Availability: ULTA, Walgreens
, Beauty.com
, Drugstores
Price: $6.00 (Approx.)
Company’s Description
Rimmel introduces Glam¿ Eyes HD, Rimmel’s first creamy powder eyeshadow with Velvet-HD technology creates colour that looks perfect under any light. Prismatic pigments catch light at multiple angles, reflecting the ideal colour for the light you are in. Unique palettes of 4 shades expertly coordinated to work in sequence, adapting as light changes to give perfectly complementary effect in any light. Crease-proof colour lasts all day.
Rimmel’s new Glam Eyes HD Eyeshadow Quads are available in 8 different shade combinations. Each includes 4 shades and is designed in the form of the British flag–perfectly in the spirit of the Olympic games!
This review is for the quad in Heart of Gold, which includes a pale champagne, a pale yellow-gold, a chocolate brown, and a medium bronze.
Packaging: 9/10
These quads come in square, plastic compacts with see-through, snap shut lids. Each also comes with a duo-ended sponge-tip applicator. The wells inside divide each color along the shapes that make up the British flag.
Quality: 8.5/10
All of the colors in this quad are richly pigmented. They all glide over the skin like butter, in a smooth and even manner. The entire quad has shimmer in it and each color gives off a healthy dose of frosty sheen.
The formula is very soft, so the shadows transfer onto the skin effortlessly and blend out very quickly. Even though the formula is soft, I didn’t experience any fall-out.
Despite Rimmenl’s claim that the product is crease-proof, I found these colors creased sooner than the average eye shadow. This is most likely because the formula is so buttery. Without primer, the shadow began creasing after 2.5 hours; with primer, the shadow started to crease after a about 3.5 hours. Despite the earlier-than-normal creasing, the shades stayed vibrant all day.
Ease of Use: 8.75/10
These colors glide onto and across the skin effortlessly. Be careful to blend with a light hand. The formula is so soft that using the same amount of force you would with your typical shadow to blend will end up over-blending this product.
I’ll also note that it’s difficult to get your brush into the colors in the corners. The wells are tiny and just barely fit the tip of a pointed/rounded eyeshadow brush.
Price: 9/10
For about $6.00 you get 4 colors for a total of 0.14 ounces (4.2 grams) of product, which is a typical amount of product and price-point for a drugstore eye shadow quad.
