somewhat sheer but still very cute [SEP] great blendable formula very cute colors but definitely better for more warm to olive skin tones as they came out a bit on the green side they were also very sheer and required more than one or two layers especially the shimmers i would say that these eyeshadow sticks would almost work better as a base color if you coated your lid with them and blended them together you could easily build up coverage with other eyeshadows and they would stand out nicely