I was recently away in Puerto Rico, Gran Canaria and I came across a sleek stand in a department store called 'Allkauf' in the Phase III shopping centre. I originally wanted the contour kit in 'medium' but it was sold out so I opted for a really bright eyeshadow palette called the 'Ultra Mattes V1 Palette'. I never wear bright shadow but it's something different for summer and for €10 you can't go wrong! The colour names starting from the top row, left to right are; Chill, Pout, Sugarlite, Dragonfly, Pucker and Bamm!. The colours on the bottom row, left to right are; Cricket, Bolt, Strike, Floss, Crete and Pow!.
I created two looks already with this palette, I feel like it's so versatile and even if you don't want to go with full colour on the eyes, these shades are perfect for a pop of colour on your inner corner or even on the lower lash line! Some of the shades aren't as pigmented as others, but with the NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in 'Milk' as a base, every shade pops! I found the orange shade 'Strike' to be a bit chalky as I was using it and I found that shade, for me, to be the only one with a very poor colour payoff without the Jumbo Eye Pencil underneath. These shadows really won't come off on your eye as they look in the pan without a white base because it gives the shadows a blank canvas to work on.
I created this look using the NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil as a base first, I blended that with my finger, then I applied 'Pow!' shadow on top with a fluffy brush to set the base so it didn't crease. I then applied 'Floss' in the crease with a Real Techniques Base Shadow Brush as a transition shade. Using 'Sugarlite' I also placed that in the crease using the Real Techniques Bolds Metals Collection 201 brush, I also applied this to the inner corner crease as well to make my eyes appear more round. Make sure to really blend this out, I used the Real Techniques Bold Metals Collection 200 brush for this. From there I just kept adding 'Sugarlite' with the same 201 brush until I built up my desired intensity. I put 'Pow!' in the centre of my lid using the Real Techniqes Deluxe Crease brush, only the very centre! I took some more 'Sugarlite' on a MAC 239 brush to defuse the edges of the white, I wanted the white to blend into the purple, but I kept adding 'Pow!' to the centre as I wanted that to be intense. I put MAC 'Phloof!' eyeshadow on top of 'Pow!' using my finger. Under my eye, I used a fluffy brush to put 'Sugarlite' on the lower lash line, I put 'Pow!' on my brow bone and inner corner, put on mascara and thats it.
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Thanks so much for reading! Níamh xxx
