I got my paws on some of STILA’s Magnificent Metals Glitter & Glow Liquid Eye Shadow ($24 @ stilacosmetics.com, ulta.com, sephora.com) recently and wanted to review and swatch them here since they have quite a buzz around them! I wrote about these recently that are great for when you want to line with a glitter but these are made for when you want to cover more surface area.

What it is: Long-wearing sparkle eye shadow combining the perfect mix of pearl and glitter to lavish eyes with incredible luster and shimmer. With its uniquely lightweight, water-infused texture, Glitter & Glow glides effortlessly, then dries down smoothly, locking in maximum sparkle with minimal fallout, for eyes with a real “wow!” factor.

My take: Yup these are pretty wow on the eyes! Metallic, sparkle and glittery makeup is all the rage right now and these are a great way to add a little jush to your look, day or night. The biggest challenge with wearing glitter on the skin is always getting it to stay put but since the glitter is suspended in a water-base, there wasn’t much fallout. And with the three that I tried, they pack a punch in the amount of glitter per inch. In other words, they didn’t skimp!

These three shades are from the ‘Written in the Stars’ set that was put out over the holidays so the versions shown here are the 2.25ml sizes but you can buy the full sizes of these, which are 4.5ml.

I tried these on my lids with a primer and without and the one with the primer did a little better when it came to the wear time but not enough to write home about. Overall I got about 6 hours with these.

Now one thing I do want to say about the fallout. While this formula stayed put pretty well, it doesn’t mean that it’s not transferable aka flallout because these do somewhat. Since the glitter is suspended in a liquid, it does set a little when it dries down but it’s not like non-glitter products I’ve tried that dry down and then don’t move at all. Maybe it’s not possible to get a full dry down when a product contains glitter? That would obviously be the most ideal but I think we are one step closer to getting there with these.

Shown here L to R: Smoky Storm (light pewter w/silver sparkle), Diamond Dust (sheer silver w/multi-color sparkle), Kitten Karma (champagne w/silver and copper sparkle).

Disclosure: Samples of these items were provided for review purposes.