Red eyeshadow/liner

Whatever you do...DO NOT use the red eyeshadow from hot topic. The red ends up showing pink. I tried everything to make it red and it was terrible. I think it's called Morbid (or something like that). I've had better luch with their other colors...but I definately wouldn't recomend their red. I've done red with just lip liner in the past and it turned out just fine. I wouldn't completely cover the lid, but smear some on the lid and then blend it around. Putting it on as thin as possible would probably cut down on the chances of it creasing and/or running. You could always run out and grab some "Wet n' Wild" lip liner and give it a trial run. If you find something that works well, I'd be interested.

First, in repsonse to your Eye Kandy issues...be sure that you wet your brush with water BEFORE dipping it in the Liquid Sugar. Having a damp brush helps the glue not get all overboard & helps in not clumping. But, if it does clump, just dip the brush back in the Liquid Sugar and then smooth over the clump -- should smooth it out just fine. Next, you need to be thinking of your Eye Kandy like eyeliner or eyeshadow, not glitter. And for me that means ditching the brush that comes in it. For an eyeliner application, I use an angled brush like I'd use with my gel eyeliners & I find that pulling on the outside of the lid to make it straight makes for a better line (a trick I usually do when applying liquid eyeliners). For an eyeshadow application, I use a larger, flatter eyeshadow brush and only get one side of the brush glittered up. Also, if you're doing the eyeshadow look, you can use other things besides the Liquid Sugar to put it on - anything from vaseline to cream eyeshadows to lip gloss to mixing it in with your powdered eyeshadows & using a wet-brush application.

Second, in response to the creasing issue -- this is a base issue, not a eyeshadow issue. Your eyeshadows will not work into the crease, rub off, or otherwise slide off your eyelids if you use an eyeshadow base -- anything creamy will do. I like Urban Decay's primer potion personally, because it's really light & translucent. Spending a bit of moo-lah on the base will enable you to be able to use even the cheapest eyeshadows & have them behave like the expensive ones.

Third, about the red eyeshawds....red is VERY difficult to find in an eyeshadow. You're rarely gonna find a true RED red -- it had to do with the fact that the dyes used to make RED reds are not safe for use around your eyes (keep that in mind before trying to use a lip liner or blush on your eyes). Instead, what you usually find tends to lean more towards a burgundy, a pink or an orange. My best advice is to use a "red" shadow (whether it be the orange, pink, or burgundy end of the spectrum), then put Eye Kandy or something similar over it. Also, make sure whatever glitter you're using on your eyes (if it's not Eye Kandy) is actually rated safe for eyes. A LOT of glitters are made up of tiny particles of metal and are NOT safe around your eyes, becuase if it gets in your eye it will scratch it & possibly permanently damage your eye. Eye Kandy is specifically non-metal and rated safe for wear on your eyes.

I love eye Kandy, but hate the sugar that comes with it as well. I end up using glitter cream and then dabbing the eye candy on top of the glitter cream and it stays REALLY well and is super easy to do.

Seconding (thirding? fourthing?) the recommendation for Urban Decay Primer Potion. And if you dab and blend a bit over TOP of your eyeshadow, you can apply glitter and have that hang onto it just as nicely.

MAC makes a pigment called Accent Red, which - as someone already pointed out - isn't a really RED red but is decent, and since it's pigment, you can mix it into anything else to turn it into an eyeliner, blush, lipstick, etc. They also have a duo called Mi'lady from last year's November collections which is a mineral purple/red eyeshadow duo. It's ridiculously popular and as a result you may never find it, but it's got a gorgeous red in it.

Urban Decay also has glitter eyeliners, as do other brands like NYX.

i actually use a red eyeshadow available at hot topic. its the only red colour ive found that i like.
i dont see it on the site, but its usually in the stores. Its a huge round pot of red.
Sometime mac will have a reddish colour, but it tends to be either a bit too pink or a bit too orange.

I use a red from Kryolan. It is a true bright fire engine red. It stays longer on my oily lids than any other eyeshadow. If you aren't in San Francisco oro near a theatrical shop that sells Kryolan you can buy it from ebay.

So I did go to Hot Topic to look for the red eyeshadow, but they didn't have it. I did find a red eye/lip liner which I am not impressed with. It wears off quickly. So the other items I have looked at online are below. Any comments or experiences with them?

MAC:
shadow paint in Flammable www.maccosmetics.com/templat.../sp.tmpl
I could not find the Red Accent pigment people have mentioned.

Manic Panic:
Lust Dust in Infra Red www.manicpanic.com/lust%20dust.html
shadow in Vampire It Red www.manicpanic.biz/ct_CGsha...hadow.htm
liner in Vampire Red www.manicpanic.com/pencils.html

NYX:
chrome eyeshadow in Red www.nyxcosmetics.com/Main_Pa..._CES.htm
loose pearl shadow in Penny www.nyxcosmetics.com/Main_Pa...e_LP.htm
shadow in Red Head www.nyxcosmetics.com/Main_Pa...e_ES.htm

Aromaleigh.com:
mineral shadow in I See Red or Helter Skelter www.aromaleigh.com/rockssoniceyes.html

Medusa's Makeup:
Eye Dust in Red Baron www.medusasmakeup.com/eyedust.htm
shadow in Electro Red www.medusasmakeup.com/eyeshadow.htm
glitter in Antoinette www.medusasmakeup.com/glitter.htm

Here's one person's tutorial on how to get a really deep red:

blog.specktra.net/2008/06/0...glam-soup/

I would not recommend using lipstick as one person above stated; lipsticks are only approved for the lips, and as people have already said, the reason there's such a lack of true red eyeshadow is because most of the chemicals used to make the color red are harmful to the eye. Some people can (or can't but do anyway) put just about anything on their eyes and be fine, but that's their prerogative as adults - I wouldn't gamble with peoples' kids, especially in this lawsuit-happy day and age.

- Nat
www.labyrinthmasquerade.com

I posed the problem of red eyeshadow to a friend of mine a few years back and she bought me some MAC blush. It's intensely red and does not come off. I wore it to many shows, sweated my ass off but my eyeshadow remained flawless. I definitely recommend it.