Beauty Product Reviews

I Really Like These!

I am kind of glad that I decided to cave in and buy three of these singles (quicksilver, industrial, and lavender grey) because I've been wanting to add to my ND collection but didn't want to invest in the 5 pan palette and get colors that I don't want or by the full size 28-pan palette. Therefore, the individuals were great since I was able to pick out the colors that I actually wanted. Granted, buy 3 individual shadows was more expensive than the 5-pan palette ($48) and the Midi palette ($65) but at least I got shades that I actually wanted. I have the Biba, Metropolis, Tropics, mini Star, and mini Lila palette and I feel like the texture of these individuals reminds me of the metallic formula in the mini Lila and Tropics palette. They are buttery and pigmented, but they are harder pressed in the pan in comparison to the metallics in Biba and Metropolis. I don't hate that they are harder pressed in the pan and, to be honest, I actually prefer this texture because the softer formula can get messy very quickly. I do want to mention that the industrial shade, which is a metallic sparkling shade, is quite unique in texture with "milled pearls and crystals". This texture and shade remind me of the Victoria Beckham Beauty Lid Lustre in Mink. It gives depth and dimension to the eye but it can cause the glitter to fall to the cheek throughout the day. This doesn't bother me, but I know some people don't like to have glitter all over their faces which is why I am mentioning it (I sometimes apply glitter glue to prevent this but I often don't). The reason I deducted one star was that I was under the impression that I could easily pop these eyeshadow pans out of the packaging so I could put them in my Biba and Tropics palettes. However, this was not the case and I was particularly surprised because all ND shades except the minis are in magnetized palettes, but these single shades are glued into the pan. This being said they do make it easy to remove from the palette (following any YouTube tutorial or the Beautylish Blog post about how to depot shades) since there is a handy pinhole in the back of the eyeshadow component once you remove the label. Therefore, once I was able to pop the eyeshadow out of the component I wiped away the glue with some 91% rubbing alcohol and then wrote the shade name and number on the back of the pan with a sharpie. I was able to pop the deported shades in my Biba/Tropics palettes with no issues whatsoever. Overall I am generally pleased with what I got, but the biggest downside probably was the price and the labor I had to put into deporting them, but besides that, the eyeshadows themselves performed as expected and are comparable to other ND shadows I have.