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e.l.f. No Budge Eyeshadow Sticks.

Eye Makeup

About this product

Affordable eyeshadow sticks available in shimmer and matte finishes, designed for all-day wear without requiring primer.

Full ingredients

Isododecane, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Kaolin, Synthetic Wax, Dimethicone, Silica, Polypropylsilsesquioxane, Jojoba Esters, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Diethylhexyl Syringylidenemalonate, Phenoxyethanol, Silica Dimethyl Silylate, Propylene Carbonate, Caprylyl Glycol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Tocopheryl Acetate, Mangifera Indica (Mango) Seed Butter, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter), Tocopherol, Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Yellow 5 Lake (Ci 19140), Red 40 Lake (Ci 16035)

Guru Score

84%

Yay

3 experts · Moderate agreement

What they liked

Lasts all day without budging
Comfortable, doesn't irritate eyelids
Works without eyeshadow primer

What they flagged

Nothing. None of the experts who reviewed it raised a problem.

What the gurus are saying

These sticks wear all day without budging, even through swimming and sweating, and don't irritate sensitive eyelids the way some eyeshadow can. Gurus praise them most for lasting through casual summer days and for their price point, though one notes they wear slightly better with primer than without. The range of finishes and comfortable wear make them a go-to for no-fuss makeup.

Synthesized from 3 expert reviews · most recent take July 2025

Best for

Oily skin

Type

Eye MakeupStick & roll-on

Key actives

Vitamin E

Formula notes

Fragrance-freeNo drying alcohol

Where to buy

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What the gurus are saying.

Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.

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Alexandra Anele

1.44M subs

✓Yay

"This is the e.l.f. No Budge cream eyeshadow in sand dune. It's a really, really nice neutral color. It's not too cool toned for my coloring, which is nice. [...] I'm going to use this to create some definition in the eye look, starting in the outer corner, placing it in the outer V. You can do this before your eyeliner or after your eyeliner, it's up to you. I'm going to slowly build up the crease to make it look really natural, just patting it out using the lightest hand possible."

AliceintheRabbitHole

59k subs

✓Yay

"My favorites are Bobby Brown, Laura Mercier, and also elf. Elf has good shadow sticks, and it's good and really affordable, even though I do prefer Bobby Brown overall."

HotandFlashy

1.23M subs

✓Yay

"I've been telling you about these for a couple of months, but I used them in the video on Tuesday [...] and got a really pretty look out of them. I just really love these. I used them that time with no eyelid primer just to see how they would wear. I feel like they wear slightly better with primer than without, but you don't 100 percent need primer for them to wear. They didn't clump up in my crease or anything."

All 4 takes from HotandFlashy

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"I've really been enjoying the elf eyeshadow pencils since I got them back in the fall and I'm glad to see that you don't have to have eye primer with them. They're very comfortable to wear. My eyelids were kind of burning this morning, and with these they don't feel irritated at all. So those are good."

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"These are both fantastic. I love them. I have three of the Elf. They come in shimmers and mattes and the price point on these is fantastic. [...] These are the ones that I use probably most of the summer when you just want to not be a slave to your makeup and want to do really super casual. I would just do a little bit on the eyelid, this in the outer corner, use this as my under eyeliner, and it would last all day. [...] They last all day. They didn't irritate my eyelids."

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"These are just amazing. I love them. I have them in Magnetic Pull and Rose Gold. [...] They're just beautiful and they're beautiful together and they lasted all day. I brought these on the trip along with my little MAC single in Malt and that was like my eyeshadow look for the day, like my daytime look every day. [...] These ever stayed in place. I could swim in them and sweat in them and do anything in them and they just didn't budge. I like Magnetic Pull so much as an eyeliner on my lower lid."

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Sunscreen filters

Sun protection is the best evidenced way to slow visible ageing, and the filters are what does the work. Mineral and chemical filters both protect when a product is applied thickly enough and often enough, which is where most people fall short rather than on the choice of filter.

Source: DermNet

Vitamin E

Vitamin E is an antioxidant, and it is often in a formula to keep the other ingredients stable rather than as the active itself. It pairs well with vitamin C, though on its own the evidence for visible change is limited.

Source: NIH, National Library of Medicine

Frequently asked.

What is e.l.f. No Budge Eyeshadow Sticks?

Affordable eyeshadow sticks available in shimmer and matte finishes, designed for all-day wear without requiring primer.

Is e.l.f. No Budge Eyeshadow Sticks worth it?

Yes. All 3 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 84%.

What is e.l.f. No Budge Eyeshadow Sticks's Guru Score?

e.l.f. No Budge Eyeshadow Sticks holds a Guru Score of 84%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 3 expert reviewers we have collected.