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CoverGirl Blazing Blues Eye Enhancers Trio Review, Photos, Swatches


CoverGirl Blazing Blues

Still Hunting for Drugstore Brights

CoverGirl Blazing Blues Eyeshadow Trio ($5.19 for 0.14 oz.) looked like a promising trio of bright, vibrant eyeshadows.  Several years ago, you would have been hard-pressed to find any bright eyeshadows, let alone a whole trio of them!  It’s definitely great to see that drugstore brands have stepped things up and started putting out more fun, bold, and bright shades.  However, it’s too bad that the pigmentation is still sorely lacking.

After building up four or five layers of color, I was able to get decent color pay off, but it took more work than it should have.  The trio contains a medium-dark blue with a low level sheen, banana yellow with a soft frost finish, and an aqua-blue with silver sheen.  Personally, I was hoping that the yellow might be a MAC Going Bananas dupe, but it’s so faint, it’s difficult to compare the two.  The worst shade in the trio was the aqua-blue, because even after attempting to build up the intensity of the shade, it still looked sheer and washed out.

In terms of texture, these eyeshadows were a little chalky and powdery–not delectably smooth and buttery at all.

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  • Product: 19/30
  • Value: 8/10
  • Ease of Use: 4/5
  • Packaging: 4/5

RECOMMENDATION: If you like your brights on the sheerer side, then CoverGirl’s Blazing Blues Trio might be more up your alley. But if you want your eyeshadows to be true-to-color, soft, and smooth, look elsewhere.

AVAILABILITY: Drugstore.com


CoverGirl Blazing Blues


CoverGirl Blazing Blues


CoverGirl Blazing Blues


CoverGirl Blazing Blues

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Lyndsay Avatar

ugh, I bought this one a couple years ago thinking I’d found a great set of colors at a cheap price… I hated this so bad! I think they are still sitting at the back of my makeup drawer, but not 100% certain…if that tells you how often I’ve gone fishing for them, lol! I’d have given them even less than C-

Ashley Avatar

thanks for letting us know the quality isn’t so good..I’m always tempted by drugstore items b/c they are affordable, but then I have to remind myself that they are usually a waste of money & it’s better to save for something better.

Qian Avatar

Well, that’s not really fair. Covergirl has some nice ones (like Shimmering Sands), and Maybelline has a lot of really well-received ones too. Wet ‘n Wild Color Icon shadows are really good as well.

Tami Avatar

I bought this trio several months ago and wanted to love it. But in addition to it being sheer, I found them also to be chalky. I learned my lesson. If I want brights I’ll stick to MAC, Fyrinnae and MUFE.

Megan Avatar

Covergirl always disappoints. In the container it looks lovely, but it goes on so sheer. Too bad because Covergirl has great mascara and new liner.

Wendy M. Avatar

I bought a single cover girl eyeshadow that looks like that bright blue and it shows up beautifully on my eyes. 🙂
I don’t find that I need to layer the color on, just one swipe is good enough.

Erin Avatar

I find that Cover Girl shadows, while not very intense, are great for making muted “day versions” of very intense looks.

For a specific example, I have done this tut by Marlena:
http://www.makeupgeek.com/tutorials/mac-tutorial-funky-orange-and-green/

It’s really bright and intense! But for a work-friendly, subtle, daytime version, I use Cover Girl quad in Tropical Fusion (the quad on the top left)
http://www.covergirl.com/products/product.jsp;jsessionid=V4T1DWQK2JB3TQFIASH4VEWAVACJF0V0?productId=eye_enhancers_4_kit_shadows

And skip the black liner, just doing a very tight black to the upper lashline, and it’s very wearable and subtle but at the same time, looks great.

Rachel Avatar

iknow this is unrelated but i wasnt sure where to ask this: what is the best razor? for like one of those questions where you post it and all the viewers answer.:)thanks

Lauren D Avatar

They do well with shimmers, because they can put a lot of mica in the shadow to attain the desired shimmery effect. However, with colorful hues, nonprofessional/mass market cosmetic brands cannot afford to match the pigment intensity of (for example) MAC or Makeup For Ever due to the expense.

Kiele Avatar

I love CG eyeshadows. I have never been disappointed with them. In fact, I am disappointed that they haven’t created any new colors in a very long time. I find their powder eyeshadows better than some higher prices eyeshadows to be honest. I also like Revlon’s eyeshadows.

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