u/spilled-sorbet

I recently treated myself to a few Lisa Eldridge products, including one of the eyeshadow palettes.

I've tried using the palette several times now, but I just can't seem to get much pigment from it. I know how to apply eyeshadow, but even when I swatch it, I really struggle to get any colour payoff. I've tried multiple brushes, including higher-quality ones, as well as applying it with my fingers, but nothing seems to make a difference.

Given the price, I was expecting much stronger pigmentation. I've also watched tutorials of other people using the same palette, and they don't seem to have this problem at all.

Am I missing something? Is this intentionally how the palette is?

I got laid off a few months ago, the company made cuts, clearly because they believe they can do the same work with less people and using as much AI as possible. Now I can't imagine getting another software engineering job again - I've only done it for about 5 years, but I liked the struggle and learned way more talking to others than with AI. In the last year in my job it was all AI, AI, AI. I was so sick of it. Every meeting with management was about using AI in some way, figuring out prompts, reviewing the AI code, etc... I'm just not interested in going back into a software engineering job because I know it will be the same no matter where I go, they all want to use AI to its maximum capacity.

I moved out of the city and back to the countryside with my parents, enjoying being in nature away from AI. I'm not sure what my next moves will be but sadly I don't want to go back to being a prompt machine and reviewer for AI.

Some edits:

Being laid off is not what made me quit engineering. I had 3 redundancies within the past 2 years and kept going. But I won't lie that being constantly laid off is not great.

Another big reason why I don't like AI is the negative impact it's having on the world. I don't like being part of it.

As for my future plan, I invested all of my savings a couple years ago into buying this renovation project house, soon I'll be able to rent out the property and have passive income mortgage free. I will look at doing another job that is less stressful. - I used to do receptionist jobs back in the day for example. I will still code in my free time, focusing more on personal projects.

For those saying that it is a skill issue - honestly, you're right too! I can fully admit that I'm not the smartest software engineer - I find it hard to understand new concepts, I try my best but it takes me a lot more effort than others to level with colleagues (not saying that all software engineers don't work hard or put effort in, I just generally find I am a bit slower). Larger problems like architecture and design I really struggle with, which is what I would have to focus on now with AI.

In a way I am glad this happened. I have no more anxiety and stress relating to SWE, I had the opportunity to leave the city and be with my parents who need support as they get older, I now have 4 chickens that I love, I am focusing more on my hobbies like music and art, and I am being more active in my life.

Thanks to everyone that commented and gave their opinion and advice. 💕 (except the rude people 🤡)