eyeMAJIC I can see the appeal, but….
I love a gimmick as much as the next person, but is eyeMajic really worth the money? Read on…
Here I am bare eyes with just a smidge of foundation, brown pencil on my waterline, no eye shadow primer oh and my brows are done (well duh!).
Next swiping off the shadow thingy, so good so far.
Here we can fully appreciate my first problem, my eye lid area is just too big. Otherwise the colour payoff is pretty good, just needs blending.
Still unblended but I thought I’d take a shot with my eye’s open for you all to see the results thus far.
And my second problem emerges, I didn’t use the eye shadow applicator to blend because in my mind a blending brush would be better right? Wrong!
Where did the shadow go? I only blended for two ‘sweeps’…….
This is basically the major problem, the shadow didn’t ‘stick’ to my eyes. I didn’t want to apply a primer first because I wanted to see what would happen.
Now this is the final result, whilst I do think it looks soft and pretty its far from what I was expecting.
Even with this result I must say that the little shadow that was left on my eye’s didn’t crease and lasted the day fine.
I’m fairly certain I should have applied a shadow primer to begin with, and maybe use the applicator instead, but I was thinking fast and easy and this is what I got.
I can honestly see the appeal it is quick, comes in a pretty great selection of pre-matched colours but ultimately I feel that in reality your better off purchasing an eye shadow quad and slowly learning to do it yourself.
I am going to try these again, with a base or primer plus I’ll stick to the instructions and try and ‘blend’ with the shadow sheet/applicator, we’ll see how that goes.
But until then I think I’d only recommend these to those either starting out in makeup (I can see it helping in the long run with product placement) or those that never wear makeup. Even then though I would definitely suggest that you blend as it looks kind of odd with the stripes of shadow.
I thought I’d mention that these retail at GlamBeautyBar.com for $4.95 for a 2 pack. Also that they were featured on Oprah some time ago and I’m assuming why they got so popular.
Have you tried these before?? What do you think?
Madame B Fatale
xoxo
EyeMajic was provided free for review/trial purposes
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Great post. Love that you included so many pictures to show what you had to deal with. I'm sure these would be epic fail on my huge-o eyes.
Yeah my eye size was something I didnt really think of. Like I'm completely aware of how freakishly high my eyebrows are but didn't think it would be a problem lol!
thank you for your review.
oh dear, i am not too too fussed about the durability of these but it's the shape i have a problem with. i think i would only be tempted to try these if it had a difficult pattern to achieve, something like leopard print or something. other than that, i think you and i can achieve a eye makeup which is more flattering and complimentary to our eye shape xx
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I've never tried these before because I didn't think that they would work. I can just apply the shadow and blend on my own. It seems like it's more work than it's worth.
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FAIL!!!! LOL, great post xx
I know right!
Not bad at all!!!
Looks great!
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I remember that Chi Chi had the same sort of thing which were horrible! I think Avon have come out with something similar too.
Yeah there seem to be a heap around, I think even I saw Japonesque ones. They all look exactly the same too?!?
clever idea in theory and especially for beginners i suppose but would i buy them? Nope xx
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Yeah they are kind of pricey for what it is too. I mean if you really never wore makeup the effect after blending would probably be enough, you know, but for me nope!
Nice post, but what on earth is going on with your formatting? I don't know if it's a browser-specific issue but all the text is squished in between the photos making it very difficult to read. You should look into fixing it.
Sorry I know, I have now idea what keeps happening. When I write up the post its fine then it changes when I post, I haven't figured out why yet.
I had the exact same problem in that I used a brush and poof! the shadows all but disappeared. On you, there's still a thin sheen that hints at it. On me, it was all gone! Useless. =(
Yep, I still haven't tried with a primer. But I'm not sure its going to do anything anyway. Plus thats an added step that kind of defeats the purpose of them being so quick and 'easy'.