Tellmiluv's Blog: ELF Essential Duo Cream Eyeshadows Review

ELF Essential Duo Cream Eyeshadows Review

***DISCLAIMER*** These are all my pictures that I have taken from my own camera. I do not take anybody else's pictures.I am not sponsored doing this review. I bought all items using my own money and this is 100% my own opinion.

I received a request from one of my subscribers from Youtube to review and swatch the ELF Essential Duo Cream Shadows. I was initially contemplating on getting these eye shadows as I have read so many negative reviews about them. In one of the weeks on the month of July, eyeslipsface.com promoted a 50% off all products from the website. I was hesitant to get these, but since it was $0.50 USD each, I figured to get them anyway.

There ware 9 colors available to be purchased, and I bought them all, since all totalled to $4.50 USD, it was a pretty good deal. I believe some of the colors from these lines were supposed to coordinate with the ELF Duo Eye shadows (the powder ones) but it seems like they have discontinued most of the colors from the ELF Duo Eye shadows line. I will post my review on the ELF Duo Eye shadows when I get enough free time.

Packaging

The eyeshadows comes in a standard paper with plastic covering packaging. The actual product itself comes in a black, plastic twist cap container. It lid sometimes does not twist securely on some of the eyeshadows. I guess it is just luck of the draw. The two shadows are crescent shaped, with metal separators in between. Honestly, it looks like the Loreal's HIP packaging to me.

Color Payoff:

I cannot vouch that the color payoff is awesome. Sad to say, but this product is very inconsistent with the pigmentation. Some of the colors does not swatch very good, for instance Sugar Cookie and the white in Coffee & Cream. The darker shades does have more pigmented color payoff, but the lighter ones are such a disappointment.

Texture:

This may be weird but the texture of this product is also an inconsistency. For the most part, most of these cream shadows feel like a slippery, sticky lip gloss- the one that comes out of a tub- like the MAC Lip conditioner in a jar. except this is a cream shadow. I am still awkward with this texture placing it in my eyelids, it felt very sticky and it creases like crazy. I have very oily eyelids and this product will make it feel more oilier and stickier than ever!!! It is blend able, but it will 100% CREASE, even with a primer underneath. Oh, and some of the cream shadows doesn't all feel, creamy, other are watery and swatches blotchy.

Smell:

Not a big fan of the smell. It smells like playdoh or something like that. It has a slight chemically plastic smell.

Staying Power:

Don't get your hopes up thinking that this eyeshadow will last you- it will crease the sooner you put this on your lids. Even with a primer, this will still crease. You may get away placing a very thin layer, using this as a makeup base, then topping it with a powder shadow, but within 1-2 hrs, it will make your shadow crease anyway.

The Bottomline:

I don't think this product is worth wasting your time over. The application is quite difficult. It does blend, but you have to tug on your lids to apply it. Brushes don't work with this product, you have to use your finger and tug a bit to blend it out. Then, you still have to top it with a powder shadow and hope it will not crease. The concept is good, but ELF really needs to improve on the texture of this product a lot.

My Personal Rating:

I'm giving these shadows a 1/5. It creases a lot, some of the textures and pigmentation is inconsistent. I really hate the sticky feeling this leaves my lids.