Week of Makeup Favourites 2014: My Top 10 Eyeshadows (Beautyholics Anonymous)

It’s day 4 on Makeup Favourites Week and today, we’re talking all about eyeshadows!

Here’s the thing: even though I have enough eyeshadows to last me many, many years, I’m actually very picky when it comes to actually applying it on my eyelids. Eh, what sort of nonsense is Tine talking about, I hear you ask? You see, a lot of the eyeshadows I had purchased over the years were done on a whim and usually when I’m suckered in by packaging. I have extremely oily eyelids and even with the best eyeshadow primer on, a lot of eyeshadows don’t last the day without creasing, smudging and fading. Unfortunately, although a lot of the eyeshadows I picked up over the years were very beautiful on the palette, even lovelier when swatched but when they were applied on my eyelids and used for an entire day, they didn’t cut the mustard at all.

In my list of top 10 eyeshadows are the ones that made the cut. Mind you, these are judged with eyeshadow primer on as I never wear eyeshadow without primers. These eyeshadows stay on my eyelids without any problems and are the ones I wear repeatedly. In fact, I’d happily give up the rest of my eyeshadows as long as I have these. Ahem, any takers?

Let’s get started! Here they are at random order.

Urban Decay NAKED eyeshadow palette
Okay, this eyeshadow palette is seriously over-mentioned on the blog so I’m not going to say anymore about it other than the fact that it’s the bomb and I absolutely love it. The end.

LORAC Pro Eyeshadow Palette
This eyeshadow palette was a recent discovery and as much as I love the Urban Decay NAKED palette, this has trumped that palette slightly. I love the variety of looks you can create with this palette and the quality of the eyeshadows are superb. I’m not a fan of the LORAC Pro 2 shades so I won’t be getting that but the Mega Pro? Hmm … tempting. (review here)

Estee Lauder Pure Colour Envy Sculpting Eyeshadow 5-Colour Palettes
Estee Lauder’s eyeshadows used to be rubbish years ago, which is why I was thoroughly impressed at how gorgeous the Pure Colour Envy eyeshadow palettes are. The colours are lovely but better yet, the quality is fantastic. They’re creamy, not crazy glittery and best of all, they don’t crease on my eyelids after many hours of wear. I find them much better than Tom Ford eyeshadows, that’s for sure. (review here)

Maybelline Colour Tattoo Cream Eyeshadows
Another eyeshadow that’s highly mentioned here on Beautyholics Anonymous so, again, I won’t talk more about it other than if you haven’t tried them out yet, you’re really missing out on how awesome they are! If you only want one shade to try out, get Bad to the Bronze. Mind-blowingly good.

Dior 5-Colour Eyeshadow Palettes
My very first high-end eyeshadow anything was a Dior quint eyeshadow palette. Admittedly, some of the eyeshadows palettes are a bit of a hit and miss, and a lot of the colours are quite sheer but the long and short of it is that they’re good quality eyeshadows. They’re creamy and not at all chalky. They’re usually in my I-want-to-splurge list.

KIKO Water Eyeshadows
These babies are intense! They can be applied wet or dry and even when applied dry, the colour intensity is pretty damn full-on. It’s also very long-lasting on my oily eyelids. It’s a real pity that KIKO Cosmetics isn’t available in Australia because we’re missing out on some really good stuff here. I picked up a couple of the Water Eyeshadows from Italy and I regret not getting more. (review here)

Bobbi Brown Long Wear Cream Shadow Stick
Oooh these are handy lil’ eyeshadow stick things, aren’t they? Just swipe them on and you’re done! I made the mistake of blending mine out when I first tried them on and thought hang on, where did the eyeshadow go?! It was a lesson learnt: just swipe them on as close to the lash line as possible, do very minimal blending and it will stay on for hours.

Makeup Geek eyeshadows
I’ve been following Marlena in her Makeup Geek journey for years and after trying out her eyeshadows, I’m glad to say that all of her hard work has definitely paid off. I’ve only tried 9 of her vast range of eyeshadows and even though there were a couple of misses, the rest were lovely. They’re actually very reasonably-priced for the amount of eyeshadow you get per pan. Can’t wait to place my next order but this time, it’s for her blushes! (review here)

Maybelline Colour Tattoo Pure Pigments
For someone who finds loose pigment eyeshadows very fiddly and messy, it’s a surprise even to me that this made my top 10 list. I have to say, Maybelline’s Colour Tattoo range is impressive, even the Pure Pigments. Even though they still are fiddly to use, the colour intensity you get when you apply this over the Cream Eyeshadows is stunning. (review here)

Benefit Creaseless Cream Shadows
I first heard of Benefit’s Cream Shadows from LeGeeque years ago when we first got to know each other. The first cream eyeshadow I purchased from Benefit was the Skinny Jeans and I was in love. It’s not as long-wearing as Maybelline’s Colour Tattoo cream eyeshadows but it’s still a very beautiful shade nevertheless. I still have a jar of the Skinny Jeans and whenever I’m having a lazy day (that can happen quite often), I’ll just swipe it on, blend it out and I’m done.

As you can see, these eyeshadows are nothing fancy and probably the ones you’ve heard from other bloggers as their favourites too. There’s a reason why a lot of these do so well and if you’re new to makeup and are venturing towards trying out eyeshadows, I highly recommend you give any of these a go. Try out Maybelline’s Colour Tattoo cream shadows first as they’re very easy to use and don’t cost a kidney.

What are some of your favourite eyeshadows? What makes your top 5 list of best eyeshadows?

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