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Sunday, February 5, 2012

*REVIEW* Vol 1 - CK Calvin Klein tempting glimmer sheer crème eyeshadow


Via Sephora's website, it states:
What it is: A color-saturated cream eyeshadow that offers a high-shine, ultra-smooth finish.
What it does: ck Calvin Klein Tempting Glimmer Sheer Creme Eyeshadow delivers high-impact color and shimmer that resists creasing or fading so your sparkling stare will last through the day. This is no longer carried by Sephora.
I am late on the up-take on this brand and product. I bought 2 CK Calvin Klein make-up sets at Sam's Club a couple years ago. I am just getting around to using the crème eyeshadows. The 1 I am currently using is the blue shade, named 311 turquoise blue (the other shade is a silver).

*UPDATE: Calvin Klein is launching CK One Color Cosmetics some time in April 2012. Full collection will be some time in September 2012.

How I personally prep my eyes:
1) I conceal/even out the eyelid and let that dry for a minute or so. (I sometimes will skip this if I use a skin tone eye primer.)
2) I then prime and let that set-up.
3) Lastly I use a cream eyeshadow over my lid from lash-line to the hooded crease (if I use my real crease, the color placement would be too high). I wait a few seconds and add my first shadow colour (always the darker colour), while the cream shadow is still a bit tacky and continue with the rest of the colors.
4) I finish off my eye look with mascara and a bit of black or brown powder to the lash-line.

I know the above ^^^^ sounds like a lot of work, but for me, my shadow is locked in place through-out work or a night out on the town.

Dinitchka says:
Application: 9/10
Chroma: 9/10
Durability: 9/10
Packaging: 10/10
Texture: 9/10
Travel friendly: 10/10
Weight: 2.5 gr./0.08 oz.
Price: Unknown, as this came in a set. I have seen a wide range of colours on Amazon.

Final deliberation:
LOVE this product!! I really really really like the consistency. It is very creamy (hence the name *LOL*), maybe a bit too creamy. It has just enough shimmer without my eyelids looking like disco balls. I've been using it for about 5 months and it has not dried at all in the container. The wear is out-of-this-world. I never wear this as-is because of my hooded oily eyelids. I always set it with a like colour, grey or black powder.
I approve this product an A!


Left to right: Sonia Kashuk synthetic flat top eyeliner brush, Sephora Flat Liner/Eyeliner Brush #16, UDPP and CK Calvin Klein crème eyeshadow CK Calvin Klein in 311 turquoise blue


CK Calvin Klein tempting glimmer sheer crème eyeshadow in 311 turquoise blue  (top)

CK Calvin Klein tempting glimmer sheer crème eyeshadow in 311 turquoise blue (bottom)

CK Calvin Klein tempting glimmer sheer crème eyeshadow in 311 turquoise blue (open)

swatch on my arm
CK Calvin Klein tempting glimmer sheer crème eyeshadow in 311 turquoise blue (above black line with UDPP and below black line without UDPP)