Jelly What What?

So I saw this on Asos.com and had to order it out of curiosity.

Thankfully there's a favorable exchange rate right now, much to the chagrin of the British, but to the joy of the American consumer in love with all things unavailable or hard to find in the States.

What is it?

Jelly Pong Pong Venus Magical Pearls in Aurora.

I had no idea what this was when I ordered - but it was pretty!

Opened up:

And with the pod opened up:

So apparently these are little pearls of eyeshadow. You swirl your brush around and get a wash of color - similar to the concept of Guerlain Meteorites I am guessing.

After much swirling my white brush sure wasn't picking up much color.

Veeeery light swatch on the back of my hand:

So that was not exciting at all. But wait - what about smooshing the heck out of one of the 'magical pearls?'

Aha! A little smooshing and now we have some pigment!

Smooshed pearl on top, swirled pearl on the bottom.

So, in order to get a color that is worth wearing, you must 'pop' a pearl, which, in theory is kind of amusing, but for real life it creates quite a mess. I cannot see doing this on a daily basis. However the packaging is so pretty (I'm really a sucker for packaging) so I am totally keeping this.