Stila In The Garden Eyeshadow Palette Review and Swatches

One of the Stila spring palettes I've purchased is the In The Garden palette. It is a very similar style to the Naturaleyes palette that I reviewed a few months ago. You get 10 eyeshadows (out of which 2 are matte) and a full size smudge stick eyeliner for £25. You also get a booklet with some suggestions for looks you can create. 

The eyeshadows are nicely pigmented, some better than others, but it tends to be that the frostier shades are the most pigmented. The two matte shades are alright, not chalky at all. The darker of the two (Nectar) is pretty much the same as my skin colour and doesn't really who up on me. The darker shades are more satiny than frosty except for Moss which is a really lovely dirty brown colour with gold flecks. There aren't really any true highlighters in this palette (I don't like highlighting with matte eyeshadows), but other than that it's a nice palette. The smudge stick eyeliner you get is in the shade Starfish which is a mossy green colour with gold shimmer. It is supposed to be waterproof and it does stay on through the whole day, once it's set, it's very hard to remove (make up remover does remove it easily though).

I did a look with Breeze, Sage and Moss, plus Starfish smudge stick and it was very pretty, the shadows applied and blended easily and everything stayed in place all day (used them over my trusty Barbara Daly eyeshadow primer). 

The palette is still lacking a mirror in the lid and it has yet another quote from Sarah Lucero whoever she might be (I need to look her up!). Otherwise it's a nice palette, although not as bright and spring like as I would have expected. For £25 you get 14 g of eyeshadows and 0.28 g of smudge stick eyeliner.

See more pictures including swatches after the jump!

Top row: Chinois, Breeze, Bark, Freesia, Rosette
Bottom row: Nectar, Honey, Sage, Moss, Juniper

Top row: Chinois, Breeze, Bark
Bottom row: Nectar, Honey, Sage

Top row: Bark, Freesia, Rosette
Bottom row: Sage, Moss, Juniper

Smudge Stick Waterproof Eyeliner in Starfish

Smudge Stick Waterproof Eyeliner in Starfish

Smudge Stick Waterproof Eyeliner in Starfish
Taken with flash

Smudge Stick Waterproof Eyeliner in Starfish
Taken without flash in natural daylight

Chinois, Breeze, Bark, Freesia, Rosette
Taken with flash

Nectar, Honey, Sage, Moss, Juniper
Taken with flash

Chinois, Breeze, Bark, Freesia, Rosette
Taken without flash in natural daylight

Nectar, Honey, Sage, Moss, Juniper
Taken without flash in natural daylight