I picked up this Sephora Collection Colorful Duo Eyeshadow in a recent online shopping haul. The compact little pan looked like a good idea for packing in a travel bag when I only need the basics.
I chose the shade 01 Double Or Nothing as the images online showed a combination of a matte grey and shimmer taupe shade. I thought with that pairing I would be able to put together a good amount of looks that I could easily take from day to night depending on my need.
Sephora Duo Eyeshadow 01 Double Or Nothing
01 Double Or Nothing swatch over bare skin 01 Double Or Nothing swatch over primer
The Formula
The first issue I found was that the photo online was a little different in colour than this shade actually is. In real life this 01 Double Or Nothing is more of a green/brown shade and a taupe. Still I was sure I’d be able to get the same effect of eye looks from those colours.
After I started swatching the two shades I quickly realised that I wasn’t going to be making any eye looks from this eyeshadow duo.
These have to be two of the worst performing eyeshadows I’ve ever used. Considering I’ve owned other palettes that I paid $2 for, the fact that eyeshadows from the Sephora brand are worse than that, I am hugely disappointed.
These eyeshadows came very packed down which made it difficult to pick up shadow on a brush. Eventually I dug into the shades with my finger and a brush to the point where I had bits of eyeshadow flying up everywhere and still I had to pack and layer these shades to get any pigment to show up.
Over bare skin there is no way I would get any pigment to show up without packing on multiple layers. I basically needed a glitter glue underneath these eyeshadows and one of them is a matte formula.
The Review
In the end I can’t use this eyeshadow duo as the pigmentation is so poor and even when I build the shades up the shadows are patchy and don’t last long on my eyes.
