Eye Shadows: Loose, Pressed, Cream

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Krystal C.

Apr 29, 2011

Krystal C.

Loose Powder Eye Shadows
These shadows are great for a multitude of uses. Besides being used as eye shadows, they can be used as blushes, body shimmers, contours, highlights, bronzers, added to clear nail polish for custom colors, mixed with other loose shadows to create custom shades, and my favorite use - moistened with water or a mixing medium for a shadow base or liner. You do have to be careful though when applying these shadows, because they are loose, loose particles or fall out will most likely occur. To minimize fall out, use a pressing motion when applying the products.

Pressed Powder Eye Shadows
These are your typical forms of eyeshadow. Pressed in a tin pan, these shadows should have less fall out (particles dropping onto your face from application to the eye), but differing between brands, some shadows are packed tighter than others. These can be used as eye shadows, blush, contour, highlight, bronzer and even body shimmer. Sometimes these shadows are covered with an over spray of shimmer or glitter that is not actually in the pressed shadow - it's a pretty embellishment cosmetic companies do sometimes on limited edition or themed products.

Cream Eye Shadows
These shadows can come in a pan form, stick form or in a tiny pot/jar. These shadows are easily multi purpose; you can use them as eyeshadow, eye liner, shadow base, blush, contour, highlight and sometimes as a lip color (depending on the formulation of the cream shadow). Some cream shadows are more of a waxy consistency, and these tend to crease after a while - if creasing is not your style then an eye primer should be used prior to the cream shadow, and a powder should be added on top to set the cream. For cream shadows that do not crease, these are great for on the go makeup or even low maintenance makeup - you just apply, blend and go.


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