Let's get started! Physicians Formula Shimmer Strips Review

I'd heard a lot about the Physicians Formula Shimmer Strips a few months ago and on a whim in Ulta, I decided to try them. Specifically the Physicians Formula Shimmer Strips in Natural Nude and Warm Nude. They retail for $11.99 a piece but luckily for me, I caught them on sale BOGO1/2; Still not worth the money, at least in my opinion. But you can be the judge.

Natural Nudes

Warm Nudes

The packaging on these is adorable but... it isn't very helpful when trying to use the product. For one, the magnet is really loose and besides that, there's nothing to separate the product and they are actually all in one pan which doesn't seem like that big of a deal until you're trying to get the one color and you get a blend of 3. Ugh. I was willing to let that slide to get a range of beautiful naturals  and nudes that I could wear everyday. Didn't happen. Instead what I go was a range of colors that look almost exactly alike when applied to my chocolate skin. Then I thought to myself, well maybe it's just my real chocolate self who'll have that problem. I was... WRONG. I recruited my best friend in to try some swatches on more of a caramel, yellow complexion and we came to the same conclusion. All the the colors look the same. There are some swatches below for the natural nudes palette

My arm (deep brown) inside Natural Nudes

Caramel complexion swatches Natural Nudes

The first four shades look exactly the same, not to mention they were all super shimmery. But that's my fault for not actually reading the packaging. With the warm nudes, We came across the same issue except this time, a few of the colors just didn't show up so we decided to try some natural lighting

Warm nudes on deep skin

Warm nudes on caramel skin

Sigh, I had such high hopes for these palettes.
Their performance on the eye was just as disappointing IMHO. Application was okay however they would only stay on the eye for about 2 hours before they melted off of my eyes and settled on my cheeks. And don't even get me started on fallout. UGH.

Overall I would not reccommend these palettes to anyone! They're poorly pigmented for any WOC, they don't last very long, and they come poorly packaged. Don't waste your money. Instead, try out some of these SleekMakeup palettes which I'll be reviewing next week!

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B.