I recently spotted new eyeshadow palettes by Max Factor and decided to test them. They looked like great choice of colours and that they would be wearable even during the day time, not only for the smokey look as the name suggests.
Price: 8,99€ in DM drugstore in Slovakia.
Colours: I bought 2 palettes, 01 Opulent nudes (brown quad with 2 matt colour, one shimmery colour – bronze and one matt with micro glitter – cream colour) and 04 Luxe Lilacs (purple quad with 2 matts, one shimmery – lilac colour and one iridescent – white colour).
Texture: the eyeshadows are extremely powdery. You have to tap off excess otherwise you will find, especially dark colours, quite annoying to clean out from the under eyes area.
Pigmentation: the purple quad is not pigmented enough for me, I was actually disappointed that I had to reapply colours few time to get the desired intensity. The brown quad is pigmented enough and easy to apply. Both quads blend well and the choice of colours makes it easy to create a look even when you aren’t a makeup lover.
Longevity: darker colours stayed on the eyes well just with the eyeshadow base. On the other hand, the light colours in both palettes wouldn’t last all day so I had to use cream eyeshadow underneath to ensure that they stayed on till evening.
Final verdict: with the price tag it has, I’m actually quite disappointed. The quality of the eyeshadows is not excellent and the amount of the product is not generous either. I had to use smaller brushes for their application otherwise I would also get the colour “next door” on them. You can get bigger palettes by Essence paying half of what you pay for these by Max Factor and they are at least the same quality if not better.
