The palette takes either 4 eyeshadow singles or a blush and an eyeshadow, and I decided to get 4 of the new shades of eyeshadows. Of course you can buy it without refills and you also don't have to get the palette if you just want the eyeshadows, but I figured they would look lovely together.
I got 255 Aero Spring Green, 267 Fresh Water, 285 Lilac Passion and 297A Rosy Heart Throb. These are new shades for the spring, but I don't know if they are also limited edition or permanent. As I said, these are said to be duochrome eyeshadows, but with the exception of Rosy Heart Throb, I can't really see the duochrome in them. Rosy Heart Throb has a gold duochrome to it which is very pretty. The eyeshadows are very soft, a bit powdery and they are rather sheer as well. They give a very soft effect and look very springlike,but if you are looking for something more dramatic, more pigmented, then these are not for you. They did last well though and didn't crease at all, but due to their softness it was easy to overblend them, so you need to be careful when applying and blending.
Considering the price of the made up palette (£32.25) this is not as cheap as you'd think and for the amount of product you get (3.2 g) it's not the best value. I also found it a bit odd that the packaging of the palette shows an applicator, but you don't get one with it, which I probably wouldn't use, but for the price they really should've thrown in a measly applicator.
I also bought Ceramic Nail Laquer 245 Iridescent Butterfly Wings which is a pretty blue with purple and teal duochrome. It seems very sheer, but I haven't tried it yet, so can't really comment.
The palette costs £10.25, the single eyeshadows are £5.50 (for 0.8 g) and the nail polish costs £9.50 (for 6 ml). I bought mine from BeautyBay, but Debenhams should be stocking the collection soon too.
See more pictures including swatches and a look I did with the eyeshadows after the jump!
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| Taken without flash in natural daylight |
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| Lilac Passion, Aero Spring Green, Fresh Water, Rosy Heart Throb Taken with flash |
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| Lilac Passion, Aero Spring Green, Fresh Water, Rosy Heart Throb Taken without flash in natural daylight |
I got these, and also can't really see much duochrome going on! They're not 100% my colours, but I do love the palette :) Wish I'd looked at the nail varnishes now - love that blue. Trying to cut down a bit at the moment, and as it's half-term money is getting spent elsewhere atm.
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean about half-term, we've spent so much this week already! We went to Hampton Court Palace on Monday, to London Tuesday and to the cinema yesterday. Although the tickets to HCP and the London attractions were free thanks to the Tesco vouchers, it still adds up with food, train fares, popcorn, etc.
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