This palette was a present bought back from the USA by my lovely friend Pao.
The packaging is really really pretty. It’s sturdy cardboard with a sizable mirror (yes!) which is always a plus. (as you can see in the photo my mirror is smeary and gross but that’s just life for you.) The funky sugar skull design makes me happy.
It has eight colours which you can sorta pair up for lid and crease- I like to do Galore + Dog Roses, South + Placebo or Archangel and Santeria.
Here are the colours:
The pans are really big, so you’re getting quite a decent amount of product.
And herrrrre are my arm swatches:
The most flattering and easy to wear combo is definitely Galore + Dog Roses, they’re soft and buttery and gold and just light up your face.
Archangel also has a really nice dreamy texture and is heavily pigmented, but is a slightly harder colour to pull off.
I use South a lot since as you can see it is literally the exact same colour as my skin, which is useful for a base lid colour. It would also be a good highlight on darker skin tones.
Santeria was the biggest disappointment, in the pan it looks like this glorious greeny mermaid colour but on your skin it just looks kinda murky.
Dayglow is MAGIC. In my photos it looks like a chalky white but it’s really a duochrome. It’s so cool that I can’t even describe what colour it is! It’s definitely very glowy. It’s a kind of silvery golden greenish alien angel colour. You can see it SLIGHTLY better in this eye swatch I did but it can’t capture the fact that this looks BEAUTIFUL under light.
I am normally a strictly neutrals-only brown smokey eye kind of girl, and I would definitely recommend it to others who are the same. It’s a perfect way to start experimenting with colour if you want to play with brights but are not quite ready for UD’s Electric! The colours are all non-threatening and flattering on most skintones. If you’re already comfortable with colour, I think this would make a great everyday handbag palette, since there are a lot of combinations and you could easily use it for both day and night looks.
I do have to admit that I find myself using Galore + Dog Roses the most; clearly I’m not very adventurous with my eyeshadow! You can see a FOTD using these colours here.
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