by Evie Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 03:43AM Report as inappropriate

I'm glad i know about this! I was going to buy at least 2 products on this list!

by HxCookie Monday, February 11, 2013 at 01:37PM Report as inappropriate

I was surprised to hear about the Covergirl one.

by Monique3 Thursday, February 7, 2013 at 07:43AM Report as inappropriate

Those Rimmel Duos really are horrible.

by eatinglipstick Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at 12:59PM Report as inappropriate

I'm so glad I didn't waste my money on the Cover Girl smokey eye stick, it seems like a great idea but all I pictured was it breaking on 1st application and after reading this it seems I wasn't wrong!

by CinnaBlaze Thursday, January 10, 2013 at 03:05PM Report as inappropriate

covergirl eye shadow sucks

by Mommy_of_Ethan Thursday, January 3, 2013 at 12:59PM Report as inappropriate