Maybelline Color Tattoo 24 Hr in On and on Bronze - Review + Swatches!

Hello everyone! Today I'm here to tell you about one of my everyday products, Maybelline's Color Tattoo in On and on Bronze!

I bought this pretty much a year ago and I took the pictures when I bought it, so the difference now is that it has a big dent in it, however I'm not even half way through! I don't know when the "you need to throw this out now" date is but I'm going to keep using it until there's some indication that it's went dodgy/past it's deadline date! Also, if someone could let me know how to work out when to throw a product out please let me know!

Anyway, Maybelline released the Color Tattoo 24 Hr cream eyeshadows I think at the end of 2011 for the US and sometime in 2012 for UK. They were part of the Eyestudio line with lots of other shades, variating from neutrals to bright, intense colours; there are currently 12 color tattoos for sale in the UK. They claim to wear for 24 hours, now, I don't know who wears their make-up for 24 hours at a time and I don't know who could stand having the same make-up on their face for 24 hours straight.. So who knows if they do, I doubt it very much. Also, they claim to be crease proof and to be extremely pigmented with a smooth gel-cream formula.. Lets see if they live up to the claims!

The packaging is actually quite good for £4.99 - it comes in a little sleek glass pot with a screwable lid; similar to the Mac Paint Pots in this sense. The packaging is lovely for the price, just make sure to keep the lid tightly screwed on to prevent the product drying out or the lid coming off and product going everywhere! It's also small and compact so it's great to store and it's not an awkward shape, again making it easy to store. 

This was when I just bought it - now it has a big dent in it (eek!)

In the pot it looks like a bronzy shimmery brown with golden undertones that could easily go over the lid as base or in the crease of your eye, again as a base or just on it's own overall. 

As you can see from the top swatch (I have no idea what the other one is, it looks like a concealer.. Ignore the bottom one anyway!) it comes out pretty much as it looks, except for me it was a lot more metallic than I was expecting, however that's not a bad thing, just a little surprise I suppose! 

As Maybelline claims, it does come off extremely pigmented, and one dab with your finger can cover one eyelid, so a little goes a long way. It is also very creamy and gel-like and the texture is smooth, making it easy to dab onto your eyelids and blend out with your finger or a brush. Now, I have very oily eyelids as it is so I bought this to use it as a base or on it's own, and as a base for other eyeshadows it works very well, it doesn't make my eyeshadows crease for at least 10 hours, and on it's own I've seen them go 12 hours on my eyes with a little bit of creasing, however it was nothing major - basically it lasts all day!

There is a lot of product in the pot (4g I think) at £4.99 compared to Mac's Paint Pot, at £15 with only 1g more product! Maybelline definitely wins that time Mac! 

Overall, this does wear extremely well on the lids, it is very pigmented and a beautiful everyday colour that can be built up to become a smokey metallic eye, easy to apply, blends well with your fingers or a brush and pretty much crease-proof, even with the oiliest of eyelids.. However, saying that, it's not crease-proof for 24 hours, maybe 10-12 max for me due to having insanely oily eyelids, but for people who don't, maybe it'll last longer for you! Basically, for £4.99, this is a high end low end product (if that makes sense!) and if you have been wanting to get one for a while, get one now! Get several! Just buy them all if you want..

That's about it for this review, let me know if you like these kinda posts and I'll keep doing them! I'm not a professional reviewerer of beauty stuff, this is just my personal opinion because if I like a product then I'm going to tell people about it, cause hey, you might like it too! If you have tried any of the Color Tattoos, what did you think, and what's your favourite if you like them? I'm personally eying up Pink Gold and Metallic Pomegranate right now.. Maybe you'll see reviews of them soon!

Anyway, thank you for reading, hope you have a lovely day and don't stop smiling :)

Hannah, xx