L'Oreal Paris Studio Secrets Professional Color Smokes Eye Shadow Quad

I love the colors for blue eyes. I've been wearing this eye shadow for years. The only thing I don't like about it is the applicator. Less than half way through the eye shadow the applicator starts falling apart. End up using qtips for the remainder of the time. Would be great if loreal had these for sale.

I bought this eyeshadow because of the colors and the name Autumn Leaves. Fall is my favorite time of year and the colors were so pretty. I realized when I got home that the colors were to enhance blue eyes (I have dark green eyes) but I still love the colors and think they compliment my eyes just fine. Normally I wear colors designed to enhance green eyes but wanted to break out of my shell a little bit. So glad I did. My new favorite shade of eyeshadow.

I absolutely love metallic, glittery, shimmery eye shadow, especially in silver. I was at Walgreens and picked up the Blackened Smokes palette. My main use was when (in 2010, I believe) I went as Lady Gaga for Halloween. In "Poker Face" she has the most sparkly, silvery eye makeup. I mixed the white and silver together on the lid. It turned out great, except you have to apply heavily for a high concentration of color with the lighter shades like white or the light silver.

Maybe I missed something in the description when I ordered this but it is definitely not for dark brown eyes. It says right on the back of the package that it is designed for green eyes and I believe it would look very nice on someone with them but that is not me. I still tried to wear this eye shadow a few times but it really wasn't very flattering at all and made my eyes look tired and strange. Still, it lasted pretty well throughout the day and with the right eye shade I could see it working for someone else.

Canyon Stone used to be a quad for dark eyes, then it was switched to a Studio Secrets quad.. and now it's not even the same four shades! Loreal kept the name and completely changed the shades. They used to be four good matte colors that were Nude, beige, milk chocolate, and espresso. Now they look like cool tones. I could not believe my eyes when I saw it in the store. Why was this done? Good matte eye shadows are harder to find in the drugstores.