It seems that today women cannot get enough of luxury items including animal print accessories. This up and coming animal trend has been taken to the extreme as shown in the February issue of Elle magazine. The monthly Beauty News section featured a stunning picture of a perfectly leopard printed eye lid. This new concept goes above and beyond the conventional department store eye shadow. This astonishing shadow is applied by Professional Instant Eye Shadow Applicators. They look much more complex than they really are and are simply pressed onto each lid and than dusted with a translucent powder to set the look. This new product seems strange and hard to grasp at first but Elle summed it when they compared them to being similar to temporary tattoos.
If the “Leopard Lounge” shade isn’t your thing these single use shadows come in other shades including a wild zebra print, or “Sapphires and gold”. The cost of these “eye opening” statement makers is eighteen dollars for a pack of five, or thirty dollars for ten. While this might seem like a slight sticker shock at first the company states that having these eye shadows is the equivalent of having a professional make up artist at your finger tips. Even though some people argue that these eye shadows take out the fun of application, I feel that some of the more neutral shades would be appropriate for more formal occasions. This is a trend that may or may not catch on in the make up industry and while I can only see a select group of people using these regularly, I am sure they will be making an appearance on run ways everywhere very soon.