Review: Catrice - Absolute Matt Eyeshadow palette - 010 Eyes Wide Matt :)

Hello! Today's review is another Catrice product I have been really liking and also using a lot! I have received this Catrice eyeshadow palette at Essence&Catrice blogger event and I never really got the chance to post about it. The palette I will be reviewing today is called Absolute Matt Eyes Wide Matt palette and it's one of the four different eyeshadow palette available at Catrice. In Slovenia it is priced at 5,29 euros, making this palette one of the most affordable in drugstore that includes only matte shades.

Personally I am a big fan of all eyeshadow colours, I really like adding a touch of colour on my whole look through makeup and I find eyeshadows best suited for that, even more than lipsticks. I must say I used to prefer shimmery shades because they were usually easier to use and sometimes one shimmery shade was enough to create a look, but with matte ones I always felt like they needed some more work and more blending and a thoughtful combining with other shades. Also at first I was never much for natural, neutral shades, I prefered black, than more colourful shades and later I also developed a liking for natural, gentle, earthy shades.

With this palette you get six matte shades and a small double sided applicator, I never really used. The packaging is plastic and well, pretty cheap, with a transparent lid on the top. It weighs 6 g and it's actually very small, which is very good if you want to take the palette on your journeys. On the photos you can see a shade missing and also two other shades a bit broken?... Well, the packaging survived the fall, but the eyeshadows didn't and there was no saving them.. and it happened right before I was about to go photograph the palette. I am still really angry because I dropped it but oh well.. not much we can do now, except buy a new one...

The shades in the palette go from white, beige (with a hint of pink), taupe, warm brown, dark brown to dark grey. All of them have a very smooth texture, but I dislike that they are so dusty. However the pigmentation and colour payoff is really good! Most of the shades don't need any building up.

They do feel really creamy and are easy to apply and blend, also easy to swatch.. well unless you drop it on the floor and ruin one shade completely. I find the palette perfect for everyday use and for natural or even a more smokey look. The first two shades, the lightest ones are good for highlightning or for use all over the lid as a base colour. Personally I really like the third and fourth shade and I like to use them on their own, simply just apply them all over my lid and add some black liner. Also, these are truly matte, there is not a trace of any kind of shimmer so it's perfect for all of you who don't like to use shimmery, glittery, shiny eyeshadows or have hooded eyes and feel like matte shades suit you better. 

On my lids I used Catrice eyeshadow primer and also Urban Decay and with both these eyeshadows lasted well, for at least a couple of hours without any changes. They also didn't crease which is always a win! 

I couldn't swatch the lightest shade as I broke it but you can see how light it is on the Catrice page. I am really liking this palette and I would recommend it to anyone who wants to stay on the budget and still afford a good eyeshadow palette! Also because the matte shades are really matte without a hint of shimmer this would be great for anyone who has hooded eyes, for those of you who have some wrinkels on your lids and want to avoid shimmery shades (as shimmery colours tend to emphasize the crease and wrinkles) and to all of you who just want a good quality matte eyeshadow palette that is affordable and available at a local store! :)

Hope this review was helpful to you and thanks for reading!

Love, UniqaPoly

Preview: CATRICE- PRODUCTS LEAVING!!

Hello! Every year at the end of summer Catrice changes their offer and  this year the products leaving us will be ....

EYESHADOWS:

BRUSHES:

EYEBROWS:

EYEPENCILS, LINERS:

LASHES:

MASCARAS:

LIPS:

LIQUID FOUNDATIONS:

POWDERS, BLUSHES, BRONZING POWDERS:

NAILS:

Happy hunting for the products you want to stock on Don't miss your last chance to try some of these products!

Thanks for stopping by!

Love, UniqaPoly

Review: Makeup Revolution - Pure Pigments:)

Pozdravljeni! Končno spet ocena, tole sem dolžna že kar nekaj časa. Z Ličila.si sem prejela kar nekaj Makeup Revolution izdelkov za poskusit, pa sem šele sedaj prišla do časa da jih ocenim tudi na blogu.

Prejela sem Pure pigments, senčila v prahu, torej v obliki  pigmenta. Prejela sem naslednje odtenke Frolic, Vitality in Frenzy.  Na Ličila.si jih najdete že za 1,95e. S klikom na imena senčil boste prišli direktno do povezave, na strani pa si lahko ogledate še druge odtenke, jih je kar precej.

Embalaža je zelo enostavna, malo bolj visoka kot so bili na primer Essence pigmentki, plastika s črnim pokrovčkom. Ko odvijete pokrovček morate biti malo pazljivi, ker se vam pigment lahko vsuje ven. V posameznem lončku je 1.5 grama izdelka, rok uporabe pa naj bi bil 12 mesecev. 

Pigmente lahko nanašate z suhim čopičem ali z mokrim, lahko jih uporabite kot senčilo za veke ali zmešate v doma narejeni lip gloss ali šminko, če odtenek ni preveč bleščičast ga lahko uporabite tudi kot bronzer ali redčilo za lica. Jaz osebno sem te tri odtenke uporabljala samo kot senčila za veke.

Prva barva na sliki z swatchi  je Frenzy, močna in udarna roza, meni osebno se zdi celo bolj primerna za kak glos ali šminko, tudi vsebuje malo bleščičastih delcev ampak od treh odtenkov še najmanj. Drugi odtenek je Frolic, gre za svetlo, nežno roza barvo z srebrnim odsevom. Tretja barva pa se imenuje Vitality in v lončku zgleda svetlo siva, dejansko pa pride zelo svetla srebrna, na koži deluje kar malo bolj transparentna. Od vseh je tale najbolj bleščičasta.

Sama sem največ uporabljala odtenek Vitality, največkrat za notranje kotičke, da sem posvetlila celotni look, ali pa sem si z njim pomagala  dobro prekriti in popraviti prehode med sorodnimi odtenki. Drugi najbolj uporabljeni odtenek je Frolic, ravno tak nežen roza da paše v kombinaciji z rjavimi ali sivimi odtenki za vsakodnevni look kadarkoli.  Sama sicer ne uporabljam veliko tako živih odtenkov, tako da sem tega poskušala uporabiti čim večkrat. Navadno sem ga nanesla prvega na veko, kot podlago in potem gradila look na tem.

Pigmenti so zelo mehki, občutek je zelo tak satenast. Pigmentiranost je pri vseh zelo dobra, morda bi edino izpostavila, da sem pri Vitality upala da bo malo bolj siva, ne toliko srebrna. Obstojnost je na mojih mastnih vekah nekaj srednjega, potrebovala sem tudi podlago. Trenutno uporabljam Essence I love stage podlago. Načeloma nisem imela problemov z obstojnostjo razen na kakšne res zelo vroče dneve poleti, k sreči pa teh ni bilo veliko. Nekje 5 ur je vse stalo na mesto, to se mi zdi da je bil nekako maksimum, potem pa se je že poznalo, da pigment bledi. 

Načeloma ne uporabljam senčil v pigmentu, raje imam klasična senčila ali pa "baked" senčila, tudi kremna mi pogosto ne ustrezajo najbolje. Moram reči, da moje edine izkušnje z pigmenti so bile poleg Makeup Revolution, še znamke Essence in NYX. Tole je precej primerljivo z NYX kvaliteto in se mi zdi da kar boljše kot Essence pigmenti ( ti niso več v prodaji).

Upam da vam tale ocena kaj prav pride, sama sem mnenja, da glede na ceno je izdelek kar v redu, sploh če radi uporabljate senčila v obliki pigmenta. Sama ne vem če bi še kdaj kakšnega kupila ali testirala, čeprav barvni izbor je kar pester in so med njimi tudi drugi odtenki, ki mi delujejo zanimivi.

Najlepša hvala še enkrat Ličila.si za izdelke ;)

 Love, UniqaPoly