product fail - covergirl smokey shadowblast

as a drugstore brand, i've never been a huge fan of covergirl. i've never found many of their products to really wow me in terms of quality. so why was i compelled to try these smokey shadowblasts? i'm really not sure.

i saw the ads, and then i spotted them at target and for some reason i really wanted to give them a try. i guess it was the smokey part that reeled me in.

i read reviews online and despite all the terrible comments i decided to go buy on anyway.

i chose silver sky since the colors seemed pretty unique. i got it home and immediately decided to try it out. my previous experience with cream eyeshadow sticks has been mixed. mac makes some nice ones and i've used a few drugstore ones in the past that i didn't hate, but didn't love either..

so i take the step 1 end and swipe it all over my lid. the color was nice, but went on my lid super uneven. blending with my finger only managed to wipe half the color off my eyelid. i then decided to try out step 2 once i got a reasonable even coverage of the main color. step 2 didn't even show up. maybe it's just the color i got, but there was not enough of a tone difference between the two for one to become my crease and liner color.

fail.

so i then wipe of step 1 and decide to see how step 2 looks all of my lid, hoping that my purchase was not a complete waste of time. step 2 looked ok, still uneven and required blending, once again erasing have the color in the process. half an hour later i go back to the mirror, crease city. and that's WITH a primer. nothing creases on urban decay primer potion. nothing.

fail again.

overall, don't waste your money. stick with eyeshadow, or try another brand of cream sticks because these suck. i very rarely find a product that completely fails me. usually even if something isn't my cup of tea, i find a way to make it work or just pass it along, but this product just fails in every aspect.

sorry covergirl, great concept, terrible execution.

*disclaimer: all items have been purchased by myself, i have not received any free items or money for this review/post.