Tropical Carnival Eyeshadow Palette

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   wearyPiglet9

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   Revolution and British mua turned YouTuber Tammi Clarke recently dropped their second collaboration product, the Tropical Carnival shadow palette [note it doesn’t say eyeshadow palette], which contains 18 shades; Calypso (chartreuse yellow shimmer), Soca (lilac shimmer), Notting Hill (bronze shimmer), Spiced Rum (burnt orange shimmer), Greenz (emerald shimmer), Shortknee (mermaid blue shimmer), Destinee’ (violet shimmer), J’Ouvert (buttercup yellow matte), Spice Island (orange matte), Trini (cherry-red matte), Pink Panther (watermelon pink matte), Mas (magenta matte), Girlies (mauve matte), Bacchanal (ocean blue matte), Navy (navy blue matte), Definitely (jade green matte), Saint Catherine (green matte) & Jab Jab (dark grey matte).

   10 out of the 18 shades are classed as pigments and not eye safe because of the types of dyes used in the formulas not being approaved by the FDA; basically if you have very sensitive skin, the pigments may cause some staining (brands like KvD, Urban Decay, ABH, Morphe & Jeffree Star Cosmetics also use pigments sometimes – it’s not a new, wild thing, is what I’m trying to say). FYI: the outer box doesn’t say that the shades have vegan formulas, but the back of the palette does indeed have the PETA ‘cruelty free & vegan’ stamp of approval. I’ve not had any major issues with the formulas – the black matte is more charcoal and is patchy, plus the red matte is thin and can skip, but those are my only outright criticisms with this palette. I didn’t think that Tropical Carnival would be something that I’d use as often as the Tropical Paradise palette, as I’m not as into colour & experimental looks as much as I used to be, so this was just an impulsive “gotta complete the set” purchase for me. However I’ve quickly found that it is actually very easy to use just two or three shades for a quick-but-wow look – and the shades can look intimidating in the palette, but they’re very wearable when used for a monochromatic look or a halo eye. I’ve used this palette a lot more than Tropical Paradise and think I’ll continue to do so.

   Like with the Tropical Paradise palette, I’m not a fan of a beauty Youtuber not having shade names underneath the pans in a palette that they release [it can be harder to follow a tutorial along], but this time she explains explains the reasoning behind the decision to not do this again, which I can respect – she and Revolution’s design team preferred the visual impact when the pans weren’t more spread apart. Tammi knew that the majority of the people who bought her first palette didn’t like the shade names only being printed on the shadow shield, so for the Tropical Carnival’s palette the layout and shade names are printed on the back of the palette, in addition to the shadow shield.

   The shadows in the Tropical Carnival palette are a higher quality in comparison to the ones in Tropical Paradise, and each pan holds 1g of shadow, which is multiplied by 18 – actually a large amount of product for a ‘drugstore’ price point, so despite my niggles I do think that this is a great buy – but its not necessarily a must-have. This is because Revolution have released over half a dozen bright eyeshadow palettes within the last few months alone [and that’s not counting the numerous recent releases from I ❤️ Revolution and Revolution Pro], so if you’re into collecting the brand’s palettes then you’ll already own very similar shades to the ones found in Tropical Carnival. I’m someone who doesn’t rush out to get everything the brand releases, so for me this a great palette to add to my collection.

   The Tropical Carnival palette costs £10 and can be bought on the Revolution site and the Superdrug site [I’ve not seen it in store yet]. It’s launching in ULTA in June.