Review: Chi Chi Baked Eyeshadow

L-R: I'm Every Woman & Living On A Prayer

Hey Beauty Lovers!

Coming at you today with a review of the Chi Chi Baked Eye shadows I picked up from Target during their 30% off Chi Chi Sale. Usually these eye shadows retail for $14.95 but I got them for $10.47. I've been waiting for a sale on Chi Chi to try these!

The shades I picked up are, I'm Every Woman - described as a matte light brown and Living On A Prayer - described as a matte medium brown. The names of the shadows are song names and the packaging is a mini record. Cute! 

I know, I know I was a little boring in just picking brown shades, but seriously that's what we gals use everyday right? Besides there are very few drugstore/high end options for completely MATTE eye shadows. Everyone needs a good matte eye shadow just because it is so versatile. You can use is for stand alone eye shadow, transition colour and my favourite contouring!

Yes I specifically chose these shades to contour with. After seeing the Maleficent collection by MAC I really wanted to find a dupe for the sculpting powder because it's out of stock :( I'm happy to say that these are great shades to contour with because they have zero red undertones. HOW RARE FOR A BROWN SHADE! 

Now here are the claims on the box:

 

I must say these claims all hold true! These are so pigmented and buttery soft, it's a dream to blend in. It is also VERY long lasting, I had these on my arm for the photos and they didn't budge until I removed it!

L-R: I'm Every Woman & Living On A Prayer

These are so smooooooooth! 

I'm Every Woman

This shade is about 1-2 shades darker than my skin tone. I love using this to blend out shadows or even just alone. This is my favourite out of the two shadows. I love using this to contour the nose! I feel like this is a MUST shade for everyone. If you don't have a colour like this already you need to try it out!

Living On A Prayer

Now this brown is definitely leaning on the taupe/grey side. In terms of colour it is pretty much identical to Maybelline's Colour Tattoo in Tough as Taupe. If you love that product then I'd recommend this to you. This is the powder equivalent of that. If you don't like using greys on the eyes this is still good for a more dramatic contour for the evening. It's lack of orange/red undertones make it great for sculpting.

Swatch time!

Here they are swatched dry and wet on my arm. I have a medium olive/yellow skintone ~ NC37 for reference.

I'm Every Woman (Dry), I'm Every Woman (Wet), Living on a Prayer (Dry), Living on a Prayer (Wet)

Swatches under slightly cooler lighting....

I'm Every Woman (Dry), I'm Every Woman (Wet), Living on a Prayer (Dry), Living on a Prayer (Wet)

As you can see using them wet gives you a much darker and vibrant colour. With no surprise, the wet shadows also lasted longer.

Conclusion:

Love these! I want to get more and even try out the shimmery shades. However I do feel that these are a bit pricey for a single eye shadow with only 2g of product. With a little more dollars you could get a 12 pan palette for $22.95. These are on the more luxurious side of Chi Chi and I'd definitely suggest you pick these up during a sale/special.

Highly recommend for contour lovers :)

Overall Grade: 8.8/10

Quickie Review: $2 Eyebrows from eBay

Shoutout to brow lovers, this one is for you ;)

I am a huge brow fanatic. I honestly probably spend more time on my brows than my eye makeup. I'm obsessed with plucking, shaping and filling them in. When it comes to brows you NEED to go all out okay? Haha. But seriously a good brow makes a world of difference. 

Lately I have been using pencils to fill in my brows and specifically these pencils from Hong Kong/China that I bought on eBay (my favourite place to shop). I have always wanted to try out Asian pencils and I love these. They're a bit waxy and last for a long time! Not to mention these are so cheap - around $1.50 USD for four different coloured pencils. I recommend buying them as a set since one pencil is already 99 cents anyway.  

L-R: Gray, ,BO8, B03, B01

L-R: Gray, ,BO8, B03, B01

Gray - Blue undertone, very cool toned.

B08 - A red brown, very warm toned, good if you have red tones in your hair

B03 - A dark bark brown, some red undertones though not as red as B08.  Good for brunettes/black hair

B01 - An off black. Not really a raven jet black. A really natural black actually. My favourite of the bunch. Use this the most since my hair is pretty much black right now.

These pencils are pretty waxy and they aren't crazy pigmented. You've kinda got to work the pencil onto your brows to get some colour. I see this as a good thing since it means your brows aren't gonna look like you filled them in with an eyeliner pencil. Plus the wax helps your hairs stay in the right place. Although on some occasions using these pencils has lead to some of my brow hairs falling out, but maybe they were always gonna shed? 

Conclusion:

Good for girls who struggle with their brows looking too drawn in. I really cannot complain with these, I mean these were DIRT CHEAP. I recommend just buying all 4 pencils since it's cheaper. Also since I ordered one in the past in it came in snapped in half.

Overall Grade: 8/10