The word Colorstay brings me back to the 90's and you all know why. The Revlon Colorstay Matte Lipsticks that we all just had to have! Of course, in a color called something like Raisin or whatever was completely dark because, well, it was the 90's. Since then, Revlon has revamped the Colorstay line quite a few times and again recently in the last year. So naturally I had to try it out again because it's one of those things you just have to go back to now and then, like Fun Dip or Roseanne episodes.
I don't know why, but I'm forever on the lookout for the right blue eye shadow or blue shadow palette. So I picked this one up with high hopes since the highlight color was a warmer yellow and not a frosty white silver.
I put these swatches on my hand with the small sponge applicator that makeup companies think is a good idea to include in compacts. I personally think they just create a very bad habit for young girls starting out but hey, if you don't have bad habits to break then you aren't doing it right, right?
The darkest blue actually has quite a bit of metallic sparkle to it, which you can't quite see in this photo. The slate blue color is a matte, then a frosty light blue and finally the creamy vanilla color. I used the 2 darkest blues and a bit of the vanilla color to make a daytime blue smokey eye over my Urban Decay Primer Potion. I was really pleased with the application of these, no fall out from the brush and really smooth. I was also really happy with how long they stayed on. I believe it was a full 12 hours before I took it off and it still looked great!
However, the colors in this particular palette didn't really quite do it for me. The darkest shade was nice, but had just a bit too much glitter in it for my liking and the next color was just too light on my tan skin and looked kind of garish, though I wore it all day anyways. Revlon has a good number of palettes and shades in their Colorstay Eye Shadow line, but the problem I find is that I only really like/want one color, from each. In their older packaging I might have brought a few, popped out the tins and made my own palette, but now they've gone and changed the sizes on me and have totally messed me up! It would still be doable, but doesn't quite seem worth the effort and waste. That being said, on fairer skin, most of their colors would work really great and I think their grays, greens and tans are really lovely colors that I would definitely pick up for summer when I'm ok wearing a bit more sparkle on my eyes and also because I really loved how well it stayed on and also the PRICE! For $6 bucks this is a truly great beauty buy. 
And as usual, Revlon included the standard packaging Paint By Numbers illustration on the back that I don't think anyone actually uses. In theory, it's correct and sounds great, and even though I know the rules I feel like anytime I follow one of these How-To charts I end up looking like Mimi from the Drew Carey Show.
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