I’m one of the first to tell you that I’m a clumsy person — always writing on my pants, door frames running into me, counter tops getting into my way, et cetera. I’m never without a bruise. Despite this I don’t really drop or break too many things. In the past year I’ve only dropped one coffee cup and dropped that sack of hot aquarium rocks.
So why do I have such a problem with eye shadow containers? Yes, I admit, I drop them sometimes, and usually that’s all she wrote for those flimsy-ass things. But why do they have to make them so crappy? Blush and powder containers aren’t like that; they’re sturdy and well-built. Why does a plastic container made by the same company but for a different substance need to be constructed so shoddy that it breaks if you look at it funny?
The brand or price doesn’t matter, either. Even the expensive department store counter stuff snaps away — but only the eye shadow containers. Dude, do you know how much I paid for that silly little ice cube of solid color? Why the hell would you make the hinges out of a cheap plastic with a holow metal pin? How much makeup did you sniff before you designed this jewel?
See, a little eye shadow can go a long way so you can imagine I’m going to be dipping into this container for a good six months to a year. I will be opening it up and closing it back again EVERY DAY. It’s made of slippery shiny plastic that tends to get covered with a fine dust of powder. You know what — that gets pretty slippery. I just might drop it.
DESIGN FOR THAT.
