Maybelline ExpertWear Eye Shadow Review
Well, on another trip to the local drugstore, I was looking for some new neutrally colored eyeshadow to add to my now defunct brown eyeshadow collection. One of my favorite quads of brown shades had fallen to the ground and was completely crumbled, so it was rendered useless. Also, the other numerous brown shades of eyeshadow I had didn’t seem to compare to the old one, as they had too many yellow and orange hues in them, which for my skin tone looks terrible.
So, I was looking for a similar quad of muted browns with mostly rich undertones, avoiding the yellowish and orangish tones. The closest I came after looking at Revlon, L’Oreal and even Cover Girl, which is usually a drugstore brand I stay away from, I settled on a quad by Maybelline ExpertWear eye shadow, called Enchanted Forest.
It’s called Enchanted Forest because it consists of three varying shades of rich brown and tan as well as a nude color for the lid, and then a nice, neutral green khaki color that I thought would go nicely with my paler skin tone and brown eyes. It even had each color labled as to where it went on the eyes, so that you could coordinate like the “experts” do, and have an expertly done eye.
The green color went on the crease, the darker brown color (which I love, but have to use sparingly because it is very dark), goes on the Outer corner of the eye, and the medium nude shade goes on the lid, with the very light tan/nude going on the brow bone to finish the look off and create a highlighted look the the eyes, making them look bigger and brighter.
Overall, I have to say, although the colors are stay put totally all day like some of their more expensive and heavily pigmented counterparts, the colors are great, and very complementary to someone with a lighter skin tone and brown eyes. For seven bucks, the quad is a genuine bargain, and sure to last at least a few months since so little of every color is used. It is now my new standby until I find something better, since it coordinates with everything.
I have the same one as you. Enchanted Forest. The colors are nice. I got them for like 2.50 bucks, since they were buy one get one free (it was 6 bucks here) and I had a 1.00 off coupon, lol. But overall I love maybelline eyeshadows more than covergirl singles/quads and relvon quads (i haven’t tried loreal yet) because it definately is more pigmented and the colors are great! =]
Comment by Gwen — March 27, 2008 @ 1:56 am