Cosmic Bronze Eyeshadow Quad by Fleur de Force

When it was announced Fleur was releasing a makeup range I was really excited - she was the first beauty blogger I started following and I always turn to her when I'm looking for a review of a product as I find she's almost always right and has brilliant taste in makeup. I knew her makeup line would be special, because I couldn't imagine her releasing something she wasn't 100% happy with. It's taken me a little while to get my hands on her products, but better late than never!

The Cosmic Bronze Eyeshadow Quad (£7.99) is right up my street, in fact the four colours are all my go-to type of colours for both everyday wear and when I want something a bit more smokey. As soon as I caught a glimpse of it in the shops I had to pick it up.
I'm a huge neutral shadow's gal, browns and shimmery nudes are practically all I wear so you can imagine how much I love the colours in this quad, however I have to say I'm a little disappointed in the quality. I expected these shadows to be highly pigmented but they're not - as you can see from the swatches the darker two shades are a decent pigmentation, especially for a drugstore product, but the lighter two are hardly visible. I also found the dark brown to be quite chalky and it made a little bit of a mess when I applied it, having said that it was easy to blend and I did manage to create a nice crease colour with the dark brown once I'd got used to the texture.
Staying power is where there's 4 eyeshadows excel, they do last practically all day on me. I don't normally have a problem with eyeshadow creasing anyway, but these do stay on the lid very well especially if you use a primer underneath.

I think perhaps I expected a little too much from Fleur's line, and almost forgot that they're still drugstore products. That in mind I do recommend this quad palette, the colours are so wearable and versatile but just don't be thinking you're getting high-end quality products for a drugstore price.

It's a welcome addition to my eyeshadow collection and I will be reaching for it quite a lot, it just doesn't excite me the way the Naked palettes or my beloved Stila palettes do.

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