Rating System: Poor, Okay, Average, Good, Excellent
Brand: Maybelline New York
Product: Color Tattoo 24hr Gel Cream
Animal Tested: Yes
Cruelty Free: No
Vegan: No
Color: 85-Light In Purple
Formula: Poor
Pigmentation: Poor
Wear Time: Okay
Amount of Product: .14 oz. / 4 g
Price: €6,95 EUR (Converts to about $9.34 USD / £5.93 GBP)
Availability: This color is only available in Europe. I found mine at my local DM Drogerie here in Germany.
What I liked: I loved how this looked in the little jar at the store. It almost seemed to have a bit of a subtle duo-chrome effect. It even looked promising when initially swatched it on my hand.
What I didn’t like: The formula was not nice. The consistency felt really slick and did not apply opaque at all. The lilac color almost completely disappeared once it was on my eyelids.
My two cents: I was oh so excited and full of optimism when I first laid eyes on Light In Purple, as evident from my previous post. Sadly though, it turned out to be a huge disappointment. Aside from looking pretty in the jar, it had absolutely no redeeming qualities. As I mentioned above it was not like other nine Color Tattoos I that I own. It felt really slick whereas other colors I have from the line have more of a thicker slightly more dry creamy feel in comparison. Once it was on my eyes all that was really left behind was the shimmer. This color can’t be built up either.
Just for the sake of being able to give a fair review I kept it on overnight. After just three hours of wear I noticed that Light In Purple had already began it’s disappearing act. By the time I woke up the next morning it looked as though someone had tried to remove it during the night as there was only a trace of it left in the form of the shimmer.
Sine it just didn’t seem that this would be something I would be able to make work on it’s own, I decided to give it a try as a base with my Sugarpill Heart Breaker palette since it was so sheer and by sheer I mean virtually colorless. I didn’t even like it as a base because it’s just too shimmery and it caused my Sugarpill shadow colors to come off really strange. Not to mention that it just does not seem to the staying power as other Color Tattoos.
I really wanted to love this, although I would have settled for liking it, but it seems that it was not meant to be. After trying to make it work and find a use for it, I decided to return it. For the record, I don’t take returning cosmetics lightly as it’s something I don’t like to do. However, these little suckers are on the pricey side for a single drugstore eyeshadow in my opinion and I just could not justify keeping something that I would never use and would surely end up in the garbage.
Tips: Just do not bother with this, it’s a complete miss.
