Hi there! Today’s episode of Reducing My Oldies Stash is about a few single eyeshadows and eyeshadow compacts that I’ve had for quite some time. The 2 compacts are Astor Pure Colour Eyeshadow 530 Sweet Daisy and Miss Sporty Studio Colour Smoky Eyeshadows 407 Luxury Smoky.
The 2 single eyeshadows are Essence Metal Glam Eyeshadow 03 Frosted Apple & 05 Chocolate Jewellery. Now let me tell you if these products are any good. And let’s start with the Astor compact!
Astor Pure Colour Eyeshadow 530 Sweet Daisy
Astor Pure Colour Eyeshadow 530 Sweet Daisy is a duo eyeshadow compact that comes with a small applicator. The eyeshadows are a bit chalky and they’re not very well pigmented. And the colours turned out much cooler in real life. In the compact the colours look like a pale beige-rose and a brownish purple, but in real life they’re more like lilac and lavender.
I’m OK with lilac and lavender eyeshadows, but I’m not OK with them being chalky and rather poorly pigmented. I will continue to use these eyeshadows, but I don’t know if I can commit to finishing this Astor eyeshadow compact.
Essence Metal Glam Eyeshadow 03 Frosted Apple & 05 Chocolate Jewellery
Essence Metal Glam Eyeshadow 03 Frosted Apple & 05 Chocolate Jewellery are limited edition eyeshadows. I’m not sure if you would still be able to get your hands on them, but I’m sure that, at some point, Essence will ‘recycle’ these two shades – well, that’s if they haven’t already. 🙂
Frosted Apple is a rosey shade, and Chocolate Jewellery is a medium brown. Both eyeshadows have a metallic finish. I think these eyeshadows are really nice. The shades aren’t too out there – they’re actually fairly neutral, and the velvety texture makes these eyeshadows easy to blend. I enjoy using these eyeshadows, so, of course, I will continue to use them! 🙂
Miss Sporty Studio Colour Smoky Eyeshadows 407 Luxury Smoky
Miss Sporty Studio Colour Smoky Eyeshadows 407 Luxury Smoky is a small eyeshadow compact that comes with a tiny applicator. This compact is really small – it’s about 2cm x 2cm. Anyhoo… this compact contains four eyeshadows – a barely-there pale beige, a golden yellow, a medium grey and an almost black / charcoal shade.
The almost black / charcoal eyeshadow is the only well pigmented one. The other 3 eyeshadows aren’t great. They’re lacklustre. They lack… life! I can make these 4 eyeshadows work for me, but I don’t really enjoy using them. I will continue to use them, and I will try to finish them. Well, this compact is really small, so I think finishing it isn’t impossible. 🙂
Have you tried any of these eyeshadows or eyeshadow compacts? If so, feel free to let me know what you think. And thanks for stopping by!
Mrs Strawberry Blonde 
The Essence shades are super pretty💕 x
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I agree! 🙂
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Those Essence Metal Glams look really good! I think I might have one of those in my stash, a light champagne shade.
Kudos to you for continuing to use even the duds. Do you use any sort of eye shadow base to help improve the pigmentation of lower pigmented shadows? I like using MAC Paint (Maybelline Colour Tattoos are a good substitute) to help the shadows to grab onto something.
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I don’t use an eyeshadow base. I tried a few cheaper ones (cheaper – but from brands I trust), and they all made my eyelids itchy. But my foundation (Max Factor Pan Stik) is a good base for all sorts of products. I apply my foundation to my entire face – eyelids included, so the eyeshadows can hold on to something – and they do. 🙂
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Chalky doesn’t sound that great in make up. 😊😊
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