I made a massive e.l.f order a long
time ago and if you spent a certain amount of money you got ten e.l.f Essential
Brightening Eye Colour Quads for free!
The packaging is a really small,
plastic compact with a small mirror and double ended sponge applicator. The
eyeshadows are in triangular pans and arranged to form two squares and one big
rectangle. They come in a variety of different shades and all weigh 2.5g each.
The ten shades I have are:-
Hazy Hazel
Shade 1 - dark, taupe brown (matte)
Shade 2 - light peach (shimmer)
Shade 3 - mid tone purple (glitter)
Shade 4 - light, frosty soft brown (glitter)
The taupe brown shade has average pigmentation. The peach shade is a bit chalky and has
average pigmentation. The purple
shade is slightly chalky with average pigmentation. The soft brown shade also has average pigmentation.
Punk Funk
Shade 1 - light, nearly white cream shade (shimmer)
Shade 2 - bright, standard electric blue (glitter)
Shade 3 - bright, indigo violet (glitter)
Shade 4 - bright, fuchsia pink (glitter)
The cream shade is very powdery and has sheer pigmentation. The blue shade has good pigmentation. The purple shade also has good
pigmentation. The pink shade is the glitteriest
shade from this quad and has good pigmentation.
Glam
Shade 1 - light, powder pink (matte)
Shade 2 - dusty charcoal black (glitter)
Shade 3 - bright, hot pink (glitter)
Shade 4 - light, puce pink (glitter)
The powder pink shade is quite powdery, and has sheer pigmentation. The
black shade has good pigmentation.
The hot pink shade has good
pigmentation. The puce pink shade is
quite chalky and also has average pigmentation.
Nymph Dreams
Shade 1 - light, pale yellow gold (glitter)
Shade 2 - warm, dusty brown (shimmer)
Shade 3 - bright, green teal (shimmer)
Shade 4 - light, slightly silver taupe (shimmer)
The gold shade is good pigmentation and slightly chalky. The dusty brown has ok pigmentation and is
also slightly chalky. The teal shade
is quite bright and the most pigmented from this palette. The taupe shade has quite good pigmentation
and has a slightly silver sheen.
Day 2 Night
Shade 1 - light, warm cream beige (shimmer)
Shade 2 - deep, purple mahogany brown (shimmer)
Shade 3 - deep, charcoal black (matte)
Shade 4 - light, slightly purple taupe (glitter)
The beige shade is quite pigmented. The purple mahogany shade has ok pigmentation and is quite chalky and
sheer. The black also has ok
pigmentation and is too sheer. The purple
taupe has great pigmentation and looks smouldering.
Ivy
Shade 1 - light, pearly green (shimmer)
Shade 2 - deep smokey, forest/khaki green (matte)
Shade 3 - bronzy, olive green (shimmer)
Shade 4 - stony, grey taupe (shimmer)
The pearly green shade is really sheer and a little chalky and is the
least pigmented of the four shades. The smokey
forest green shade is relatively pigmented and a nice deep shade. The olive green shade is also quite
pigmented and kind of yellow toned. The grey
taupe shade is really soft, neutral and has good pigmentation.
Teal Dream
Shade 1 - light, off white (shimmer)
Shade 2 - light, pale grey (shimmer)
Shade 3 - bright, teal blue (shimmer)
Shade 4 - bright, turquoise green (shimmer)
The off white shade is quite chalky and has light pigmentation. The pale grey also has light pigmentation.
The teal blue, although bright, it
is quite sheer and the same with the turquoise
green, apart from it is slightly more opaque than the teal.
Noveau Neutrals
Shade 1 - light, icy blue (glitter)
Shade 2 - smoky, grey taupe (shimmer)
Shade 3 - light, peach (glitter)
Shade 4 - light, warm brown (glitter)
The icy blue has ok pigmentation and is a little chalky. The grey taupe has the best pigmentation
and the peach is really light and
barely noticeable! The brown is
really light and has ok pigmentation.
Blue Moon
Shade 1 - light, cream (shimmer)
Shade 2 - deep, brown with purple (shimmer)
Shade 3 - light, icy grey blue (shimmer)
Shade 4 - dark, navy blue (shimmer)
The cream has good pigmentation, although a little chalky, The brown has good pigmentation and has
purple undertones. The icy grey blue
is very pigmented and not chalky. The navy
blue is quite sheer in pigmentation.
Rocker
Shade 1 - light, white (glitter)
Shade 2 - light, beige (shimmer)
Shade 3 - deep, violet purple (shimmer)
Shade 4 - deep, charcoal black (glitter)
The white shade has rubbish pigmentation and is very chalky! The beige shade has very sheer
pigmentation. The violet purple is
very sheer and nowhere near as bright as it looks. The black is not overly pigmented, but it is a deep colour and can be
built up.
These eyeshadows are mean’t to be
smooth, long lasting and beautiful looking. They are also mean’t to brighten
yours eyes and make you look wide awake.
Firstly, I do not like the packaging.
There is not much room for you to get your brush in there and it looks tacky. I
much prefer the square panned eyeshadow quads e.l.f released of these in previous
gift sets. Also the mirror is kind of pointless because it is very small! I
don’t mind the sponge applicators though because they help pack on colour. The
shadows are kind of smooth, but a lot of them lack decent pigmentation and even
if you applied eye primer you would still struggle with the building up of some
shades! They will last and not crease, but the colours fade over time and
definitely don’t stay beautiful looking! With some of the shades you will get
fallout and I don’t really notice if they make my eyes look brighter or more
wide awake.
Overall they are ok if you want to play
with some colour because the pigmentation is not full-on. Although there are
some faults, they are not bad quality for how much they cost and there are a
lot of shades to choose from. Not all e.l.f eyeshadows are the same because the
element eyeshadows are amazing and I love them! I will not be purchasing any of
the brightening quads myself! They are worth the price tag, but if you want
quality, I suggest you steer clear of these at all costs!
Price - £1.50 Rating
- 2/5
Recommend - No Re-Purchase
- No
Available at -
eyeslipsface.co.uk, eyeslipsface.com, Target
Thank
you for reading ♫
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