Packaging
The range of Revlon Colourstay Shadowlinks is novel. They come in single palettes with grooves and rails at the sides so that you can slide them into each other to form a little palette consisting of eyeshadows side-by-side, as in the photo below.
This is how they can be linked with each other (below).
This way, they can still be opened separately, and the colours will not mix.
Colours and Swatches
The colours I have got here are from left (below), #010 Bone, #110 Plum, #270 Chocolate, and #180 Charcoal.
Below, I compare #110 Plum (right) and #120 Eggplant (left) only.
Textures and Finishes
#010 Bone, #110 Plum, #270 Chocolate, and #180 Charcoal, are all matte. While #120 Eggplant has a satin finish. They are all on the harder side of all the eyeshadows that exist in this world.
Pigmentation and Quality
The pigmentation of these here are good enough for me to want to try them out; they swatch well fairly easily. If it were any poorer than this, it is just not worth buying because the product will sit in the drawer and collect dust. But these actually do sit on my vanity now, and get daily use, though they are not the best eyeshadows.
Wear
#010 Bone is a true bone, off-white colour It is the one I am most disappointed in because it does not show up on my warm-light-medium skin. I use this the least - only for setting my eye primer and blending out harsh edges of other eyeshadows. I use it more as a face powder.
#110 Plum is a true plum. I thought I would like this the best as it reminds me so much of Burberry eyeshadow in Antique Rose. #110 Plum is more plum and fully matte, while Antique Rose is a gunmetal plum with a light satin finish. #110 Plum is also more intense than Antique Rose, which is a little sheer, and can take a few applications to achieve full opacity.
#270 Chocolate is a true standard milk chocolate brown. This colour is surprisingly flattering for my warm, light-medium skin (NC25), and I love it, LOVE IT as my crease colour. It puts down just the right shade and intensity of shadow on my eyes and face. I've hate browns all my life because browns are very unflattering on warm skin, but this one is different - it compliments my skin so well.
I'd still recommend beginners with warm medium skin tone to use plum, wine, burgundy shades as crease colour instead of taupe, brown, or grey.
#180 Charcoal is a dark grey, about 70% on the way to black. I had thought that this will be a useful colour, but it actually turns out to be okay for me. I don't use it often, only once in a while when I want to use eyeshadow as eyeliner for a softer look, then this makes a perfect off-black eyeliner.
#120 Eggplant is new to me. Just got it two days ago, and tried once on my eyes. It is AMAZING! In fact, I think this is the best colour in the entire Revlon shadowlinks collection, in terms of colour, pigmentation, and finish! It is so pretty, and makes the perfect night-time crease colour for warm medium skin!
Cost
These shadowlinks are $5 (not exact) each in Watsons. They do come up quite expensive if you haul them. But they are not worth hauling, really. Many of them are poor in pigmentation, too powdery and chunky.
Rating:
I'd give #270 Chocolate, #180 Charcoal, and #120 Eggplant a 4.2/5 because they perform their respective jobs well (details above), and I actually do end up using them on a daily basis.
Only 4/5 for #110 Plum because it is appears just slightly less than Chocolate, Charcoal, Eggplant.
And only 3/5 for #010 Bone, because it almost doesn't appear as an eyeshadow at all. I could replace it with a standard face powder. This is really a big shame on Revlon because Bone is the only matte light highlight whitish colour in the whole shadowlinks range, and they ought to make it phenomenal, more buttery, more soft, smooth, and pigmented.
For such a big collection, the bright colours can be lousy, but the basics, the neutral staples, they must get it right, especially since Revlon was not born only yesterday. It almost feels like a hoax, where they push out poorly made eyeshadows in a new format/packaging, in an attempt to earn money. Consumers can be loyal and almost gullible, but not stupid.
Anyway, I am kind of glad that these appeared in the US long ago, and I have watched enough videos to know the collection isn't too good. I am also glad that I bothered swatching all of them in-store before getting only those that I like.
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