This pallet is and every day pallet so the pigment is not suppost to bam in your face it's suppost to be light and airy it took me 3times of swatching each color to get that amount of pigment out each of thoes shows. And the extra small pans of shadows are for useing as eyeliners on top and bottom of lash lines. So yes I would say covergirl has stepped up there game with the pigmentation and also I love packing it's fit for a princess. Ok I have been out in the rain for about an hour today and got completely soked ans wiped off still just look at pigment in swatches.you do get a decent amount of of fall out with these shadows but nothing over whelmingly and if u use setting powders under your eyes first its easy to just wipe it away with a brush thats with all shadows these days thoe.