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The Hit List: Worst Loose Eyeshadow
What’s the Worst Loose Eyeshadow…?
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In general, I am quite disappointed with loose mineral eyeshadows. I can deal with fallout (proven by my love of pigments) but I hate the pigmentation and the application just becomes harder. They just dont work for me. :/
Face Front Cosmetic loose shadow= dissappear from skin w/in 1hrs and hard to blend.
Coastal Scent loose shadow= no pigments on skin and dissapper too fast
Definitely the L.A. Colors loose shadows. I have no clue why anyone compares them to MAC pigments. They are ridiculously subpar and practically unusable!
I don’t like any of them. They’re such a mess. I never use them.
I LOATHE Bare Escentuals loose eyeshadows. They’re messy, not very pigmented, and entirely too expensive considering the first two negatives.
All of ’em. What a mess. I already have to deal with pigments so I can’t see myself messing around with loose eyeshadows. There are way too many non-loose eyeshadows to play around with with less mess.
I did not have any luck with NYX’s, sadly. I love pigments but these did not last more than a few hours, even though I varied primer/no primer and using different mixing mediums (and using them alone).
pretty much all the e-tailer pigments. fyrinnae, the she space, etc. fallout, disappears after a few hours and all those 5 gram jars hanging around? NO THANKS!
Primarks ones (UK) are really bad, but if i’ve spent money on it I WILL find a way for it to work 😉
If they’re not very pigmented I use a black base like MAC’s fluidline and then pat it on with a sigma 252 and they suddenly stay and become super pigmented 🙂
avon loose mineral eye shadow.
it has the consistency of flour and it blends right off my skin.
horrible pigmentation!