Maybelline New York Eye Studio Color Tattoo 24HR Cream Gel Shadow by Maybelline New York, Eyeshadow Review

10

Sublime

Cream eye shadow is something I generally avoid. But there's been so much hype about Maybelline's "Color Tattoo" that I picked a few up at my local drugstore. They're incredible! I got them in "Edgy Emerald" to enhance my hazel/green eyes and "Bad to the Bronze" (just a great color to have). This is a creamy-gel texture which is easy to work with. I used my fingers when applying to eye and th...read moreen smoothed the edges and a bit of shadow under my bottom lashes with a brush. They are shadows with sheen, but not to the point where they can't be worn anywhere. The color is true and really stays put--I didn't want to give it a twenty-four hour test, but it stayed in place a good eighteen hours for me before I removed my makeup. There was no creasing or caking whatsoever. It does dry very quickly after application, so be sure you have shadow where you want it before it sets (that's not a criticism--that's part of the reason it lasts so long). I'm more than impressed and am going to collect "Painted Purple," "Audacious Asphalt," and "Tough as Taupe" (just for now). "Bold Gold" would be great to have for highlights or all-over eye drama.

GigiSD | 1103 reviews

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10

Eyeliner

I love that there is finally, at long last, an eyeliner of this type available at the drug store price point. This has highly pigmented and intense color, and I love the formula. I apply it with an angled eyeliner brush and found that you can get a really beautiful line. I like this eyeliner a lot. I know its a shadow but with the right brush and the right steady hand, you can use it as an eyelin...read moreer as well, which is exactly what I did. I love that the formula is versatile enough to allow this product to be used in two different ways and still give very good result.

LittleBunny | 545 reviews

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10

Amazing!

This is actually an edited version of my initial review of these. I decided to edit my review because I have since found more uses for these, which makes them even more amazing, in my opinion. ;) So I got these in five different shades and they are all extremely blendable, very very pigmented and last all day. When I first started using them without a primer, they would sometimes go on a bit pa...read moretchy (especially the lighter colors), but with a primer - the application is perfect, they never crease on me and they look just as good at the end of the day as they did in the morning. Since I first reviewed these shadows I was only using them as shadows, but since then I have experimented a bit more with them and found out that there are more way you can use them... They are amazing as bases for glitter or just sparkly shadow. They can as well work as bases for matte eye shadows, because you can use them to bring out the color of your shadow even more. Just like some people use the "NYX" Milk Jumbo Eye Shadow pencil to boost the colors of their shadows. Except that with these you have a lot more option and I honestly find that "NYX" Jumbo pencils crease a lot and are very overrated. So definitely try these as a base for your shadow as well. And the other way I have been using these lately is for lining my eyes. I literally use them as I would use a cream eye shadow, and I find that it works out great. They don't smudge and they last all day. I'm really surprised that they don't market them as liners as well... So yes, definitely still recommending them to all... ;)

Nikatron | 150 reviews

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