KATE Gel Eyeshadow Review & Swatches

Understanding my sudden attraction to cream and liquid eyeshadow is a mystery to me. The Muse has always passionately hated creams and liquids but as of late she's indulged in a few here and there and came out feeling all the better for it.

I recently fell in love with Coffret D'Or Fluffy Shine Eyes so of course when I seen KATE Gel Eyeshadow I thought to myself, "whoa these look pretty much the same and they are way cheaper! Must tries 'em"!





I love pretty much anything KATE does as it has that certain edge that I like in my makeup so it was interesting to see softer shades released with the new KATE Gel Eyeshadows. The shadows are a typical soft mousse style formula with a nice dose of shimmer. I liked the shadows well enough but I didn't love them and I think that the Jill Stuart and Coffret D'Or version will remain my favorite if I had to choose.







One main problem with the shadows is the fact they dry down so quickly. This actually turned me off so much that I won't be purchasing them again for that sole reason. Application of cream shadow is such a pain to begin with! When you're working with a product that dries down so quickly it makes it twice as difficult when you're trying to blend and build color up only to have it dry in a matter of seconds which causes flaking and a general mess.

Aside from my rant about the dry down I do admit that some of the shades, not all, were rather nice. A total of 8 colors were release and I choose the four softest shades to purchase which were WT-1, PU-1, PK-1, and GD-1. Out of these colors I thought the WT-1 and GD-1 were the best as they had good pigmentation and had a rather nice finish. PU-1 and PK-1 were equally nice but a bit sheer and due to the problem with dry down it was difficult to build up color further without creating an utter mess. WT-1 is a shimmering true white, PU-1 is a soft sparkling lilac, PK-1 is a true pink, and GD-1 (my favorite) is a shimmering gold. Out of the four shades GD-1 is my favorite as I really liked how well it applied plus gold sparkle around the holidays is always so classic for me.







GD-1






Considering I loved GD-1 I overloaded on FOTD pics of it!










WT-1














PK-1












PU-1










The shadows come housed in a the typical KATE frosted glass jar a la the KATE Gel liners. They are about the same size as the liners as well but the jar is square and not round. It's quite a nice style of packaging for the price.

They are worth trying out for yourself as I like them but I'm just not in love with them. If you're deciding between these and other Japanese brand shadows I guarantee you can find something quite a good deal better but price wise this is probably the best you'll get with such a small price tag! The inexpensive price tag, selection of colors, and nice finish to the product all get a raving hooray from me but I won't be Muse Approving them for purchase since I consider the quick dry down an unforgivable problem.

Overall, the product is good depending on which shades you try out but the dry down period definitely creates a problem for me and is a big turn off. I loved the finished results but it does take a bit of work to get the shadow on properly, blended correctly, etc.....

Tried these?

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If anyone is interested I am selling off the white, purple, and pink which have all been used 1x each (still in the boxes) for $12 USD this includes shipping and confirmation within the US anyone who lives abroad I'm extending the offer to $13 USD for first class airmail but sadly no tracking is available on these. Just e-mail me at musings.of.a.muse@gmail.com if you'd like them!



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