New STILA Countless Colour Pigments

Im usually not a big fan of wearing bright coloured eyeshadows as I have no idea when it comes to vibrant colour combinations and have difficulty blending these sort of colours in however Stila's user friendly Countless Colour Pigments have converted me. This long wearing, pigmented and also pearly formula allows you to effortlessly glide on the eyeshadow and blend them in.

There are 10 different types of palettes you can choose from and really each pan is like a piece of art.

There are so many different colour combinations you can do - You can use each shade individually or custom blend any of the pigments to create your own colour. It gets your creativity jogging.

If your not a big fan of bright colours, there are some more neutral palettes you can pick from. I personally wanted to choose the bright pigments because 1. I wanted to get out of my comfort zone and try something different and 2. I have way too many neutral shades already. That being said, I can still  use these bright palettes on a day-to-day basis with my neutral shades (e.g., pick a vibrant colour from one of these pans and line either the top/bottom lash line with is to add a touch of colour to your everyday look).

Stila Countless Colour Pigments - $30 AUD

Above: Swatches of Tie Dye (Pink, Turquoise, Cobalt) and Light Show (Emerald, Teal, Ocean Blue) 

The colour at the end of each swatch is achieved when all three pigments are swirled and mixed together.

If you swirl and mix the pigments together it becomes one mush of colours. To get the pigments separated again, all you have to do is use a large fluffy brush and dust over it a few times. After about two swipes, the pigments will be back in their original separated form.

Below is 4 sets of different looks achieved from using the new Stila Countless Colour Pigments

(just to add - they can't be used wet)

'The Peacock' 

(colourful, vibrant, rainbow, dress up party) 

'Light Show'

(greens, blues, purely using the 'Light Show' palette)

Here I've blended all three colours together and have applied it to the centre of the lid.

'Tie Dye'

(purples, pinks, blues, purely using the 'Tie Dye' palette)

 

'Everyday Purple'

(dressed down purple, everyday look)

Here I'm using 'Foxy' in the Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette 

all over the eyelid.

Here I'm using 'Busted' in the Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette to 

darken the outer edges of the purple.

Here I'm using Nars Soft Touch Shadow Pencil in  'Hollywood' to line 

the inner corners of the eye.

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Too Faced Buodoir Eyes

Last week I experimented with the Too Faced Buodoir Eyes. After playing around with this eyeshadow palette and using their How-to Glamour Guide provided, I would say that this palette was so-so for me.

Blend ability: 6/10

It was quite hard to blend the colours nicely at times, especially when following the instructions in the How-to Glamour Guide.

If you aren't careful with applying the eyeshadows, the look can very easily appear 'muddy'. My theory is that the colours in the palette don't compliment each other very well and there are too many shimmers in contrast with mattes. Often when you mix shimmers together with colours that don't compliment each other very well, it can give you that 'muddy' kind of effect. Also, I find that the shimmer colours in this palette aren't very nice to blend with.

Pigmentation: 8/10

Of course the shimmers aren't as pigmented as the mattes but I would say the colours are relatively well pigmented.

Staying Power: 9/10

The eyeshadow will stay on well throughout the day but thats provided you use an eyeshadow primer. My favourite is the Too Faced Shadow Insurance!

Overall Rating: 7/10

It is quite a versatile palette and very easy to take around with you whilst travelling however I didn't really like the mix of eyeshadows recommended for use in the How-to Glamour Guide provided for you. Although there are no set rules on how to use the palette, I would've much preferred to use it in a different way (e.g. I would've mixed the colours from here with colours from another palette).

If you are beginning with makeup then I do think it's quite handy to have this as you have an instructional leaflet book to give you ideas on how to use the eyeshadow colours. But I would still prefer and recommend the the Urban Decay Naked or Naked 2 over this as you get a lot more colours which compliment each other very well, get a lot more looks out of it, and the colours are more pigmented.

Below I have recreated the 3 different looks (Day, Classic, and Fashion) that they have provided for you in their How-to Glamour Guide.

 DAY 

1. Sweep In The Buff from lash to brow.

2. Press Fuzzy Handcuffs onto the eyelid.

3. Blend Voulez-Vous into the crease and outer lash line.

4. Apply black gel liner to the top and bottom of your eyes (apply as you like or here I have done a slight wing at the top and only applied the eyeliner half way on the bottom - using Loreal gel liner).

5. Curl your lashes and apply mascara to top and bottom lashes (here I am using Shiseido eyelash curler and Helana Rubinstein Lash Queen Sexy Blacks mascara).

CLASSIC

1. Prime eyelids and apply Satin Sheets from lash to brow.

2. Sweep Sugar Walls onto lid, crease and around tear duct.

3. Smoke upper and lower lash lines with Garter Belt.

4. Apply black gel liner to the top and bottom of your eyes (apply as you like or here I have done a slight wing at the top and only applied the eyeliner half way on the bottom - using Loreal gel liner).

5. Curl your lashes and apply mascara to top and bottom lashes (here I am using Shiseido eyelash curler and Helana Rubinstein Lash Queen Sexy Blacks mascara).

FASHION

1. Prime eyelids and sweep Birthday Suit from crease to brow.

2. Blend Lap Dance into crease and onto lid. 

3. Apply French Tickler to upper lash line and extend outward, then blend into lower lash line.

4. Apply black gel liner to the top and bottom of your eyes (apply as you like or here I have done a slight wing at the top and only applied the eyeliner half way on the bottom - using Loreal gel liner).

5. Using a pointed eyeshadow brush, smudge the eyeliner out to a little to create that smokey effect.
6. Curl your lashes and apply mascara to top and bottom lashes (here I am using Shiseido eyelash curler and Helana Rubinstein Lash Queen Sexy Blacks mascara).

Below: Full face of the 'CLASSIC' look.

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Smokey Eyes on a Budget

 SMOKEY EYES ON A BUDGET

Using

1) Rimmel Black Exaggerate Eyeliner

2) Napoleon White Eyeliner Pencil

3) Inglot Shadow 355 (Bone Colour)

TUTORIAL

1. Apply Eyeshadow Primer all over the eyelids.

2. Once the eyeshadow primer has absorbed, colour the Rimmel black eyeliner all over the eyelids (place the eyeliner higher for a more dramatic look).

3. Using a clean smudger/dense brush, blend the black eyeliner out.

4. Using Inglot's Bone colour eyeshadow on a fluffy blending brush, sweep the brush back and forth to blend out and soften the black eyeliner even more.

5. Using the Rimmel Black eyeliner again, line the bottom waterline (you can go all the way in or line just a bit more than half way like I have done here).

6. Using a cotton tip, sweep back and forth to soften the black eyeliner out.

7. Using a black gel liner, line the top of the eye to your liking.

8. Using the Napoleon white eyeliner pencil, line the inner corners of the eye.

9. Blend out the white eyeliner using a clean angled brush.

10. Go over the top lid eyeliner with black liquid liner.

11. Apply fake lashes.

12. Apply mascara to the top and bottom lashes.

Finished look 

Here I've used Topshop lipstick in Macaron.

I found this look very wearable and simple to achieve. The only problem was that the eyeshadow started to crease within an hour (even when I used an eyeshadow primer) as creamy eyeliners generally aren't a good eyeshadow base. So instead of using a black eyeliner, you could use a matte black eyeshadow. The eyeshadow should hold better that way. 

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