Ages ago I did a post about my five minute makeup routine (OK, it's more like ten minutes to do my whole face) and the secret behind it was in creamy eye shadows. With this type of eye shadow you can basically skip eye primer, applying multiple shadows with a brush, plus blending, and this is a huge portion of time when you do your makeup. I spend the most time doing my eyes anyways, I don't really wear liquid foundation nor do I do the whole contouring thing, which is the reason why the face is not where I lose the most time. So when I am in a rush it makes the most sense to cut down the eye makeup time as much as possible. This is why creamy eye shadows were my favourite in the past, but nowadays they have such good formulations that I sometimes pick them over the ''regular'' shadows. They are super long lasting and give you that shimmer and pigmentation that you were only able to get from pigments before.

Pre dosta vremena objavila sam post sa svojom rutinom šminkanja za pet minuta (dobro, više je u pitanju deset minuta da bih našminkala celo lice) i tajna je zapravo bila u kremastim senkama. Sa ovom vrstom senki možete da preskočite podlogu za senku, nanošenje nekoliko vrsta senki četkicama, plus blendovanje, što je poprilična količina vremena za šminkanje. Ja ionako potrošim najviše vremena na šminkanje očiju, ne nosim baš često tečni puder, niti konturišem lice, pa je to glavni razlog zašto ten nije ono što mi oduzima najviše vremena. Tako da kada žurim, ima smisla da smanjim vreme potrebno za šminku na očima koliko god mogu. Zbog toga su mi kremaste senke bile omiljene ranije, ali ovih dana one imaju toliko dobre formule da ih nekada biram i umesto ''običnih'' senki. Jako dugo traju na kapcima i daju vam onaj prelepi odsjaj i pigmentovanost koju ste nekada mogli da dobijete samo sa pigmentima u prahu.


I wasn't that picky about my creamy eye shadows before, I would use them form time to time and buy them form different brands. Some where better, some where worse so eventually I would use them up or they will dry out and that was it. Before I forget, those in pots (like Maybelline's Color Tattoo or Benefit Creaseless Cream) tend to dry out faster, so make sure to use them up pretty quickly. Recently I was online window shopping for makeup (when I was probably supposed to be doing something more important, of course) and I came across Stila creamy eye shadows. I remember I always heard such good reviews about Sigma eye shadows and I even screenshotted couple of options on Instagram, but I never actually got them. This time I really wanted a creamy eyeshadow and I really wanted an eyeshadow from Stila so I got it. It's from their Shimmer & Glow Liquid Eye Shadow line, in the shade Grace.

Nikda nisam bila preterano izbirljiva kada se radi o kremastim senkama, koristila sam ih s vremena na vreme i one su bile različitih brendova. Neke su bile bolje, neke lošije i na kraju bih ih ili iskoristila, ili bi se one osušile i to je to. Pre nego što zaboravim, senke u teglicama (kao Maybelline Color Tattoo ili Benefit Creaseless Cream) se suše brže, pa se potrudite da ih što pre potrošite. Skoro sam gledala šminku na internetu (kada je verovatno trebalo da radim nešto mnogo bitnije, naravno) i naletela sam na Sigma kremaste senke. Sećam se da sam uvek slušala samo dobre stvari o njihovim senkama i nekoliko puta sam čak i slikala senke koje želim na Instagramu, ali ih nikada nisam kupila. Ovoga puta sam jako želela kremastu senku i to baš Stilinu pa sam je uzela. Ova je iz njihove Shimmer & Glow Liquid Eye Shadow linije, nijansa je Grace.



Since I'm the kind of person who would publish a whole blog post about one eyeshadow, you bet I'm the kind of person who will explain why I got this specific shade. Although I like to claim otherwise, I'm definitely a gal for bronzy/browny shades. I do have phases when I go for cool toned gray and purplish shadows, but I always go back to bronze. I don't even know why, I'm not a huge fan of warm toned colours in daily life. My love for such eye shadow colours was a main reason why I picked this shade, also it's not to dark neither too light for everyday use, it's just right. Once you apply it it has this subtle shimmer that I like a lot. It only takes one layer to get the colour I prefer, but I tried it with two layers as well and it also looks nice. As I expected (after all the rave I heard about these shadows) once it's dry it's smudge proof. Until you take your makeup off it will be there. And the last thing you probably wanted to know, you can apply a beautiful liquid eyeliner line over it. Now, it might expand your makeup time for longer than ten minutes I previously mentioned, but everybody deserves those extra liquid eyeliner minutes in their daily routine.

Pošto sam ja tip osobe koji će da napiše ceo post o jednoj senki, naravno da sam neko ko će da vam potanko objasni zašto sam odabrala baš ovu nijansu. Iako volim da tvrdim suprotno, definitivno sam više za bronzane/braon boje šminke. Imam faze kada nosim sive i ljubičaste senke sa hladnim podtonom, ali uvek se vratim bronzanim bojama. Ne znam ni zašto, inače nisam neki ljubitelj boja sa toplim podtonom. Moja ljubav prema takvim senkama je presudila kada sam birala nijansu, takođe ona nije ni presvetla ni pretamna za svaki dan, taman mi odgovara. Kada je nanesete ima diskretni odsjaj koji se meni jako dopada. Jedan sloj je dovoljan da bi se dobila lepa boja, ali sam je probala i sa dva sloja i nije loše izgledalo. Kao što sam i očekivala (posle svih pozitivnih komentara koje sam čula o ovim senkama), kada se osuši ne pomera se. Biće na mestu dok ne skinete šminku. I poslednje što vas možda zanima, možete da nanesete tečni ajlajner preko nje bez problema. Jeste da to onda produžava vreme šminkanja van ovih deset minuta koje sam spominjala, ali mislim da svi zaslužujemo to dodatno vreme za tečni ajlajner u dnevnoj rutini.