Cool Beans
elf Cool Beans No Budge Matte Shadow Stick ($5.00 for 0.05 oz.)
- Semi-sheer coloration protection
- Barely dry, didn’t apply as comfortably
- Utilized erratically, greatest blended out with a fingertip
- Lengthy-wearing (10 hours with out creasing)
FURTHER READING:
System Overview
for particulars on normal efficiency and traits (like scent).
- Soften Cosmetics Chocolate (PiP, ) is darker (95% comparable).
- Sephora Driftwood (PiP, ) is lighter (95% comparable).
- ColourPop Roundabout (LE, $4.50) is extra shimmery (95% comparable).
- Make Up For Ever M619 Espresso (P, $17.00) is darker, cooler (90% comparable).
- Sydney Grace Demise Moth (LE, $5.25) is hotter (90% comparable).
- Smashbox Greige (P, $22.00) is darker (90% comparable).
- Viseart Shoreline (Cool Mattes 2 #5) (P, ) is darker (90% comparable).
- ColourPop Root ‘Em Up (LE, $4.50) is darker, hotter (90% comparable).
- Marc Jacobs Magnificence Turn into (LE, ) is darker, cooler (90% comparable).
- Dior Matte Charcoal (PiP, ) is darker, cooler (90% comparable).
System Overview
$5.00/0.05 oz. – $100.00 Per Ounce
The components is comparable throughout each the Matte and unique (Shimmer) ranges. I felt just like the Matte shades had been ever-so-slightly thicker in a means that enabled them to have increased protection and a smoother laydown of coloration total whereas the Shimmers felt a contact thinner however the shimmer gave the impression to be forgiving (as it may be).
The components is meant to have “excessive pigment” and “long-lasting coloration.” They’d a easy, frivolously creamy consistency that had sufficient glide to comfortably transfer alongside the lash line or over the lid area with out tugging. A lot of the shades had semi-opaque to opaque coloration payoff, and whereas not each single one utilized evenly, most did.
I discovered that utilizing a fingertip was probably the most foolproof technique to even out the product for all-over coloration whereas a dense, artificial brush labored properly to buff out edges. If mixing out the sides of a extra contrasting shade (towards one’s pores and skin tone), you will wish to work one eye at a time because the components dried down and set to a extra transfer-resistant end. The matte shades appeared to have a bit extra play-time relative to the shimmer shades however not by a lot!
As soon as the components set, it stayed on properly and lasted for 10 hours with out fading or creasing on me.
Browse all of our elf No Budge Matte Shadow Stick swatches.
Substances
Cyclopentasiloxane, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Artificial Wax, Ozokerite, Microcrystalline Wax (Cera Microcristallina), Lauroyllysine, Phenoxyethanol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Limnanthes Alba (Meadowfoam) Seed Oil Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Yellow Iron Oxide (Ci 77492), Blue 1 Lake (Ci 42090), Yellow 5 Lake (Ci 19140)
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as obtainable by the model (or retailer)
on the time of publishing. Please at all times verify product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient record relevant
to the product you are buying, or the model or retailer’s web site for probably the most up-to-date ingredient record.
Groovy
elf Groovy No Budge Matte Shadow Stick ($5.00 for 0.05 oz.) is a brighter, medium-dark orange-copper with reasonable, heat undertones and a matte end.
- Semi-opaque coloration protection
- Flippantly creamy, glided on comfortably with out tugging
- May have utilized extra evenly, greatest blended out with a fingertip
- Lengthy-wearing (10 hours with out creasing)
FURTHER READING:
System Overview
for particulars on normal efficiency and traits (like scent).
- ColourPop Additional Curricular (PiP, $4.50) is cooler (95% comparable).
- Tarte Toucan Do It (LE, ) is darker (95% comparable).
- Soften Cosmetics RBF (LE, ) is darker, cooler (90% comparable).
- ColourPop I Owe You (P, $4.50) is darker, cooler (90% comparable).
- Huda Magnificence Caramel Brown #4 (PiP, ) is cooler (90% comparable).
- ColourPop Simply Be (PiP, $4.50) is cooler (90% comparable).
- Too Confronted Bunny Fu-Fu (LE, $16.00) is darker, cooler (90% comparable).
- ColourPop Enjoying Sport (P, $4.50) is cooler (90% comparable).
- ColourPop Dig It (LE, $4.50) is cooler (90% comparable).
- MAC Belle Epic (P, $23.00) is lighter (90% comparable).
System Overview
$5.00/0.05 oz. – $100.00 Per Ounce
The components is comparable throughout each the Matte and unique (Shimmer) ranges. I felt just like the Matte shades had been ever-so-slightly thicker in a means that enabled them to have increased protection and a smoother laydown of coloration total whereas the Shimmers felt a contact thinner however the shimmer gave the impression to be forgiving (as it may be).
The components is meant to have “excessive pigment” and “long-lasting coloration.” They’d a easy, frivolously creamy consistency that had sufficient glide to comfortably transfer alongside the lash line or over the lid area with out tugging. A lot of the shades had semi-opaque to opaque coloration payoff, and whereas not each single one utilized evenly, most did.
I discovered that utilizing a fingertip was probably the most foolproof technique to even out the product for all-over coloration whereas a dense, artificial brush labored properly to buff out edges. If mixing out the sides of a extra contrasting shade (towards one’s pores and skin tone), you will wish to work one eye at a time because the components dried down and set to a extra transfer-resistant end. The matte shades appeared to have a bit extra play-time relative to the shimmer shades however not by a lot!
As soon as the components set, it stayed on properly and lasted for 10 hours with out fading or creasing on me.
Browse all of our elf No Budge Matte Shadow Stick swatches.
Substances
Cyclopentasiloxane, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Artificial Wax, Ozokerite, Microcrystalline Wax (Cera Microcristallina), Lauroyllysine, Phenoxyethanol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Limnanthes Alba (Meadowfoam) Seed Oil Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Yellow Iron Oxide (Ci 77492), Blue 1 Lake (Ci 42090), Yellow 5 Lake (Ci 19140)
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as obtainable by the model (or retailer)
on the time of publishing. Please at all times verify product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient record relevant
to the product you are buying, or the model or retailer’s web site for probably the most up-to-date ingredient record.
Bombshell
elf Bombshell No Budge Matte Shadow Stick ($5.00 for 0.05 oz.) is a medium pink with refined, heat undertones and a matte end.
- Largely opaque coloration protection
- Flippantly creamy, glided on comfortably with out tugging
- May have utilized extra evenly, greatest blended out with a fingertip
- Lengthy-wearing (10 hours with out creasing)
FURTHER READING:
System Overview
for particulars on normal efficiency and traits (like scent).
- Uncommon Magnificence Almost Rose (P, $20.00) is extra shimmery, hotter (95% comparable).
- ColourPop Ganache (LE, $4.50) is extra shimmery (90% comparable).
- Natasha Denona Soul (297CM) (PiP, ) is lighter, hotter (90% comparable).
- ColourPop Facet Chick (LE, $4.50) is darker (90% comparable).
- Give Me Glow Cupcake (P, $7.00) is lighter, hotter (90% comparable).
- Pat McGrath Electrique (LE, $25.00) is hotter (85% comparable).
- ColourPop Xtra Cherries (LE, $4.50) is lighter, hotter (85% comparable).
- MAC Starcourt Mall (LE, $20.00) is lighter, hotter (85% comparable).
- ColourPop Love (LE, $4.50) is extra shimmery, darker (85% comparable).
- ColourPop Anemone (LE, $4.50) is extra shimmery, hotter (85% comparable).
System Overview
$5.00/0.05 oz. – $100.00 Per Ounce
The components is comparable throughout each the Matte and unique (Shimmer) ranges. I felt just like the Matte shades had been ever-so-slightly thicker in a means that enabled them to have increased protection and a smoother laydown of coloration total whereas the Shimmers felt a contact thinner however the shimmer gave the impression to be forgiving (as it may be).
The components is meant to have “excessive pigment” and “long-lasting coloration.” They’d a easy, frivolously creamy consistency that had sufficient glide to comfortably transfer alongside the lash line or over the lid area with out tugging. A lot of the shades had semi-opaque to opaque coloration payoff, and whereas not each single one utilized evenly, most did.
I discovered that utilizing a fingertip was probably the most foolproof technique to even out the product for all-over coloration whereas a dense, artificial brush labored properly to buff out edges. If mixing out the sides of a extra contrasting shade (towards one’s pores and skin tone), you will wish to work one eye at a time because the components dried down and set to a extra transfer-resistant end. The matte shades appeared to have a bit extra play-time relative to the shimmer shades however not by a lot!
As soon as the components set, it stayed on properly and lasted for 10 hours with out fading or creasing on me.
Browse all of our elf No Budge Matte Shadow Stick swatches.
Substances
Cyclopentasiloxane, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Artificial Wax, Ozokerite, Microcrystalline Wax (Cera Microcristallina), Lauroyllysine, Phenoxyethanol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Limnanthes Alba (Meadowfoam) Seed Oil Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Yellow Iron Oxide (Ci 77492), Blue 1 Lake (Ci 42090), Yellow 5 Lake (Ci 19140)
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as obtainable by the model (or retailer)
on the time of publishing. Please at all times verify product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient record relevant
to the product you are buying, or the model or retailer’s web site for probably the most up-to-date ingredient record.
Stellar
elf Stellar No Budge Matte Shadow Stick ($5.00 for 0.05 oz.) is a lightweight yellow with reasonable, heat undertones and a matte end.
- Largely opaque coloration protection
- Flippantly creamy, glided on comfortably with out tugging
- May have utilized extra evenly, greatest blended out with a fingertip
- Lengthy-wearing (10 hours with out creasing)
FURTHER READING:
System Overview
for particulars on normal efficiency and traits (like scent).
- Glaminatrix Mellow (P, $7.30) is lighter (95% comparable).
- Deadly Cosmetics Helios (P, $6.00) is darker (95% comparable).
- Make Up For Ever M405 Straw Yellow (DC, $17.00) is lighter (95% comparable).
- Sephora Sense (PiP, ) is darker (95% comparable).
- Colored Raine Citrus Zinger (LE, $6.99) is lighter (95% comparable).
- ColourPop Elephant (PiP, $4.50) is lighter (95% comparable).
- Sephora Buttercup (PiP, ) is lighter (95% comparable).
- Anastasia Sphere (LE, $12.00) is lighter (90% comparable).
- Anastasia A1 (Norvina Mini Vol. 2) (LE, $12.00) is darker, cooler (90% comparable).
- Huda Magnificence Rose #7 (LE, ) is lighter, cooler (90% comparable).
System Overview
$5.00/0.05 oz. – $100.00 Per Ounce
The components is comparable throughout each the Matte and unique (Shimmer) ranges. I felt just like the Matte shades had been ever-so-slightly thicker in a means that enabled them to have increased protection and a smoother laydown of coloration total whereas the Shimmers felt a contact thinner however the shimmer gave the impression to be forgiving (as it may be).
The components is meant to have “excessive pigment” and “long-lasting coloration.” They’d a easy, frivolously creamy consistency that had sufficient glide to comfortably transfer alongside the lash line or over the lid area with out tugging. A lot of the shades had semi-opaque to opaque coloration payoff, and whereas not each single one utilized evenly, most did.
I discovered that utilizing a fingertip was probably the most foolproof technique to even out the product for all-over coloration whereas a dense, artificial brush labored properly to buff out edges. If mixing out the sides of a extra contrasting shade (towards one’s pores and skin tone), you will wish to work one eye at a time because the components dried down and set to a extra transfer-resistant end. The matte shades appeared to have a bit extra play-time relative to the shimmer shades however not by a lot!
As soon as the components set, it stayed on properly and lasted for 10 hours with out fading or creasing on me.
Browse all of our elf No Budge Matte Shadow Stick swatches.
Substances
Cyclopentasiloxane, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Artificial Wax, Ozokerite, Microcrystalline Wax (Cera Microcristallina), Lauroyllysine, Phenoxyethanol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Limnanthes Alba (Meadowfoam) Seed Oil Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Yellow Iron Oxide (Ci 77492), Blue 1 Lake (Ci 42090), Yellow 5 Lake (Ci 19140)
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as obtainable by the model (or retailer)
on the time of publishing. Please at all times verify product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient record relevant
to the product you are buying, or the model or retailer’s web site for probably the most up-to-date ingredient record.

