Hola a todos! Cómo están? Al fin viernes, esta semana se me fue super rápido y el fin de semana ya está aquí, espero tener más tiempo para poder hacer varios reviews que tengo pendientes de unas cuantas compras que hice durante estos últimos días. Por lo pronto hoy quiero hablarles de esta sombra que, no sé, tengo sentimientos encontrados...
Normalmente hablo de los productos que me gustan, pero hoy quiero revisar esta sombra que la verdad, no cumplió las expectativas que tenía. Sé que todo mundo habla de ellas y dice maravillas (tal vez por eso esperaba más), pero yo quiero dar mi opinión honesta en caso de que les pueda servir o ayudar al momento de decidirse o no por comprar este tono en particular. Sólo quiero aclarar que no pienso que sea mala, simplemente quiero compartir con ustedes lo que siento.
Hello everyone! How are you beauties? Thank god it's Friday! This week went on pretty fast and our beloved weekend is here, so that means more time to do some reviews of several products I bought over the past few days. As for today, I'm having mixed feelings about this eye shadow...
Normally, I try to talk about products that I actually like, but this eye shadow in particular, did not live up to my expectations. I know the hype and all the wonders all the girls claim about this miraculous thing (maybe that's the reason why I was expecting more), but I wanna give you my honest opinion, in case it might be helpful when deciding to buy or not this particular shade. A little disclaimer: I don't think this product is actually bad, I just wanna share with you how I feel about it.
Maybelline sacó esta primavera, una línea de sombras en crema/gel en 10 diferentes colores, la mitad en colores vibrantes como morado y turquesa/teal, y la otra mitad en colores mas neutros como cremas y bronces. Aunque a primera vista mis ojitos y manos se van más por los colores brillantes, me doy cuenta de que no los usaría tanto, por eso opté por un color neutro, una especie de gris/marrón, llamada "Tough as Taupe".
This past spring, Maybelline launched its Color Tattoo 24 HR line, which consisted on 10 cream gel eye shadows in 10 different colors, half of them were vibrant colors like teal and purple, and the other half were neutrals, like beige and bronze. Although at first, my eyes and hands tend to go for the brighter colors, reality sinks in and realize that I wouldn't wear them as much, and so decided to go for a neutral one, called "Tough as Taupe".
El potecito en el que vienen me gustó mucho, le da una vibra de marca más cara de lo que realmente es, y me gusta que el fondo es transparente y puedes ver el color. La consistencia es cremosa pero no tan blanda, se siente un poco como si estuvieras tocando mantequilla. Como pueden ver en la foto, se nota bastante pigmentado y en la foto no se aprecia muy bien pero tiene subtonos marrón/púrpura.
To me, the little pot looks more high end and elegant than the usual Maybelline products, it looks more expensive than it really is. And I also like the fact that the bottom is transparent so you can see the actual color. It has a creamy consistency, but not too soft, feels a little bit like butter. As you can see in the photo, the cream is highly pigmented, and in the photo you can't appreciate it but it has some brown/purple undertones.
Ahora, lo que no me gustó es como queda una vez aplicada. Bueno no es realmente que no me gustara, pero no se me hizo nada especial. Una vez que me la pongo usando los dedos, parece como si se deslavara, como si una noche te durmieras con tu maquillaje puesto y al día siguiente lo traes corrido; la alta pigmentación no se nota una vez aplicada, tal vez puedes aplicar un poco màs para tratar de que se vea más saturado el color. Eso sí, dura todo el día, aunque no sé si dure 24 horas porque, en verdad quién necesita que dure 24 horas? Supongo que lo que quieren hacerte pensar es que "pues si dura hasta 24 horas, me va a durar unas 16 horas muy bien!". En eso tienen razón.
Now, what I didn't like is how it looks once you apply it on your eyelid. Well it's not so much that I didn't like it, its just that it didn't do anything special for me. Once I apply it using my fingers, it sort of washes or fades away, like when you go to bed still wearing makeup and the next day you wake up and it's smudged; definitely its high pigmentation doesn't translate that way at least for me, maybe you can try to build it up to make it a little more saturated. But one thing that's true is that it does last all day; although I'm not so sure if it lasts 24 hours because, lets face it, who needs their makeup to last 24 hours? I guess what they're trying to do is to make you think "well if it lasts for 24 hours, it'll be good enough for maybe 16 hours!". And that's actually right.
Now, what I didn't like is how it looks once you apply it on your eyelid. Well it's not so much that I didn't like it, its just that it didn't do anything special for me. Once I apply it using my fingers, it sort of washes or fades away, like when you go to bed still wearing makeup and the next day you wake up and it's smudged; definitely its high pigmentation doesn't translate that way at least for me, maybe you can try to build it up to make it a little more saturated. But one thing that's true is that it does last all day; although I'm not so sure if it lasts 24 hours because, lets face it, who needs their makeup to last 24 hours? I guess what they're trying to do is to make you think "well if it lasts for 24 hours, it'll be good enough for maybe 16 hours!". And that's actually right.
Otra cosa: he visto que muchas beauty gurus en youtube dicen que funciona muy bien como primer para la sombra, pero honestamente, si hubiera querido comprar un primer, me compro un primer.
Los demás colores de la colección están súper lindos y el hecho de que el que yo compré sea totalmente mate y los demás sean con brillos o shimmery, me hace tener la esperanza de que los demás pueden ser mejores, en especial quiero probar el color bronce, llamado Bad to the bronze (me encantó el nombre) :)
Another thing: I've hear many beauty bloggers say that this works great as an eye shadow primer, but honestly, if I would've wanted a primer, I would've bought a primer.
The rest of the colors are very pretty and the fact that the one I got is matte and the other ones are very shimmery, makes me think that the rest might be better; specially wanna try the Bad to the bronze one (love the name) :)
The rest of the colors are very pretty and the fact that the one I got is matte and the other ones are very shimmery, makes me think that the rest might be better; specially wanna try the Bad to the bronze one (love the name) :)
En conclusión: no es que este tono o esta sombra sea mala, simplemente se me hizo... blah, nada especial. No daré mi veredicto definitivo hasta que pueda probar algún otro color, que espero, me quede mejor que éste!.
To sum up: it's not that this shade or eye shadow is bad, it's just that form me, it was... blah, nothing special. I wanna wait until I try a different color to have a final saying on these babies; hopefully it'll be better!
Si las han probado, cuéntenme, qué les parecieron?/ If you have tried them, tell me, how did you like them?
Besitos! ;)
To sum up: it's not that this shade or eye shadow is bad, it's just that form me, it was... blah, nothing special. I wanna wait until I try a different color to have a final saying on these babies; hopefully it'll be better!
Si las han probado, cuéntenme, qué les parecieron?/ If you have tried them, tell me, how did you like them?
Besitos! ;)
This is such a cute post and I love the different metallic shades.
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Esas sombras tienen una pinta muy muuuuy buena! Asi que me pasare pronto a echarles un ojo, porque seguro que son estupendas!! Magnificos productos los que nos enseñas siempre :D
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i'm sorry i took so long to reply, but thank you for nominating me for the Liebster Award! i have already done it, but i will be happy to mention your blog on mine in my next post for your kindness :) This is a great post. i love the colour tattoos i think they are all fantastic. I know you did not like this colour but some of the brighter ones are beautiful.
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Pues la verdad me enkantoo....me voy mas x los colores fuertes...pero mi preeeegunta es: porkee no traernos el color NEGRO!!??? :(
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