Neon Obsessions Eyeshadow Palette – Neon Green

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   cheerfulRhino7

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   There are three palettes in Huda’s new LE (?) Neon Obsessions 9-pan eyeshadow palette range; Pink, Orange and Green. I have all three palettes [I was just going to get the Orange & maybe the Pink too, but then the completest in me took the wheel], and to put it simply; the Neon Green is the one that isn’t worth rushing out to buy and if you’re not keen on the idea of doing extra work on applying shadows, then I’d just recommend skipping this one.

   My main problem here is that there are only three matte shades in this palette and two are on the sheer side – it really limits what I can do with this palette alone, since I don’t like using non-matte shades anywhere other than the lids on my heavily hooded eyes. And out of those three mattes, only one is close to being inside the ‘neon’ green category; one is chartreuse, one is a bright lime and the final matte is a pinky coral (I have found that layering the lime over the chartreuse, results in a cool swampy green). Light and bright greens are tricky to make as they have lots of white pigments in them and the result is that the green mattes, the chartreuse shade in particular, are sheer. The pinky coral shade is awesome – probably my favourite shade in the palette.

   The six shimmery shades are a bit of a let-down; the frosty yellow is hard-pressed and the opal/green & blue/brown duochrome shades are crumbly. You also get a pinky peach frost, a copper-with-rose-flecks pressed pearl and a cool pink-with-gold-flecks pressed pearl. You’ll need to use your fingers for application [finger application is recommended for all of Huda’s shimmers, but with this palette it’s mandatory – your body heat smooths the crumbly textures].

   When everything is applied nicely, I am really happy with Neon Green, but it takes more work to get to where I’m happy with the looks, compared to Neon Pink and Neon Orange. I usually love the brand’s frosts and duochromes, but some of the ones here are just underwhelming. Added to that is the two thin mattes… and for a ‘Neon Green’ palette, there isn’t enough neon or green here.