HIGHEND VS. HIGHSTREET: Maybelline 24hr Colour Tattoo + Benefit Crease-less Cream

I'm a massive eye shadow girl, no matter what look i will try and include eye shadow in my make up somewhere however my only issue is i tend to always rub my eyes a lot, resulting in my eye shadow not lasting very long. Once creme shadows hit the stores claiming to be more long lasting than powder shadows, i was automatically sold. The question is, who is better in this department? High street or High end?

I currently own only 2 cream shadows Benefit Creaseless Cream and Maybelline 24 Hour Colour Tattoo:

Maybelline 24 Hour Colour Tattoo -
On and On Bronze

Benefit Creaseless Cream - Skinny
Jeans

Firstly starting off with the high end product, the Benefit Creaseless Cream. Whereas, the claim of being "Creaseless" is correct and the original formula was smooth, apart from that, i'm not overly keen on this product. To start, the pigmentation of this product, in my opinion, is nothing compared to the Colour tattoo. It took me about 3 coats to get the desired colour, also as you can probably tell from the photo. This product doesn't last all that long, mine has already started to dry out and fall out of the packaging and this makes it even harder to apply. Not sure whether this may have been a packing error as i haven't left it out without a lid on for a long period of time. At £14.00, i wouldn't expect any of these issues to happen however, since i bought this product Benefit have brought out a new Creaseless Cream WITH different packaging and a new formula, so the problem has seemed to be solved.

Now for some positivity! Feeling very disheartened by Cream Shadows, i reluctantly bought the Maybelline Colour Tattoo and will defiantly be purchasing more! The formula is so smooth and the pigmentation is unbelievable for a drugstore product (shown in image bottom right)! The wear of the product is also great, as i stated previously i tend to rub my eyes a lot the name initially drew me to the product as everyone knows tattoos to obviously be long wearing and whilst I've been wearing this, rubbing my eyes hasn't been a problem. This product sticks to your lids and will not move at all and at just under £5 its an absolute bargain and i would recommend it to anyone!

There it is, paying more money for something doesn't always necessarily mean you receive a better product. Hope this has been helpful to someone out there because if i had read something like this before, i would be £14.00 better off right now!

Laura xo

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