Shade + Light Glimmer Eye Contour Palette

6 Reviews

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   innocentStork9

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   Dry, flat colors and tons of fallout. There are two colors that don’t end up all over my face and they are nothing special. Primer. Foil. Wet/ dry. Nothing improves performance and for the price of this palette that is shameful.

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   cruelCheetah4

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   This really is a great palette. It has a good balance of warm and cool tones and the shades have varying amounts of shimmer/glitter. The quality is spot on and the shades are each different and true to pan when applied. I no longer have the original all matte version, so I now pair this with the Tarte Clay Play – a great mix. This is worth the money.

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   relievedFerret9

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   Best bargain at TJ Maxx for 12 dollars. I found this in the clearance section with no outer packaging and two shades missing, Onyx and Sterling. ( I wanted the Matte version but that one is still over 25 dollars since last year.) The Sterling shade left a big mess all over the inside but some of it is still in the pan so I can still use it. Onyx is gone completely but that’s ok, I don’t use black anyway. I cleaned it up using Walmart’s version of baby wipes, some q-tips and blowing gently over the palette to get rid of the mess. Love the packaging, it is so pretty. The mirror is so much better and bigger than Too Faced’s chocolate bar and I can see my whole face. Rust has become my fav shade. It is not orange. More reddish brown which I liked. Copper and Cinder follows as really good brown and taupe shades. The glitter shades I don’t use much, they are messy and fallout prone, but if I wet or dampened my brush I can gently tap on my eyelid to give it some definition.

   In place of less than stellar Sterling, I also bought the single eyeshadow Thunderstruck (2 whole dollars!) so my bargain bin palette is almost complete!

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   empathicWidgeon4

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   This palette is essentially Kat Von D’s shimmer/glitter version of her famous Shade + Light Eye Contour Palette. The shades are essentially identical to the matte version, just in a sparkly form. The packaging is beautiful and almost identical to the original palette. It also comes with an enormous mirror, which is very helpful for application. The shades in this palette are beautiful, but unless a fluffy brush is used, it has a ton of fallout. The fluffy brush will minimize the fallout, but some mess is unavoidable with these shadows. This is more particular to the glitter shades than the shimmer shades. I would also recommend caution with using the glitter shades to those with sensitive eyes. The glitter top coats left me with a scratchy feeling around my eyes, which is particularlyuncomfortable for those of us with sensitive skin. Additionally, because the palette is entirely shimmer and glitter shades, many people may find it difficult to create looks due to the lack of mattes. The shadows are long lasting, although some of the glitter does transfer. The palette costs $49 and is limited edition. While the glimmer palette is not as long lasting and has more issues than the original Shade + Light palette, the colors are stunning and of high quality. Even with the fallout issues, I would still consider repurchasing this beautiful palette!

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   tautMussel0

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   The Shade + Light Glimmer Eye Contour palette contains the same natural tones of shadow [set into the same neutral, cool, warm quads] that are in the Kat Von D permanent Shade + Light Eye Contour palette. The difference being that whilst the original palette is all matte, this LE edition’s shadows are in four different finishes. You get; three larger pans of base shades in Porcelain (satin nude), Dusk (satin taupe), and Dune (satin peach). Three contour shades in Copper (metallic fawn), Cinder (metallic chestnut), and Rust (metallic rust). There are three define shades in Bronze (espresso with gold glitter), Onyx (jet black with silver glitter), and Jasper (chocolate with gold glitter). And then there are three ‘topcoat’ shades in Sterling (white gold special effect glimmer), Glacier (platinum special effect glimmer) and Quartz (rose gold special effect glimmer) for amping up the ‘wow’ factor – perfect for the upcoming festive season.

   I have hooded eyes, so I wasn’t going to bother getting this as a palette with no matte shades is way out of my comfort zone, but Kat Von D makes my favourite shadows so the siren’s call of a new release lured me in… So far I’ve been using this palette as a complete-look-in-one to test how well everything wears, and I haven’t had any problems with creasing, transferring with using the non-matte shades anywhere other than my eyelids. The pigmentation on everything other then the toppers is amazing, and the fallout on everything [except the toppers] is minimal. In future I’ll probably use the Glimmer palette alongside my original Shade + Light palette as that’s more my comfort level, but you can use this palette alone – the results are a lot more wearable then I ever imagined.
   I’ve found that using a brush with flat, short and densely packed bristles gives the best results.

   My only niggle is with the three ‘topcoat’ shades Sterling, Glacier and Quartz; the microglitter in these shades is very loose and messy, so definitely wear glitter glue under them, even when only using a teensy amount and tapping away excess. When I first got this palette I tried wearing these shades without glitter glue to see how they performed without any ‘help’, and I looked like I’d been crying tears of glitter.
   I’ve found that using a finger for application to be better then any type of brush I’ve got.

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   similarBobolink7

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   I was excited for this palette when I first saw it online. I was going to compare it with the original when I went into the store to see which one I really wanted but the matte Shade and Light wasn’t in stock at both of the Sephora’s I went to. I really like the original for the shade ‘Rust’ but I like the metallic finish of it in this palette, it reminds me of Amaretto from the TF Chocolate Bar.

   When using this palette there is powder kick up, I tend to use flat small brushes to apply color to my lid to limit that and also it’s best to tap lightly when using a fluffier blending brush for the crease. The glitter can also get on the packaging and edges of the palette but that is just the nature of it being sort of loose.

   The first time I used this palette tried out the glitter shades Jasper, Bronze, and Quartz. With my regular primer (WNW Photofocus) I didn’t think they showed up too well. Next I used primer and used the NYX pencil in Milk and they showed up better on my skin with that. I have super oily eyelids and any eyeshadow will crease on me if I don’t put translucent powder on my upper lid. When I use the glitters as an accent on the center of my lid I apply the NYX glitter glue and then tap on the glitter with a flat brush. The black is very pigmented and works well on the outer crease and I even set eyeliner with it sometimes. I think that the metallic and glitter shades can look nice as a one shadow look paired with winged liner.

   The shades I use the most are Sterling and Glacier, I would never have guessed I could like white / silvery glitters so much but they can really open the eyes on the inner corner or on the middle of the lid. I like to use this palette in combination with others, usually to pull in a matte shade for the crease. Packaging is amazing, even the box it comes in is beautiful but I made myself recycle it because I knew there was no reason to hold onto it lol. The large mirror is nice, compared to the TF palettes I can almost see my whole face rather than just my eyes. Everything that I’ve heard previously about how blendable, soft, and pigmented KVD shadows are, is definitely represented in this palette.