Charlotte Tilbury Exagger-Eyes, Golden Eclipse, Sunlit Glow Eyes to Mesmerise Eyeshadows Review & Swatches
FURTHER READING:
Formula Overview
for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Formula Overview
$34.00/0.24 oz. – $141.67 Per Ounce
It’s supposed to be long-wearing, with a “glide-on” consistency with “soft-focus illuminating pigments” that will “smooth over lines and imperfections.” They tend to have semi-opaque to opaque color coverage in a single, but they can be diffused for a sheerer wash of color if desired.
The texture has more of a gel-cream feel; noticeably emollient and full of glide but not as “wet” as one would expect. The formula has good adhesion and doesn’t turn patchy as blended, which can be an issue with wetter formulas. It has a longer dry down time, which I find makes the formula more prone to faint creasing during that initial application time period.
In the past, like when the formula was originally released, I had more creasing at application and throughout wear (though always “faint” than disastrous, which I recall being puzzled by!). I’ve found that with more recently-released shades that it is more limited to creasing initially but once I smooth and buff out the product, it seems to keep from further creasing over the next seven to eight hours.
I eventually get faint creasing–though never that bad: where I can see it’s there, but blinking, you probably wouldn’t know it–after eight hours or so of wear.
Browse all of our Charlotte Tilbury Eyes to Mesmerise Long-Lasting Cream Eyeshadow swatches.
Ingredients
Cyclopentasiloxane, Aqua/Water/Eau, Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate, Mica, Diphenylsiloxy Phenyl Trimethicone, C10-18 Triglycerides, Cetyl Peg/Ppg-10/1 Dimethicone, Hdi/Trimethylol Hexyllactone Crosspolymer, Sodium Chloride, Dimethicone/Phenyl Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Sorbitan Stearate, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Silica Dimethyl Silylate, Lauryl Methacrylate/Glycol Dimethacrylate Crosspolymer, Ethylhexylglycerin, Ceresin, Propylene Carbonate, Potassium Sorbate, Polyacrylamide, Glycerin, Sodium Dehydroacetate, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, C13-14 Isoparaffin, Silica, Laureth-7, Tocopherol, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Tin Oxide, [+/- Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Iron Oxides (Ci 77491, Ci 77492, Ci 77499)].
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer)
at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable
to the product you’re purchasing, or the brand or retailer’s website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
FURTHER READING:
Formula Overview
for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Formula Overview
$34.00/0.24 oz. – $141.67 Per Ounce
It’s supposed to be long-wearing, with a “glide-on” consistency with “soft-focus illuminating pigments” that will “smooth over lines and imperfections.” They tend to have semi-opaque to opaque color coverage in a single, but they can be diffused for a sheerer wash of color if desired.
The texture has more of a gel-cream feel; noticeably emollient and full of glide but not as “wet” as one would expect. The formula has good adhesion and doesn’t turn patchy as blended, which can be an issue with wetter formulas. It has a longer dry down time, which I find makes the formula more prone to faint creasing during that initial application time period.
In the past, like when the formula was originally released, I had more creasing at application and throughout wear (though always “faint” than disastrous, which I recall being puzzled by!). I’ve found that with more recently-released shades that it is more limited to creasing initially but once I smooth and buff out the product, it seems to keep from further creasing over the next seven to eight hours.
I eventually get faint creasing–though never that bad: where I can see it’s there, but blinking, you probably wouldn’t know it–after eight hours or so of wear.
Browse all of our Charlotte Tilbury Eyes to Mesmerise Long-Lasting Cream Eyeshadow swatches.
Ingredients
Cyclopentasiloxane, Aqua/Water/Eau, Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate, Mica, Diphenylsiloxy Phenyl Trimethicone, C10-18 Triglycerides, Cetyl Peg/Ppg-10/1 Dimethicone, Hdi/Trimethylol Hexyllactone Crosspolymer, Sodium Chloride, Dimethicone/Phenyl Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Sorbitan Stearate, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Silica Dimethyl Silylate, Lauryl Methacrylate/Glycol Dimethacrylate Crosspolymer, Ethylhexylglycerin, Ceresin, Propylene Carbonate, Potassium Sorbate, Polyacrylamide, Glycerin, Sodium Dehydroacetate, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, C13-14 Isoparaffin, Silica, Laureth-7, Tocopherol, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Tin Oxide, [+/- Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Iron Oxides (Ci 77491, Ci 77492, Ci 77499)].
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer)
at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable
to the product you’re purchasing, or the brand or retailer’s website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Charlotte Tilbury Sunlit Glow Eyes to Mesmerise Long-Lasting Cream Eyeshadow ($34.00 for 0.24 oz.) is a medium, peachy-gold base with duochrome sparkle that shifted from pink to yellowy-gold. There was a bit of a pilling-aspect to it where I had to give it some time to dry out a bit before really blending it out to smooth the product out.
FURTHER READING:
Formula Overview
for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Formula Overview
$34.00/0.24 oz. – $141.67 Per Ounce
It’s supposed to be long-wearing, with a “glide-on” consistency with “soft-focus illuminating pigments” that will “smooth over lines and imperfections.” They tend to have semi-opaque to opaque color coverage in a single, but they can be diffused for a sheerer wash of color if desired.
The texture has more of a gel-cream feel; noticeably emollient and full of glide but not as “wet” as one would expect. The formula has good adhesion and doesn’t turn patchy as blended, which can be an issue with wetter formulas. It has a longer dry down time, which I find makes the formula more prone to faint creasing during that initial application time period.
In the past, like when the formula was originally released, I had more creasing at application and throughout wear (though always “faint” than disastrous, which I recall being puzzled by!). I’ve found that with more recently-released shades that it is more limited to creasing initially but once I smooth and buff out the product, it seems to keep from further creasing over the next seven to eight hours.
I eventually get faint creasing–though never that bad: where I can see it’s there, but blinking, you probably wouldn’t know it–after eight hours or so of wear.
Browse all of our Charlotte Tilbury Eyes to Mesmerise Long-Lasting Cream Eyeshadow swatches.
Ingredients
Cyclopentasiloxane, Aqua/Water/Eau, Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate, Mica, Diphenylsiloxy Phenyl Trimethicone, C10-18 Triglycerides, Cetyl Peg/Ppg-10/1 Dimethicone, Hdi/Trimethylol Hexyllactone Crosspolymer, Sodium Chloride, Dimethicone/Phenyl Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Sorbitan Stearate, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Silica Dimethyl Silylate, Lauryl Methacrylate/Glycol Dimethacrylate Crosspolymer, Ethylhexylglycerin, Ceresin, Propylene Carbonate, Potassium Sorbate, Polyacrylamide, Glycerin, Sodium Dehydroacetate, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, C13-14 Isoparaffin, Silica, Laureth-7, Tocopherol, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Tin Oxide, [+/- Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Iron Oxides (Ci 77491, Ci 77492, Ci 77499)].
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer)
at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable
to the product you’re purchasing, or the brand or retailer’s website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.