Milani Holiday Romance Shadow Eyez 12 Hour Wear Eyeshadow

I love chubby sticks - all chubby sticks; eyeliners, eyeshadows, lipsticks, lip balms - if it comes in chubby stick packaging, I'm all over it.

I've been eyeing these Milani Shadow Eyez chubby sticks for quite a few months, but because Milani isn't available in store in Australia, there's no opportunity to swatch them to see if they are worth it.  When Cherry Culture recently had their 40% off March sale, it was time to jump in.

 

Important Info 

Name:   Milani Holiday Romance Shadow Eyez 12 Hour Wear Eyeshadow
Shade:   Romantic Violet
Size:      2.8g/0.10oz
Price:    $7.00USD from Cherry Culture 

 

What is it?

Description from the Cherry Culture website

 

Create a romantic holiday look with these big and blendable 2-in-1 color rich pencils that can be used as shadow or liner. Creamy smooth, long-lasting, water-resistant, crease-proof and Paraben-free formula. The next generation of shadows that you sharpen.
 

Packaging

This eyeshadow is packaged as a chubby stick.  The purple shade of the outer packaging matches the purple of the product perfectly.  This pencil is not retractable and must be sharpened.  It is roughly the same width as a Nyx Jumbo Pencil, and fits in my large sharpener without any issues.  The black barrel that surrounds the product is made of a plastic-type of material

 

It has a clear plastic cap which fits snuggly onto the product.  Unlike the Nyx Jumbo pencils I have, the plastic of the cap is pretty solid, and hasn't started to crack when repeatedly pulled on and off the pencil. 

The coating on the pencil barrel is nice and smooth, and has a nice quality feel to it.

 

First Impressions

Prior to applying the eyeshadow, foundation, powder and eyeshadow primer were applied to my eye area - I follow this same routine everyday, regardless of the eyeshadow product being used.

 

The shade is a beautiful pigmented metallic silver-based violet.The eyeshadow glides on beautifully when swatched on the back of my hand, and is equally as smooth on my hooded eye lids and crease.  I didn't have any issues with the product bunching up when applied, and it applied without any patchiness at all.

 

I applied the eyeshadow to one eye (eye lid and crease) at a time, and blended the edges out with a blending brush.  I then applied a matte cream powder eyeshadow under my brow bone and blended it into the edge of the Shadow Eyez colour.  I then smudged the product into my lower lash line.

 

This product claims 12 hour wear, but I only wore make up for 10 hours today, and there was only very minor fading and absolutely no creasing.  As I mentioned, I have hooded eyes so this is really impressive for a cream product that was not set with any powder.  Likewise, the product didn't move on my lower lash line

 

Was it Any Good?

This is the only Shadow Eyez eyeshadow pencil I have, so I can't speak for the range, but if Romantic Violet is anything to go buy, I'll definitely be purchasing more!  An eye product that doesn't need to be set, and doesn't move or transfer is everything I want in a cream eye product.  I'm definitely going to check out the mattes in this range too.

 

Rating

4.5/5

Where Can I Get It?

Unfortunately, Milani isn't sold in Australia so I purchase mine from Cherry Culture, where they are often on sale (I bought this one for 40% off).   Milani products can also be purchased from Milani Cosmetics, and appear to be fairly readily available in stores in the U.S.