Just plain old average me me me! (MeMeMe Advance Wear Eyeshadow)

Member Name: missixty

Product:	MeMeMe Advance Wear Eyeshadow
Date:	01/02/08 (103 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Okay colour, easy to apply, good range of colours

Disadvantages: Not as vivid, long lasting etc as other products in same price range

A little while ago I managed to get my hands on a little bag of MeMeMe goodies completely for free. I didn't get to choose what was in it but what was included amongst other things were three MeMeMe Advance Wear Eyeshadows. I was already a fan of MeMeMe due to their Beat the Blues highlighter but I would have under normal circumstances never have considered buying their eyeshadows. This is simply because you can get such good results from Barry M Dazzle Dusts and GOSH Effect Powders that I wouldn't have thought they even compared, as most eye shadows don't even come close in any way.

However, here I was with three eye shadows. There are many shades in the range, well over twenty, I'm not sure exactly how many as MeMeMe unfortunately don't have a website, and the Superdrug site doesn't seem to show all the products. The colours I have are a charcoal grey/black, a very light whitey cream colour and sort of pinky purpely greyish colour! They have everything from bright funky greens, turquoises and purples, to dark smouldering navy, pretty pastels and basic neutrals. There really is a shade for you no matter what your eye make up style is.

I decided to keep these at the boyfriends for those emergency moments when I need make up and mine has been left at home. This meant the first time, and most of the time, I used these I applied the eye shadow with my finger due to not having a brush there. The product felt quite powdery and applied smoothly and evenly. I was surprised really at how good it looked and at the strength of the colour. Whilst the colour is not nearly as strong as the Barry M or GOSH products, they also aren't as feeble and pale as those of say Rimmel or other similar brands.

I've since applied these with a brush and also tried applying them wet as well as dry. As always, applying wet does bring out more colour, but not so vividly with these products as some others. They are easy enough to apply though, give a good even coverage and have a fair amount of colour.

I would say that these aren't particularly long lasting and would fade throughout the day. They didn't crease or flake onto my face though it was just a gradual fade.

At £4.25 for an eye shadow that will last the average amount of time of most high street eye shadows I don't believe these are particularly 'bad' value but I definitely wouldn't class them as good value as you can get Barry M or GOSH for a similar price and they are far superior in every single way.

I am quite happy to use these eye shadows when my others aren't there, and because I got them free but I wouldn't actually recommend buying them as there are much better products within the same price range that produce excellent results, whereas these just produce okay results. There was nothing I particularly disliked about them but they definitely aren't a 'wow' product. Whilst this, after Bourjois Little Round Pot, is probably one of the best pressed eye shadows I have used, there is simply better stuff on the market.

Summary: It's just okay