SS11: Rimmel Glam'Eyes Trio and Quad Shadows

Some newbies from Rimmel will be landing on stand any day now. They're Glam'Eyes Trio and Quad shadows and they join the existing single shadows which launched last year. There'll be a variety of colours on offer; I've gotten two to play about with and there're pix of a couple more towards the end of the post.

First up is a quad in Urban Flower. Nice shades for this season's pastel trend, actually, and a nice price at €7.95 too.  All these shades have some low-level satiny shimmer, so how do they swatch?

The pigmentation in this quad is quite sheer, which is fine for a light day look but if you're a fan of super-duper in yer face colour payoff, then this won't be for you. However - there is value in subtlety and this is the sort of thing a professional gal might find very handy to have about her person for understated office-appropriate makeup that won't break the bank.

Eh, have I just made it sound there like Ladies of the Night might like Rimmel's new Glam'Eyes Trio and Quad Shadows? Eh? Eh?

Moving swiftly on! Textures are smooth and the shadows feel creamy, so they'll blend and apply well. I'd recommend using some primer under these to give them an extra level of colour and the brown and green shades in particular are very wearable.

Next up, one of the trios (or as Neven Maguire would say, a thrio) in Twilight Zone. This is also €7.95 and contains two satiny shades and one matte, the black.

Black swatches the best out of the three but the other two shades seem to have more pigment than the colours in the Urban Flower quad, with the white being quite frosty.

This is a good bet for a weekend smokey/black and white eye and each quad is backed with a weeny diagram to help you place each colour, which is handy. Again, textures are nice and creamy, and these blend out well.

Et voila, the diagram.

Above are a few more examples of the new quads and trios - there are more on offer including blues and textures go from mattes to metallics, apparently.

So, the verdict? While these don't deliver the saturated colour the release promised and you should avoid if you're used to the payoff from a Mac or Urban Decay shadow, they certainly feel a huge amount nicer than the chalky Rimmel shadow of old. Blendability is good, the shade range I've seen seems decent and varied, the guide on the base is a nice touch and the colour can be built. For the price, they'll suit very nicely, I reckon.