Review and Swatches: Napoleon Perdis Loose Eye Dust in Star Light

Hello!

Do you love sparkle, shimmer and gltiz? If so, this post is just the thing for you. Today's reveiw is on Napoleon Perdis Loose Eye Dust in Star Light.

 Napoleon Perdis Loose Eye Dust in Star Light

Swatch of Napoleon Perdis Loose Eye Dust in Star Light
(a bit out of focus so you can see how pretty the shimmer is)

Swatch of Napoleon Perdis Loose Eye Dust in Star Light
(in focus to better show the colour)

Review:

• Packaging: The packaging is a plastic little pot with a snap shut lid and a plastic cover over the majority of the product, with a hole to dispense the product. It's a big improvement over their old packaging which had no plastic protective cover, although if you aren't careful, you can still spill this without meaning to.
• Colour: Star Light is a gorgeous, shimmery beige/gold/peach colour.
• Pigmentation: This is buildable, for lack of a better word. Loose Eye Dusts can be worn as eyeshadows in their own right or as a sparkly "topcoat" to finish off other looks. I am a stickler for good pigmentation, so these are OK but could be better. I find myself using what feels like a lot to achieve a more solid colour with this shade, but I am pretty pale, so it's not going to stand out that much on me anyway...
• Application: In one word? Messy. It's a loose shadow/dust, so that's to be expected. You'll just have to deal with a lot of fallout. I use my finger to apply them most of the time and that works just fine.
• Longevity: Without a primer or a loose dust sealer (Napoleon does one called a Cake Eyeliner Sealer, which I have, and which works well), these don't last that long. With a primer, the wear is like any other eyeshadow. With the Cake Eyeliner Sealer, ditto. They're not going to budge.
• Cost: They're AUD$25 for 1.8g of product. Expensive, but not complete extortion and when it's the exactly the product that you wanted (right colour and right amount of glitter/shimmer), more than worth it. These are much better value-for-money than theBalm's Overshadows, which retail at AUD$22.95 for 0.57g of much less pigmented product.

Final Verdict: A-
Beautiful shimmery eye dust, but could be more pigmented.


Have you tried Napoleon Perdis Loose Eye Dusts? What did you think of them?
 
xo
Anna