Physicians Formula Shimmer Strips Custom Eye in Glam Nude Review + Tutorial*

The latest 411 on Physicians Formula’s Shimmer Strips Custom Eye in Glam Nude! Let’s start off with the fact that this eyeshadow palette is 100% shimmer with no matte shades. If you are someone that likes a mix of both matte and shimmer in one palette this may not be for you unless you don’t mind bringing in other shadows from your collection. Now, knowing that this palette is all shimmer the next thing you need to know is that there is lots of shimmer fallout. You can see in some of the closeup pictures of my eyes there is shimmer underneath and I had some on my cheeks as well. If you are someone that does their base first, I totally suggest you rewind and start with your eyes first if you’re using this palette. The best way to reduce the fallout would be to have a napkin pressed under your eyes to catch whatever falls or simply use the tape trick. No matter what, I can never manage to remove it all so I just roll with it unless you know, I look like I was hit with a BeDazzler.

Anyway, I wore this eyelook with only one eye primed with Too Faced’s Shadow Insurance to see if there was any noticeable differences over time. Three hours into wearing the shadows I noticed no creasing, there seemed to be a bit more shimmer fallout on the cheeks, and the purple shadow on the bottom lashline seemed to be less vibrant. After eight hours, both eyes held up pretty well for being only shimmer and surprisingly no creasing either. Both eyes did show a bit of color fading so it seems that the primer did not affect performance and they did fade pretty evenly. Next time I plan to wear these shadows with some sort of glitter glue and see if that helps with fallout. In addition, I personally would’ve liked at least one matte eyeshadow in the crease instead but as you can see you can definitely use a shimmer shadow and have a nice eyelook.

This palette can be found at any of your local drugstores or even on Physicians Formula’s website. There are six different variations of this palette so if these shades aren’t calling your name don’t worry! The overall biggest con for me is the fallout and the fact that there is no matte shadows. The shadows did stick well to the skin, wore for a long time with just a bit of fading, and they weren’t chunky as you might expect from shimmer shadows. The palette comes with a small sponge tip applicator but I think the shadows apply best with a brush or fingers. The lightest pearl shade is the only one that may require a few more layers to get a good opaque color on the light but the rest are nicely pigmented.

Hope this review helped and until next time, peace out!

-I won a giveaway on Physicians Formula’s Instagram and was gifted a few of their products which included this eyeshadow palette-