KALEIDOS Futurism VI: Lunar Lavender Palette

This is my second KALEIDOS palette and I bought it from the same Depop seller as last time. I also purchased the Futurism I: Sci-Fi Green and Futurism VII: Sashimi City Palettes, reviews on those will be coming soon.

THE PACKAGING

The packaging is a long thin rectangle shape and the concept reminds me of a wardrobe. There is a purple, pink and rose gold coral (the reef kind) and cloud theme all over the packaging. It has a magnetic closing and you open up the left side first and then the right side to reveal the circular eyeshadow pans and long thin mirror inside. The outside theme continues to the inside, but the colours are lilac, pink, peach and orange with rose gold. The eyeshadow names come printed on a plastic sheet.

THE EYESHADOWS & FORMULA

You get six 1.33g eyeshadows/pressed pigments in Matte (M), Duo-Chrome (DC) and Shimmer (S) finishes.

 

·         Rich and Velvety Texture

·         Smooth as Silk Application

·         Ultra-Pigmented

·         Blends Effortlessly

·         Highly Adhesive (no creasing)

·         Minimum Fallout

·         Long Lasting

·         Vegan

·         Cruelty-Free

 

THE SHADES & SWATCHES

Nocturnal - mauve taupe (M)*

Moonroof - sapphire with lavender shift (DC)*

Dreamscape - icy silver lilac (S)*

Midnight Flora - warm violet (M)

Wisteria - lavender (M)*

Crated Grove - plum brown (M)*

 

The shades marked with an asterisk (*) are Pressed Pigments. According to USA Law, Pressed Pigments are not intended for use around the immediate eye area as they can cause temporary staining to the area of skin they are applied to.

 

MY THOUGHTS

·         Primer/Base - The eyeshadows are pigmented enough without a primer or base, but I would always lay one down. I used Too Faced Shadow Insurance and Too Faced Glitter Glue.

·         Pigmentation - These eyeshadows swatch beautifully and I am happy to say that the same level of pigmentation also transfers on to the eyes with brush/finger application (apart from one shade). They are buttery, soft and smooth.

·         Application (wet/dry) - The eyeshadows can be applied wet or dry. I always use mattes dry, unless I am applying them to my lower lash line or using them as eyeliner. I sometimes apply metallics/shimmers wet, but it depends on the formula and whether they contain glitters. Wet application can max up the pigmentation and help prevent fallout.

·         Blending - This was effortless and some shades blend together well.

·         Kick-Back - Obviously, there is always going to be kick-back in your eyeshadow pans as you are disturbing powders. The kick-back was not a concern or issue for me in this particular palette.

·         Fallout - You will only get slight fallout from the two glittery shades if you do not apply a tacky enough base.

 

I enjoyed this palette, but I didn’t love it like I thought I would! The overall formula and packaging is great, but the shade selection is a little odd to me. The brown shades are cool toned so they don’t look too off next to the purples, but I just don’t associate browns and purples as going together, especially in this line up. Using just the matte brown shades together and then putting one of the metallic purples on the lid looks good, but I couldn’t really get the matte browns and purples to work together properly in one look. You can use the browns on your main eye area and then a purple on the lash line, but not really together on the main eye area.  My favourite shade is Moonroof; it is just a stunning metallic shade and it looks so dreamy all over the eyelid. The only downsides are that the shade Wisteria is really light on my skin tone, so it took a few layers to get proper colour payoff, also it kind of disappears if you blend Midnight Flora into it and the metallic shades don’t really have too much base colour to them. This is most noticeable with Dreamscape because it is already a lighter shade, Moonroof doesn’t look quite as obvious. Layering is definitely key! I also wish that the shade names were printed underneath each shade in the palette rather than having the little plastic sheet. Overall, it is a cute palette but I mostly like it for the two metallic/glitter shades if I am honest. There is nothing wrong with the quality; I just wouldn’t get much use out of the colour story due to lack of inspiration. I still have four more of the Futurism Palettes to try out and I will post about them soon.

 

You can purchase the KALEIDOS Futurism VI: Lunar Lavender Palette for $24.00 exclusively from KaleidosMakeUp.com.

 

| I purchased this palette for £32.00 from Depop.com |

 

| Swatch Stencil: Stripes 7 Pan by SwatchPerfect.co.uk |