Review: E.l.f 100 Eye Shadow Palette

Where to get it: 

You can get this palette off of Amazon, Target's website, or the E.l.f website.

Price:

I purchased mine from Amazon for $10.00 which is very cheap cheap for all the eye shadows you get.

What you get:

Basically what you get in this palette is 100 eye shadows, all the colors of the rainbow and more. You could do a neutral look, a silver smoky look, or even a bright, fun look. This palette is full of different finishes, some are frosty, others are shimmery, and a few are matte. It also comes with two sponge tip applicators and a little mirror.

Pigmentation/Quality:

These eye shadows look fairly pigmented in the swatches and they are however some are quite powdery which means lots of fallout and not much sticking to the eye. The way I apply these eye shadows is with a sticky base like a cream eye shadow. I normally do this with all of my eye shadows no matter what brand or quality they are just because I think it prolongs their wear so it was not that big of a deal for me but if your someone who likes to just swipe a shadow across your lid without any extra steps this would be a downside for you. I would say the quality is not the best because you do need to use a sticky base but after using a base the shadows do look gorgeous. Now with the lasting power, these shadows can last the whole day with a good primer. I do not recommend using these eye shadows without a primer because they will fade in no time.

Who would I recommend this to:

The people I would recommend this palette to would be beginners because it has a large assortment of colors and it is not going to break the bank because it is only $10.00.

Overall Thoughts:

My overall thoughts on this palette are that it has alright quality but I still would recommend it to beginners because it gives a variety of colors to choose from in just one palette for an affordable price. I do like that it comes with just about every color you can think of and that it has a variety of finishes. Knowing what it is like now I still would have purchased it because it is a good palette to have when you do bright and different looks like I do.

Overall Rating:

8/10

MAC Wonder Woman Eye Shadow X4: Lady Justice

 

The Mac Wonder Woman Collection came out a little while ago. I'm not quite sure when though, there are still  a few products you can get from this collection at MAC still and the Lady Justice Palette is one of them. This palette consists of two blues, a grey (on the website its described as a dirty blue), and a white shade. The reason I purchased this palette was because Mother's Day was coming up and my mom LOVES her blues and won't stray away from them so my sister and I just decided to get her nicer makeup with her favorite colors so this was a great choice.

 The white is a frost, the grey is a veluxe pearl (I would say its matte), the bright blue is a frost, and the dark blue is also a frost. The shimmery white is called "Lady Justice", the grey is called "Insurmountable", the bright blue is called "Deep Truth" and the darker blue is called "Bold Babe". The grey and blues are nicely pigmented but the shimmery white definitely lacks in the pigmented department. It's basically pure shimmer but not much comes off. You really have to dig your brush in it to get even a little bit of shimmer. The eye shadows do last a good five hours on your eye without a primer, so you can only imagine how long they last with a primer.The shadows are a good size, they're about the size of a regular MAC shadow if not bigger. If you were to get any of these shadows sepereately the price would be about $60.00 but this palette retails for $40.00 so you are definitely saving $20.00 which is awesome. Also, the packaging is just adorable, I love the red, white, blue, and gold. MAC always seems to have cute packaging for all of their collections. Overall, I think this palette is great because the colors are nice and pigmented except for the white, the price is good for all these shadows and it's just an adorable little palette.

For the eye look I did with the colors, I did a natural everyday blue look but these colors can easily turn into a smoky blue look. I placed Insurmountable on my lid, Lady Justice in my inner corner and brow bone, Deep Truth on my outer corner and botto lash line and Bold Babe in my crease.