When Debenhams announced they were going to be stocking Kat Von D, I for
one was very excited! Having lusted over both the Shade + Light contour and eye
palettes for years but unwilling to pay shipping/customs from America, I
allowed myself a splurge when they were finally released online in September! I’ve
been using both for the last few weeks now and to cut a long story short, I’m
obsessed!
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| Swatches l-r: Lucid, Lyric, Levitation, Sombre, Shadowplay, Subconcious |
First up, the cult favourite Shade + Light contour palette! I have a
love/hate relationship with contour and over the summer have been missing the
step in favour of bronzing. With the introduction of this palette into my collection
I have been enjoying introducing it back into my routine! Sombre (bottom left)
is the most gorgeous cool toned contour shade and I have been using it every
day since I got the palette. All the powders do kick up quite a bit of dust
when I dip my brush in but are so easily blended they never look harsh on the
skin. I've been using the top middle banana shade (Lyric) quite a bit too and it’s
great for setting under the eyes. I’ve also been using Lucid (top left) to set
down the centre of my face after using my usual mattifying powder and it’s
nicely brightening too.
I have been using those three shades the most so definitely need to
look at ways to use the other contour powders – Shadowplay (bottom centre) is a
little warm for me and Subconcious (bottom right) is a little too dark for me
at the minute! Levitation (top right) is a lovely peach powder but again I haven’t
used it much. Overall, all six shades have the most beautiful smooth formulation
and like I mentioned, though they do kick up some powder, they blend so easily
and are really high quality!
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| Swatches l-r: Laetus (top), Samael, Solas, Lucius, Lazarus (top), Saleos, Shax, Liberatus, Ludwin (top), Succubus, Sytry, Latinus |
Kat Von D Shade + Light Eye Contour Palette (£36)
Next up, the Shade + Light Eye Contour palette! This is a twelve pan
palette made up of three quads with neutral, cool and warm toned shades.
Neutral matte eyeshadow lover that I am, I knew I had to get my hands on this
and like the contour palette, it has not disappointed me! As a fan of cool toned
neutrals in particular, it’s been the middle section that I have been drawn to
most but I’ve now used all the shadows included and they are among some of the
best matte formulation that I’ve tried! There isn’t a dud shade in there and although
they are split into quads, they are obviously easily mixed and matched. My
favourite combination at the minute is Lucius in my inner corner, Lazarus over
most of my lid with Saleos in my crease and Shax as a liner!
Like the contour palette, the eyeshadows are quite powdery but again
they blend so easily and the pigmentation is amazing! I use an eyeshadow primer
and I've only noticed very minimal fading on my oily lids from a full days wear
but they look basically the same in the evening as when I've just applied them
in the morning!
So there we have it, a rave review after lasts weeks’ mixed bag of products! I’m so impressed with the quality of both these palettes and I
definitely want to try more from Kat Von D’s line now! I was really happy with
the pricing of the products too, I had expected the palette to be more £38 or above
in line with Urban Decay so £36 was surprisingly under that. The cardboard packaging feels sturdy and I’d definitely recommend
getting these if you don’t already have them and are a fan of contouring or
neutral matte eyeshadows, these are most certainly worth the hype!
Have you tried either of these palettes? What did you think? Let me
know your Kat Von D recommendations in the comments!
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Danielle xx
