Eye Makeup: The Worst Eyeshadows

From smoky hot messes to glittery disasters -- our readers recommend keeping your brushes far away from this eye makeup

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Eye makeup has been evolving since around 10,000 B.C. from a number of civilizations and cultural uses ranging from reducing sun glare to burial rituals to restoring eye sight. Nowadays, whether we want to test out a new trend, have our makeup reflect our mood, complement our outfit, or make a statement -- we wear eye makeup pretty much for aesthetic purposes. We use eyeshadow to play up our eye color, add dimension and depth to our eyes or just attract attention to them. And, eyeshadow no longer comes in just a basic powder form, you can find it in a mousse, liquid and even a crayon form -- and in more colors and textures than you could possibly dream up.

But unfortunately, we're not here to tell you about the latest and greatest eye makeup, the best long-lasting eyeshadows, or help you find your sexiest eye shadow shade. Instead, we're going to share the worst eyeshadows with you according to our readers.

See the worst eyeshadow round up now.

We're not pointing any fingers -- yet -- but a reader says one of the eyeshadows has "absolutely no staying power, cakes into the crease and looks terrible." Another reviewer "wanted to like this because the color selection was great, but … having the GLITTER invade your eye half way through application is not fun business." And other readers succinctly sum up the eyeshadows in this list in a few words:

"unmanageable"
"junk product"
"a smoky mess"
"pretty useless"
"utter disaster of a product"

And now for the list of the worst eyeshadows

See Next Page: No. 7: Avon ANEW BEAUTY Eye-Lifting Serum Shadow , $10

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Products Mentioned in This Story

Avon ANEW BEAUTY Eye-Lifting Serum Shadow

Average Member Rating: 5.8

Pop Beauty Eye Cake

Average Member Rating: 6.3

Sephora Colorful Pro Eyeshadow Palette

Average Member Rating: 3.3

Rimmel London Colour Rush Duo Eyeshadow

Average Member Rating: 2.9

CoverGirl SmokyShadowBlast

Average Member Rating: 3.0

Member Comments

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I am glad I read this worst of eyeshadows. It can get expensive trying them all, there's so many out there. Thanks for saving me $$$!

by trishsterette Monday, January 30, 2012 at 04:52AM Report as inappropriate

It's nice to know other people are having troubles with these products as well.

by Coffee_Black Friday, January 27, 2012 at 06:52AM Report as inappropriate

thank goodness i saw this i always wanted the cg shadow blast but now im glad i never got it

by kitten94 Sunday, January 1, 2012 at 05:44PM Report as inappropriate

Totally agree, some of these are really awful

by sportimonki13 Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at 10:18PM Report as inappropriate

Definitely going to take this into consideration! I've been wanting to do an eye shadow shopping haul and now I know what NOT to get .

by Daggeris Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 04:48PM Report as inappropriate

CG sucks..:p

by sami_jo Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at 05:49PM Report as inappropriate

I HATED the CG Shadowblast with a capital H! Couldn't agree more with this!

by bitemeinks Saturday, November 12, 2011 at 01:34PM Report as inappropriate

The AVON ANEW is terrible!!! It is hard to apply, and when it finally dries it is crunchy and flakes off! Hate it and it went right into the trash! Sometimes a bargain is not a bargain!

by GIJill Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at 06:50AM Report as inappropriate

Agree with all the pics. The CG SUCKS! Rimmel has no pigment...

by DTalksAll Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 04:18PM Report as inappropriate

for me the worst eyeshadow is maybelline.. its like you have to get a scrapper to get the pigments .. im really disappointed with that one..

by Mssaralee18 Friday, October 21, 2011 at 06:11AM Report as inappropriate

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