If you've ever seen Nikki Phillippi's videos, you'd know that she absolutely loves the CoverGirl Shimmering Sands Eye Trio, which you can get at the drugstore for under $10. That trio is gorgeous. It has shimmery neutral colors that are really pigmented, aren't chalky, aren't patchy and they all blend together beautifully. This trio is perfect for an "Every day school makeup", which I will be doing a tutorial of on my YouTube channel when we get closer to school! Anyway, because this trio was such a hit, I decided to pick up another Covergirl trio in Cafe Au Lait
Left: Cafe Au Lait
Right: Shimmering Sands
In the pan, the colors look like a toned-down version of the Shimmering Sands trio. However when you swatch it, it comes out really, really, really chalky. See below.
Left: Shimmering Sands
Right: Cafe Au Lait
Swatches of Cafe Au Lait
Yes, these colors are decently pigmented, but you can see how chalky and patchy they are. And that's only on the hand! When you put it on your eye, you can literally see patches of skin. Not a hot look for anyone! The colors are really hard to blend, they're chalky, they're mildly pigmented. This trio is basically everything that the Shimmering Sands trio is not. It retails for around the same price, but it's absolutely NOT worth it at all.
Sorry for the blurry shot of the Shimmering Sands swatch!
Even from the blurry shot, you can see how smoothly the Shimmering Sands colors swatch. They go on evenly and they have really nice pigmentation.
Shimmering Sands
Pro's:
Pigmented
Go on evenly
Blend together
Can use each shadow individually, or you can achieve a really nice everyday smokey eye.
Easily accessible
Price
Con's:
None
Cafe Au Lait
Pro's
Price
Easily Accessible
Colors (in the pan)
Con's:
Pigmentation
Chalky
Don't blend easily
Don't have a lot of options
All in all:
Get the Shimmering Sands
Run far, far away from the Cafe Au Lait
xxx,
Ashley
