Sparkle til Morning (limited edition)

2 Reviews

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   sincereBaboon6

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   I’m loving Wet n Wild’s Color Icon eye shadows, and I’m excited to have some limited edition palettes in my collection. (GO RUN AND GET THESE BEFORE THEY’RE GONE!!) This “Sparkle ‘Til Morning” palette is simply gorgeous!
   COLOR DESCRIPTION: The colors that come in this palette are: a frosty, golden off-white color; a light, orange-ish gold with some shimmer; a shimmery orange-ish coral; a beautiful blue-green (somewhere between turquoise and teal); a silvery, pinky champagne (hard to describe, but absolutely beautiful) with a shimmery/frosty finish; a metallic gold; a satiny light brown; a shimmery dark brown. What an awesome collection of neutrals, with a pop!
   FORMULA/CONSISTENCY: Although these are powder eye shadows, I feel they’re kind of creamy, soft, and easy to apply and blend.
   COLOR PAY-OFF: These are very pigmented and show up on your eyes just as they do in the palette/pan.
   STAYING POWER: The shadows stay on all day long, and I haven’t even noticed significant creasing even without a base underneath.
   PACKAGING: The packaging is simple, but great!
   PRICE/AVAILABILITY: I’ve seen the limited edition palettes at Smith’s Marketplace and WalGreens, and I got two of them on a BOGO at WalGreen’s for around $7.50 (for two of them together).

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   bubblySheep7

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   Wet n Wild’s Sparkle til Morning is one of three limited edition eight pan Color Icon palettes. This palette contains seven neutral shades and one beautiful, unexpected blue. Wet n Wild calls this palette a “stunning collection of eight silky, ultra pigmented, day to night colors. Mix and match for a variety of looks from sweet to wild”. Wet n Wild also claims that these eyeshadows will deliver “all day, crease resistant color.” I’m a big fan of Wet n Wild’s 8 pan Color Icon palettes. I’ve previously reviewed two of the three permanent palettes – Blue Had Me at Hello and Comfort Zone. I, and many others, consider Wet n Wild to have just about the best eyeshadow formula on the drugstore level. This palette contains 8.5g (.3oz), a bit more than a gram per shadow. These palettes are a great value, they sell for about $5 each. I bought Sparkle til Morning at CVS for $4.99. Wet n Wild is available at most drugstores and major retailers in the US, though this palette is particularly hard to track down. Wet n Wild does not test on animals. This palette was made in China.
   Though I’m a big fan of the Wet n Wild’s eyeshadows, I’m not really a fan of the palettes that contain them. The packaging is very cheap and flimsy, they crack easily if not handled and stored with care. This palette is made up of a black pan with a flip up, clear lid. Each shadow is rectangular and has a suggested placement carved into it. A label can be found on the back of the palette that contains a product description, a full ingredient list, and a diagram showing the suggested placement of each eyeshadow. Of course you don’t have to follow the diagram, its merely a suggestion. This palette included a dual ended applicator; an angled brush on one end, a sponge tip on the other. I tossed mine because it was pretty useless. I won’t complain to much though, the cheap packaging helps keep the brand’s prices low.
   Sparkle til Morning is a very warm toned, almost entirely neutral eyeshadow palette. I don’t tend to go for neutrals, except for those by Wet n Wild. I feel like they make particularly interesting neutral colors. I also like the unexpected inclusion of a bright turquoise blue. That blue is why I wanted this palette, I thought it’d be pretty to pair with the beautiful, rich, warm colors of this palette. I’m going to review each eyeshadow individually with a color description, notes on the texture, and any other info that may be important. Colors from the left side of the palette will be referred to as “1”, shades from the left will be called “2”.
   Browbone 1 is a run of the mill highlight. I believe this exat same shade was included in the Comfort Zone palette. Browbone 1 is a sheer, shimmery white gold shade. I really like this type of color a lot so I don’t mind having two pans of it. I really like using this color both on the browbone and in the inner corner.

   Eyelid 1 is a tan shade with a gold sheen. This shade has a really silky finish and is the least shimmery or metallic shade in the palette. I find eyelid 1 to be a very flattering color, it could be a very natural crease shade. I don’t really like using it on the lid, it seems a little too light.

   Crease 1 is gorgeous, definitely the warmest and most unique color in the Sparkle til Morning palette. This eyeshadow is a lovely orangey copper that is very metallic. This eyeshadow can be really intense, or blended out to give a soft, warm glow. I thought this color would be too intense or warm for my pale skin, but it isn’t. It does bring out a bit of a red tone to my dark brown irises though.

   Definer 1, the most beautiful turquoise blue ever. I wouldn’t call it a true turquoise as much of a blue with a green sheen. This eyeshadow really cools down the otherwise warm palette. There isn’t a single shade in Sparkle til Morning that doesn’t work with this beautiful blue. It really adds a touch of boldness to this otherwise neutral palette. It was a bold move of Wet n Wild to include this color.

   Browbone 2 is really beautiful, it’s a reflective blush color. This shade has a particularly velvety texture and is very metallic. I prefer to wear this on the inner half of my eyelid, or use it to blend out my crease shade, as opposed to on my browbone. This color kinda reminds me of Urban Decay’s Freebird Eeyeshadow from the Vice Palette.

   Eyelid 2 is a metallic, shimmery, true gold. I have a couple similar eyeshadows, but golds like these are my weakness, they really compliment my eye color. This shadow is a little bit sheer but it can be built up. The texture, while still good, isn’t quite on par with the other seven. This is probably the “dud” of Sparkle til Morning, if you can really call it that, it’s still pretty great.

   Crease 2 is the plainest color in this palette. Its a light brown, warm toned, it has a little bit of a sheen to it. The texture is nice, very buttery, but I really haven’t used this shade much. Its just too plain compared to the rest.

   Definer 2. Oh man, here comes trouble. Like Browbone 1, this shade was also included in Comfort Zone. This eyeshadow is a very deep, almost black brown with gold glitter. Thus eyeshadow is way, way too soft and and tends to crumble for no reason at all. The one in my Comfort Zone palette crumbled, just about ruining the whole palette. I fear the same thing will happen to the one in Sparkle til Morning. I also feel like this eyeshadow is too pigmented, a mere touch of your brush to the pan will absolutely load it with tons of color and there will be lots of residual powder in the pan. This is the only shade in the palette that causes fall out as well.

   I’m just as pleased with Wet n Wild’s Sparkle til Morning palette as I expected to be, if not more so. All the colors are beautiful and work well together. Textures and pigmentation are excellent, as I’ve come to expect from Wet n Wild. Lasting power seems better than average. I hope this becomes part of the permanent collection! I would repurchase