SPEND VS. SAVE: SILVER EYESHADOWS

For this edition of Spend vs. Save, let's look at one of the basic staples in a make- up stash, the silver eyeshadow.

the silver eyeshadow is a cult fave. It's a perfect highlighter and goes best with almost any eyeshadow, most especially black and navy blue e/s's.

I have two eyeshadows:

MAC LUSTRE EYESHADOW IN IDOL EYES

ELIANTO SILVER EYESHADOW

SWATCHES

LEFT: ELIANTO

RIGHT: MAC

ON MY EYES:

YOUR VIEW:

RIGHT: MAC IDOL EYES

LEFT: ELIANTO SILVER

MAC: Well, for the nth time, I'll keep on saying that MAC is the best eyeshadow therefore, it's the HG of e/s's for me. Idol Eyes is a silver eyeshadow with violet and gold mid and undertones with tons of flecks of silver glitter. It's in the lustre variant so you have to apply it for quite a number of times (which is the cons of the lustre variant) to get its maximum effect. But applying it once gives you a subtle noticeable sparkle. It costed me 800php.

A lot of reviews said that the lustre variant of MAC is not so good that's why it's best to steer clear from this type because what you see in the pot is not what you'll get. They may appear lovely in the pot but you'll just get 50% of the effect on your eyes. Well, this may be true because lustre variants just give you a sheer color pay- off. This is also true for their lipsticks in the same type. At least, the lustre e/s's of MAC are buildable so you could manipulate the intensity of the color.

ELIANTO: The silver eyeshadow I have is frosted. It costs 119php. It's good enough. Perhaps this is one of the best e/s's of Elianto. It's a frosted super light- gray color. It has no steel under or midtones so what makes this silver is the frosting in it. The bummer about Elianto e/s's is their staying power. It might appear lovely once applied but after a few hours, you'll wonder where the heck did your silver eyeshadow go.

Overall, Elianto's silver e/s is good enough for those recessionista beauties out there. But with the quality, hmm..maybe not. But at least, it's cheap so it won't hurt too much when you start hating it. MAC's e/s's have good pigment pay- off but the variant dictates the come out of each product. So if you're planning to purchase Idol Eyes, it's a good buy. I don't know why some people don't like it. Generally, they would say that they couldn't see any silver color. Instead, they just see tons of silver glitter. I'm liking Idol Eyes because it appears silver on my skin. Maybe because they're fair- skinned so lustre's gonna have a hard time working on their skin color. So I suggest, if you are fair- skinned, go for Electra, a silver eyeshadow in the frost variant. And if you're a morena, Idol Eyes will do you justice. :)

WHAT? YOU WANNA CHECK OUT MY NEW BABY? SELOS..HAHA! :)

FOR THIS EDITION, I SUGGEST: SPEND