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Round-up: City Color Shimmer Shadows

City Color Shimmer Shadows
City Color Shimmer Shadows

City Color Shimmer Shadow ($6.99 for 0.129 oz.) is supposed to have “intense color payoff” with a “heavy metallic finish” that also has “long-wear.” There are 16 shades in the range, and this post features six of them. The majority of the shades in the formula have a very dense, thick, and cream-like consistency–I have best results using a firmer, flatter and synthetic brush than I do with a really soft, natural hair brush, though natural brushes offer a little more control over how metallic the finish gets and my MAC 239s were just fine with it (and those are natural hair). They are intensely pigmented, and they blend out and apply well to bare skin. The formula wore for around eight to eight and a half hours on me with very slight creasing. A few of the very frosted, metallic shades seemed to emphasize the natural texture of parts of my lid and need a little extra blending to smooth out. These reminded me of Makeup Geek Foiled Eyeshadows (but City Color’s are much denser) as well as Sleek’s more metallic eyeshadows.

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Katherine T. Avatar

Nancy, you can get 25% off with the code SUMMER, think it expires 6/30. But no rush, they have 25% off sales quite often, so if you try a few and like them, you can always order more.

Katherine T. Avatar

Thanks again for reviewing these Christine, so glad they scored so well! I love to pair Spring Fling and MAC Magic In Your Eyes with BITE Taro lipstick. I’m putting in an order soon for Evergreen, Gypsy, U Jelly, Tide Pool, and Under the Sea. 25% off with the code SUMMER, think it expires 6/30

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