NATURALLY GORGEOUS

Most recently I blogged about Hard Candy's concealer.  I am now back writing about Hard Candy's Naturally Gorgeous top ten eyeshadow collection.

The top ten eyeshadow collection consists of ten eyeshadows in various neutral/brown shades. It is organized from the lightest shade to darkest shade.  Most importantly it is a cruelty-free product.  Unfortunately that is where the praise for this palette ends.

It is my opinion that this product was trying to be an inexpensive dupe for the NAKED palette.  Please let me tell you that I wanted to like this palette, but you do get what you pay for.  To start, I did not find a single matte shadow; all shimmery shades.  When I applied the colors to my lids. I found the shadows to be very powdery and there was a lot of fall out.  Not to mention the fact that the eyeshadows were grainy.  Even when I used the Urban Decay primer with MAC brushes, this eyeshadow palette gave me nothing but fall out.

The Hard Candy Naturally Gorgeous eyeshadow palette has very little pigment.  I understand that this is not supposed to be a high-end palette, but I do expect more color than what was given.  I had a difficult time blending the colors too.  The only time the color payoff was good, was when I wet my brush first then applied the shadow.  Another way I got good color payoff was by going over and over my eyelids with more product.

The Hard Candy Naturally Gorgeous eyeshadow palette retails for $6.00 at your local Wal-Mart.  My best advice is to save your money for something of better quality.