Revlon ColorStay Looks Book™ Eye Shadow Palettes Reviews

I bought this recently when I flew to Australia for a wedding without my make up bag -_- and had to buy everything in one go from the chemist warehouse. It was a very reasonable price on special for around $11 - much cheaper then any other reputable brand. I loved the range of colours available - I bought 'Enigma' which is pinks, purples and golds, which went well with the dress I was wearing for the wedding. It didn't come with an applicator brush which I was a bit sad about, but as I had to buy a brush set anyway, it wasn't a big deal. The product went on nicely and all blended well together. It definitely did not last 24 hours though, and found myself reapplying more colour every time I went to the bathrooms. It did look good though, and sat well when reapplying layers on top without making a mess. Overall I thought it was great for the price and I'd definitely buy again if I was stuck in a similar situation.

I love this eyeshadow, I picked up the purply one and I love the colours. I do find I have to pick up a bit with my brush for the lighter colours as they have less pigment. The purple is very pigmented which i always love

I bought one of these palettes last week, online from The Chemist Warehouse, so I didn't get to see what it looked like in person before it arrived. Needless to say, it was extremely disappointing.

The eyeshadow palette is small, and the actual individual eyeshadow strips are tiny! So small that I can barely get my eyeshadow brush into the slot without accidentally picking up eyeshadow from one of the other colours. Its ridiculous.

The entire palette measures 9.5cm x 5.3cm, with each individual colour measuring 3.5cm x 0.8cm. They're not even a centimetre wide! I've used one of these colours twice already, and it looks like the bottom of the pan is not too far away. I'm guessing I may 5-10 uses out of each colour before pan starts showing through. Definitely not what I thought I was paying for.

To make it worse, the colour payoff / pigmentation of these is not brilliant. Even with an eyeshadow primer, I had to layer the eyeshadow just to get a tiny hint of it to show.

I've used Revlon Colorstay eyeshadows before, when they used to come in quads, and I loved them, the pigmentation was good, which was why I bought this palette. But I definitely won't be purchasing another or recommending these tiny palettes to anyone.