I had been eyeing up this palette for a
long time, the green shade and packaging design was just calling to me! I saw
it for sale on Depop and finally decided to pick it up.
THE PACKAGING
The packaging is made out of mint green cardboard, which is wrapped
with a colourful flowery design. The palette name and branding is printed in white
and the shade names are printed on the back of the palette. It has a magnetic
closing, which you lift up to reveal the inside of the palette. The circle
eyeshadow pans are arranged on a white base with the shade names printed
underneath them in mint green font.
THE EYESHADOWS & FORMULA
You get fifteen 1.13g eyeshadows in Matte
(M), Metallic (ME) and SuperShock (SS) finishes.
·
Highly Pigmented
·
Long Wearing
·
Blends Smoothly
·
Cruelty-Free
THE SHADES & SWATCHES
Deserted - ivory (M)
Herbivore - pastel peach with silver & gold pearl (M)
Synergy - icy pink with a teal shift (ME)
Wavelength - opal with a gold shift (ME)
Prickly Please - pastel coral (M)
Third Eye - soft green gold (ME)
Best Buds - icy vibrant green (ME)
Smudge Off - pinky purple with silver pearl (ME)
Don’t Leaf - metallic soft coral with pink, silver & gold pearl (SS)
Over The Bloom - true coral with silver & gold pearl (M)
Stay Sharp - warm mid-tone brown (M)
Succa 4 U - brown plum with silver & gold pearl (M)
Stuck On You - plum (M)
Clay Day - dusty rose with silver & gold pearl (M)
Root ‘Em Up - green brown (M)
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 - The pigmentation is
beautiful. The SuperShock shade Don’t
Leaf doesn’t really have any base pigment which is disappointing, but I
believe that is what the Super Shock formula is generally mean’t to be.
·
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 - They blend like a dream. I only had
slight trouble with two shades; Stuck On
You and Root ‘Em Up.
·
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 get some from the metallic and matte with glitter shades. A
good tacky glitter glue is a must and maybe do your eyes before your base.
This palette is beautiful. I wasn’t
expecting too much for some reason, but I was very pleasantly surprised! The
packaging and colour story is stunning. My favourite shades are; Third Eye, Don’t Leaf and Over The
Bloom. The only sort of issues I had were that Herbivore and Prickly Please
are too light for transition shades for my skin tone, but they are good
blending out shades. Stuck On You
and Root ‘Em Up can be slightly
patchy when blending, but it wasn’t really a massive problem. I do dislike that
four of the matte shades contain little glitters, it is so unnecessary. You can
blend them away but it can cause a mess with glitter fallout. The formula of
these mattes also seems more powdery (quite a bit of kick-back) compared to the
regular mattes. The SuperShock shade also doesn’t really have a base pigment to
it, which I think is the point of the SuperShock formula. I’m not too mad at
that as the shade is very light reflecting and kind of wet looking. I found I
had to apply it using my finger as it wouldn’t pick up on a brush. Overall, I
really enjoyed this palette and it is my favourite of the three Colourpop
palettes I’ve tried so far. I am now tempted to pick up the Coast to Coral
Palette as I really loved how the shade Over
The Bloom (coral) from this Garden Variety Palette looked on my eyes
(green/blue). I highly recommend you give this palette a try. It is great for a
neutral wearer as the pops of colours are not too bright and intense.
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