25 October 2012

Maxfactor smokey eye effect eyeshadows

Hi guys!
My mum recently treated me to some beauty products that I did a little haul on and one of the products in it were the Maxfactor smoky eye effect shadows (£7.99). I've had my eye on these for a long long time because they looked amazing and I love Maxfactor as a brand because they have some lovely products. 
I bought two of the smoky eye effect eyeshadows, one in purple dust and one in onyx storm. These are double ended eyeshadows that have a 'step 1' and 'step 2' to them. 
I think packaging wise these are great. There easy to use and do the job. 
Step 1 is the lighter colour and has a much rounder surface that you're to apply all over your eyelid and a little slightly above the socket. The step 2 is the darker colour that has much more of a tapered end which enhances your eye shape. You would use this along your lower lashline and the outer corners.
The onyx storm has a white shade for step 1 and a black colour for step 2. The purple haze has a purple colour for step 1 and lovely green almost khaki colour for step 2. I love wearing the khaki colour on it's own. It such a beautiful colour! It really enhances my eye colour and makes them stand out more.
I did this look with the purple haze pen. It's so very simple as you can probably tell and literally took me 2 minutes to do. After applying it with the pens, I took my blending brush and blended the outer edges.
Above are also the swatches for the Purple haze pen. My camera wouldn't pick up the colour properly pigmentation wise because it was much darker than this.


I also did a very simple look with the onyx storm and blended the edges out (yes I know its a bit crap). This one looks a bit messy so really sorry for that! But I just wanted to give you guys an idea of what it looks like on your lid. Above are the swatches for onyx storm.

Okay so serious review time now that you've seen the looks and the swatches. I love purple haze! I really think that is a combonation that will suit a lot of people and compliment alot of eye colours. The onyx storm is great for a classic smoky eye look that will take you about 3 minutes! These are so very creamy! They glide on so smoothly and easily and blend well too. I love the colour payoff. These are really well pigmented. I thought the lighter shades would be less pigmented but they actually are lovely. The thing that I am disappointed about is that these started to crease within an hour. The colour didn't disappear but there was build up in the lids. The creasing did reduce when I applied an eye primer and then used these. Another thing is that with the swipe of finger, they will come of. You won't be need no baby wipes to remove these, just use the back of your hand and off they come -_- So in that case, hands off the eyes guys. I actually don't know what I think of them. There's a part of me that loves them because of how they appear and the colour payoff but then again I don't want the creasing. I think I'll still use them with an eye primer and make it work some how.

Have you tried any colours from the Maxfactor smoky effect eye eyeshadows?
Hareem x



18 comments:

  1. I really like the idea about this pen. People who are new to makeup can definitely do good with these :)

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    1. thats such a good point! Defiantly great for them :) Its very easy and I like that it has step 1 and 2 :) x

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  2. Hi Hareem,

    I have not tried any of these, but they do look pretty! I've tried similar items before and I don't like the crease build up. :/ That's the one thing that would stop me from buying any cream eye shadow. But it does look pretty!

    xoxo Azu

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    1. I normally dont get cream eye shadows because of the same reason but They looked really nice and the creasing is just a shame :( I'll try them with a primer soon and see what that does! :) x

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  3. i wish we had maxfactor products here!

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    1. I hate it when you like a product but they never sell them where you live! :( happens to be with alot of US products! maybe try online? xx

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  4. I've had my eye on these too but I'm never really sure about cream eyeshadows - makeup falls off my face enough without worry if I touch my eyes my makeup will be ruined!! The purple haze one is really lovely though :)

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    xxxxxx

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    1. Purple haze is my favorite! I hate the fact that they smudge really easily! I tend to not think and just touch my eyes -_- haha
      xx

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  5. I love the colour of these, but when something is as high maintenance like that I tend to stay away, I prefer more straight forward products. Thanks for the swatches! xx

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    1. hahah I do agree with that in someways! no problem :) x

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  6. Your eye makeup looks amazing! I definitely want to try these Maxfactor eye shadows! Love the bronze ones especially!

    Sophie x

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    1. thankyou Sophie :)
      They are such beautiful colours :) xx

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  7. I have seen these and thought should I shouldn't I, the swatches look great though, shame about the crease that puts me off because my eye makeup tends to crease easily xx

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    1. My makeup does smudge too :( pretty annoying and thats ways I dont buy cream eyeshadows but I liked the look of these. Will try it with a good primer and see :) xx

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  8. Another Max Factor product! Max Factor's one of my favourite drugstore brands too :)
    It looks amazing! That purple haze pen looks amazing. Love the olive colour :)

    Great review!

    X

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    1. hahah I do love Maxfactor!
      Purple haze is my favorite too! love the combination with the olive colour :) thankyou :) xx

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