L'Oreal La Palette Nude

Now I love an eyeshadow palette (I have a drawer full as well as a my most used on my vanity), so when I heard that L'Oreal were releasing an eyeshadow palette, that was it I had to buy it.

The palette retails for £14.99 in Boots and online HERE, not the cheapest palette but still a lot cheaper then high end, and as you know I need to justify a single purchase and to me this was worth it.

The palette contains 10 eyeshadows and it is quite rose toned and reminds me of the Naked 3 palette. It contains 6 shimmer shades and 4 matte shades, all the shades a very useable and the majority are useable on a daily basis at work, as well when creating a smokey eye look.

You can see in the swatches above that the lighter shades aren't as pigmented as the darker shades, but they still show quite well. The shadows are all easily blended to create a smokey eye.

The only gripe that I have is I think the palette should have the same amount of shimmer to matte shades, but overall I think it is a really good palette, and it is currently resting in my palette holder as one of my most used palettes.

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Gemma
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N.Y.C. Quattro Eyeshadow - Best of Broadway

I saw this a while ago in my local Superdrug and decided to pick it up to experiment with a smokey eye

There are a couple of different types of quads in the quattro eyeshadow range, and for a day to day look I thought the Best of Broadway would be the best one to test out.

Now when I was researching the specifics of this palette for the post I read that there was an instruction guide, well I pulled out the palette and looked on the back. There was the ingredient list and the little arrow telling you to open it up. If you are going to put instructions on something make it a lot simpler to find, trying to get into that thing was a pain in the bum.

As there are no names with the shades I have numbered them 1 - 4:

Shade 1
This is a dark black matte shade which is a great crease colour to outline the eyes or even in the outer corners and under the lower lash line.

Shade 2
This is a lovely dark red shimmer colour and again great for in the crease to define the eye.

Shade 3
This is a lovely champagne colour which is great as a base for the lids

Shade 4
This is the lightest of the shades and great for highlighting the inner corners of the eye when creating the smokey eye look that the palette recommends.

All the colours in the quad are quite pigmented (as seen in the swatches), they apply to the lids really well and blend really easily as well.

Overall a great palette to us for a smokey eye or if you just want to use one o the eyeshadows only, also as it is compact it is great to take away on holiday as it will fit into a small makeup bag.

This can be found on Superdrug website here and at £2.99 it is quite inexpensive.

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Gemma
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