Review: Bobbi Brown, Long Wear Cream Eyeshadow in Shore

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Bobbi Brown has many superb basics in her collection which are often overlooked by many people in the quest for more vibrant, interesting colours and the latest limited edition products. Shore is one of those staple products that I use most days and would now be lost without!

Bobbi’s Long Wear Cream shadows are some of the best cream shadows available in my opinion. They come in cute, small glass pots in both matte and metallic / shimmer formula and seem to last forever. I have had Shore for almost 2 years and I have still not hit pan and there is no sign of it drying out as some cream formula are susceptible to doing.

Shore is a pale, biscuit-coloured neutral, which doesn’t look particularly interesting on first appearances, but a cream neutral shadow is something that should be a staple of your make-up bag. The picture above makes it look darker than it is but I found it very difficult to get an accurate photo of the product colour in the jar.

It applies to my lids easily and goes on as a creamy, natural shade which I tend to use to even out my skintone or as a neutral base or primer for other shadows.  The swatch picture above is an accurate representation of the shade.  It applies as a matte, neutral beige which is perfect for giving you a polished look and I often wear it all over the lid with a slick of Bourjois Pinceau Eyeliner in Or Neo Classique  and a bright lip.

As these shadows come in small pots with fairly narrow openings, I do find it quite difficult to apply them with my fingers, as I do with many other cream shadows. I use a Mac 239 which I find picks up the product easily and helps to distribute it evenly, without absorbing too much. It lasts for about 6 hours on me before creasing which I feel is quite good considering I have rather oily lids, however if you use it with a primer, you should be able to achieve an even longer wear time

Verdict

Although not terribly exciting, a neutral cream shadow is an essential basic and Bobbi Brown’s Shore ticks all the right boxes in that it applies like a dream and is fairly long lasting. I prefer these original (matte) long wear shadows to the metallic ones, purely because they are more highly pigmented, and I tend to think Bobbi does better in general with matte eyeshadow shades rather than sparkle ones which tend to produce some fallout. If you haven’t yet tried any of the Long Wear Shadows, I urge you to give them a try

5/5

Price- £17

Where to Buy - Bobbi Brown, Debenhams, Selfridges, House of Fraser, Harrods