Welcome to my favourite collection. These are all of my eyeshadow palettes.
Bare Minerals Ready Eyeshadow Palettes
Likes:
Likes:
- Long lasting
- Variety of shades to suit any skin tone.
- Blend really easily
- Quads go really well together to create a variety of different looks.
- Highly pigmented.
- Addictive
Benefit Smoky Eye kits
Likes:
Dislikes:
Retails at £25-28
Likes:
- One for brown and black smoky eye
- Easy to use
- Blend really easily
Dislikes:
- Nothing to dislike.
Retails at £25-28
Benefit World Famous Neutrals
Likes:
Dislikes:
Retails at £28.50
Likes:
- Gorgeous packaging
- Caters for a day-time and evening look
- Creamy texture to shadows.
Dislikes:
- The cream shadows are tiny and dry out really quickly.
Retails at £28.50
Clinique All About Shadows Duo
Likes:
Dislikes:
Retails at £22
Likes:
- Blend really well
- Some beautiful neutral palettes available
Dislikes:
- The crease shade is tiny compared to the lid shade. It doesn't last as long.
Retails at £22
Dior Luminous Graphic Eye Palette
Likes:
Dislikes:
Retails at £36
Likes:
- Quirky design for the packaging.
- Gorgeous palette to keep for special occasions.
- Blend really well together.
Dislikes:
- Expensive. But I do save this one for really special events.
Retails at £36
Rimmel Glam Eyes Quad
Likes:
Dislikes:
Retails at £6.99
Likes:
- Blend easily
- The quad shades work well together.
Dislikes:
- Wear away pretty quickly.
- Hard to build up
Retails at £6.99
L'Oreal Colour Appeal Trio
Likes:
Dislikes:
Likes:
- Blends really easily
- Highly pigmented.
- Gorgeous neutrals collection
Dislikes:
- Discontinued.
Estee Lauder Pure Colour Eye Shadows
Likes:
Dislikes:
Retails at £16.50 to £36
Likes:
- Plenty of colours to choose from
- Gorgeous packaging
- Huge mirror in all the palettes.
Dislikes:
- These do not blend easily. You do have to work on them to get the look you want.
Retails at £16.50 to £36
Lancome Ombre Absolu Duo
Likes:
Dislikes:
Likes:
- Easy to blend
- Have a professional finish
- Beautiful neutral combinations.
Dislikes:
- Discontinued. Lancome appear to only sell the singles and smoky eye kits now. Oh well!
MAC Customised Eyeshadow Palettes
Likes:
Dislikes:
Empty x15 palette retails at £17.50
Eyeshadow refills retail at £10
Likes:
- An immense choice of colours and finishes.
- Blend easily together and with other brands
- You can get creative by choosing which shades you want in your palette.
Dislikes:
- Unless you have a spare £170 you have to fill these up over a few months.
- Addictive
Empty x15 palette retails at £17.50
Eyeshadow refills retail at £10
Smashbox Heatwave Eyeshadow Palette
Likes:
Dislikes:
Limited edition.
Likes:
- Blend easily
- Highly pigmented
Dislikes:
- You get a lot of fallout.
- The shades break easily
- Wear away throughout the day pretty quickly.
Limited edition.
Urban Decay Naked Palettes
Likes:
Dislikes:
Retails at £37
Likes:
- Highly pigmented
- Easy to blend together
- Great for travelling
- Can create so many different neutral eye combos with one palette.
Dislikes:
- Theres a lot of shimmery shades and only one or two mattes available in each palette.
Retails at £37
Bare Minerals Customisable Palette
Likes:
Dislikes:
Retails at £35 (Christmas Gift set)
Likes:
- Highly pigmented
- Very blendable
- Mix of neutrals and colours
- Small bit with mirror slides away to fit in a carry-on if necessary.
Dislikes:
- No true matte shades. They all have a slight sparkle.
- Rattles and shades do come loose easily.
Retails at £35 (Christmas Gift set)
Nars Duo Eyeshadows
Likes:
Dislikes:
Retails at £25.
Likes:
- Creamy texture
- Blendable
- Wacky colour combinations that will suit any eye colour and skin tone.
- Decent sized palette.
Dislikes:
- Expensive for just a duo.
Retails at £25.
GOSH 9 Shades
Likes:
Likes:
- Varied choice of mattes and shimmery shades
- Very blendable and creamy
- Good dupe for some MAC shades
- Very wearable shades.
- Big palette.
- Do produce a fair bit of fallout.