I Am Divine Eyeshadow Palette

6 Reviews

1. 

   pluckyMare7

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   For Collectors
   I picked up this palette the day it released, thinking with some of the hype that it would sell out fast. HAHAHAHAHA. The two exciting shades would be the lime green and light blue. The rest of the palette is nothing special. I suppose the matte white is nice but if it wasn’t Divine, I don’t think anyone would have had an interest in the colors of this palette.
   The shadows themselves applied rather chalky, mattes went on well but the pigment of that ever inclusive lime shade was subpar. I can see why this ended up being half price, do yourself a favor and look into the mini shade and light quads, a full look and some with a bonus blush or contour shade.

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   solidSeagull1

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   Overall I’m really impressed with this eyeshadow palette!
   Pros:
   -Really gorgeous cool tones, the blues are absolutely beautiful!
   -The white and black shades are really pigmented and smooth
   -The shimmers are buttery and soft
   -The mirror is great
   -Really cool packaging
   -All the shades are really pigmented
   -Super blendable and very buildable
   Cons:
   -I don’t think there’s much versatility with this palette. You don’t really have that many looks that you can do with this palette.
   -I don’t really get why there’s basically 2 gray shades? I think one shimmery gray would’ve been enough, the matte gray is a bit pointless in my opinion!
   -Sometimes the shimmers can get a bit chunky so they fall out if you pick up too much on your brush

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   crushedDotterel2

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   I love this palette. The packaging is gorgeous, the mirror is perfect and the quality of each shadow is wonderful – buttery without being too soft and nicely pigmented. The bright colours are what attracted me: blue and green are totally my jam since I have dark brown eyes. Thankfully, they’re easy to work with and you can use them for just a little pop of colour (like today, I used the pale blue to smoke out my lower lash line) or get really creative and bold.

   True, this palette is not exactly an all-in-one product since it does not have any neutral crease or transition shades. It does however, include a nicely pigmented black shadow that’s great for either lining or for deepening a look while the white matte shadow is great for the brow bone. Do I wish there were more colours? Absolutely. Another row of bold colour would have been perfect, especially at the price point. But regardless, I have no regrets of adding this to my collection, #moarmakeup

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   murkyOcelot4

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   I couldn’t resist this palette because of that gorgeous green shade, pink flamingos. The packaging is really cool (love that mirror) and I love that it’s a tribute to Divine. Another reason I had to have it! All the shadows are buttery, pigmented as heck and super blendable. I don’t wear blue shades very much but waters is sky blue matte and it looks beautiful on my eyes. I use it lightly in my crease along with the green on my lid and get complimented nearly every time I wear it. Baltimore is the deeper blue shade and while I do think it’s pretty I don’t use it much, sometimes in the outer corner.

   The bright colors are not an everyday thing for me, but when I want color this is such a good option. When foiled these shadows really pop, so you can either have subtle color or bright vivid color depending on your preference and the occasion.

   As for the neutral shades, they are pretty but I had all of them already and most other people probably do as well. Babs is a shimmery golden sand color, which is great for everyday. It isn’t as pigmented as hairspray, the silver shade but I actually go for it more often. Filthy is a shimmery dark grey and of course then you have matte black and matte white.

   I already have several palettes with black and white so I feel like those two shades could have been something more suitable to use as a transition shade but I get why they were included. I still have to break out my Naked palette most of the time to get a complete look. Overall though I love it.

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   somberCur8

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   The I Am Divine eyeshadow palette is inspired by the makeup worn by the well-known drag queen Divine, whom is one of Kat Von D’s muses. The palette contains eight powder shades; Babs (champagne with blue-green shimmer), Hard Magic (matte jet black), Baltimore (cobalt with blue-purple glimmer), Waters (matte sky blue), Filthy (metallic gunmetal), Pink Flamingos (pearlescent lime green), Female Trouble (matte pure white) and Hairspray (metallic pewter with silver and gold glimmer).

   You can technically make a variety of complete-look-in-one-palette looks with this palette, although the small number of matte shades means that I do prefer to use some matte shades from another palette alongside this one as I have deep set eyes, so shimmery shadows tend to transfer on me. Though some of the other shades (particularly Baltimore and Pink Flamingos) haven’t transferred on me when I’ve played around with different looks, so there are plenty of ways to use this palette.

   Kat Von D eyeshadow palettes are an auto-buy for me, as the brand is very consistent with the high quality of their shadow formula, so I’m always confident when it comes to buying things from them. The pigmentation on everything is awesome, and the shadow formula is very soft and buttery – and I’m not someone who usually bothers with primer. To date I haven’t had any issues with shade fading, or shadow creasing. When I dip my brush into the shadows they do have some kick-up to them, but they aren’t patchy and apply with only a little [if any] fallout and blend really well, so I generally don’t feel that removing a star in my reviews is really necessary as long as the ease of use and performance isn’t affected – just tapping excess off your brushes solves the problem. All highly pigmented shadows tend to be softer.

   The only out-and-out complaint I have with the I Am Divine eyeshadow palette is that I would have preferred other options in place of the black and white shades – on one hand I appreciate that they are shades that Divine wore a lot and the whole point of the palette was to recreate shades frequently worn by her… but yeah, Kat Von D has used matte white and/or black shadows in several of her recent palette releases, so I would have loved it if we’d gotten something different.

   I’d replace this palette if I lost it as most of the shades are unique, and I’d recommend it to people who aren’t intimidated by bright shades and don’t mind using multiple palettes for one look.

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   brainySeafowl3

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   Ughhh you guys I wanted this so bad. I just picked it up yesterday but I’m already planning on returning it. The main reasons I wanted it is for the packaging/limited edition quality and that green! ???? I talked myself out of it however I went to the mall and Sephora had it and the lipstick and I couldn’t resist. I am fully aware this is not an everyday palette and not really a complete palette as there are no transition shades. If you wanted to just do a pop of color you’d have to bring in some browns. I saw someone do a brown smoky eye with hairspray (glittery shimmery silver) popped on top of dark brown so I did that today, a little more subtly, for work. I’m disappointed. I could have easily gotten this look with a shimmery brown shadow or can easily try it again, more intense, with something I already own. The gold, babs, is super pretty but is pretty close to nectar from the too faced sweet peach palette, which I already own. The dark shimmery grey is nice but I’m
   Sure I have something similar somewhere. Don’t really use this type of color often anyways. I rarely use black or white mattes but if I need them I have them already. The pastel matte blue is pretty but I can’t think of a time I’ll actually get use out of it. Shimmery navy is ok but not really my cup of tea and again, something I have already should I need it. The green is so pretty but I can’t keep an almost $40 palette for one unique shade. And one that will only be used on rare occasions at that. Hopefully down the line I can find a dupe for it but it’s just not unique enough color wise (the palette) for me to hold onto. The pastel goth palette was definitely unique and I’m annoyed that was LE because I definitely would have held onto it if I had gotten it. I’m also going on vacation soon and then buying a house so I can’t just blow money on stuff just to have it. In addition, all of the looks I’ve seen created with this palette are basically the same. There’s not a whole lot you can do with it. If you have extra money laying around or these specific colors are your favorite or you’re a huge divine fan or into collecting LE palettes then you might really like this! I just unfortunately don’t see myself using it enough to justify paying almost $40 for it. I’m glad I got to see it in person and own it so I could make a better decision though because I tried so hard to talk myself out of ordering it online but seeing it in person I couldn’t resist buying it to test out first.