I would like to shout out loud TGIF but when I think about everything needed to be done and postponed to the weekend or next week, I am like, let's not shout out too loud. How is with you, are you happy that it is finally weekend?
I mentioned about how I ended up with both of the By Terry Eye Designer Palettes, here, when I reviewed Smoky Nude Palette a few days ago. Smoky Nude gives me that cool but not too grey mauve smoky eye which I am loving with a few of my favorite strong lippies at the moment so I ended up reaching for it quiet often. I noticed though after 6-7 hours my eye lids looked more bare than anything else but I couldn't quiet put my finger on it since the shades are nude and the colors are close to my skin tone. I was feeling the shades don't crease and stay strong but they fade a bit.
For three consecutive days I am putting By Terry Eye Designer Palette #2 Color Design into test and here are my thoughts.
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| By Terry Eye Designer Palette #2 Color Design |
When I opened the lid, I was like "wow look at these colors!". Isn't that beautiful? With the thought of creating all kinds of cool warm combinations, my mind got wild. Color Design and me, we could sleep together that night if I could kick hubby out of the bed.
You can read more about the packaging in my previous post, so here I am jumping directly to the shades.
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| By Terry Eye Designer Palette #2 Color Design |
The finishes in this palette have more lustre in them compared to Smoky Nude which was focusing more on matte textures. Almost all the shades are satin with more or less shimmer degrees and none of the shades are really shimmery, frosty nor metallic. This is good news because if these vibrant shades would be frosty, I wouldn't get it close to my eye balls.
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| Close-up: By Terry Eye Designer Palette #2 Color Design |
Top row consist of five cool toned satin shades:
Left most: A deep navy grey with satin finish and very subtle shimmer. If you look at the pan, you might expect to get more blue but you get more of a grey hue on my skin tone.
Left: A mid toned lilac with satin finish. This one looks like blue in the pan but ends up swatching lilac, more like what you would expect from the shade to the right of it. I really liked it upon swatching.
Middle: A light cool lilac/pink with satin finish. It also swatches much lighter than it looks in the pan.
Right: A very light neutral pink with satin to shimmery finish, again lighter than in the pan.
Right most: A very light cool pink with satin to shimmery finish. This one had the worse color pay-off during swatching and I had to apply it many layers to get the shade show up.
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| Swatch, top row: By Terry Eye Designer Palette #2 Color Design |
Bottom row has gorgeous warm neutrals and a vibrant orange as well as a yellow.
Left most: a very deep neutral brown with satin finish. This shade is great to be applied to define the look and it is true to pan.
Left: A gorgeous mid-toned copper with gold shimmery finish. This shade is also more true to pan and it is beautiful applied on the eyes.
Middle: A very light cool yellow with satin to shimmery finish. This is another shade which looks more vibrant in the pan and doesn't apply so.
Right: A mid-toned peach with shimmery finish. This is also much lighter than in the pan. A lovely shade though.
Right most: This is the only matte in the palette, a vibrant mid-toned orange, which looks even more vibrant once swatched. Love that one, it is really a nice surprise thrown in there.
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| Swatch, bottom row: By Terry Eye Designer Palette #2 Color Design |
The first look I tried was one of my favorites for this spring, orange & pink combination. It is inspired by this swoon-worthy lovely palette of Suqqu, #18 Sakuraori. I thought the shades are close so I can try to recreate a similar look. Please check out that post to see the eye look and compare it with the one below. It took me over 20 minutes to get the shades show up. They are now soft hazy shades, they apply beautifully but after application in 2 minutes the vibrancy is gone and I reapply. This game went on like this for about 20 minutes to half an hour. I ended up applying over 5 layers to achieve the look below and it looks nothing like the one with beyong gorgeous Sakuraori. Dear Terry but maybe you should order yourself a Suqqu palette and see how it applies.
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| In-action: By Terry Eye Designer Palette #2 Color Design |
I was not all that disappointed but thought maybe I should give it a second chance. So I wanted to go for a lilac & yellow eye. Gosh, this took me over half an hour. I apply the yellow, it looks stunning, then in 2 minutes it turns into a beige. Then I try to build some purple and lilac, no way. Try to define the crease, no chance because although these are sheer, they don't layer all that well. Here is the resulting look which looked like this after various layering and it looked like just a wash of colour after 2-3 hours.
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| In-action: By Terry Eye Designer Palette #2 Color Design |
Final thoughts: My thoughts? The colors look gorgeous in the pan, swatch a little different than they look but it is fine but what about it fading away on my lids? Is it because of my primer (Nars Pro-prime) or the chemistry of my eye lids? Difficult to tell, all I know is that money is wasted. I wished I could return this one because I don't think I ever have so much time and patience to wear it again. But, there is always a but... If you like a quick wash of color without getting too colorful, here you go. This is the palette you were dreaming of.
How important is "true to pan" for you? I see that I get confused if they don't look the same as they apply and the eye look doesn't turn out the way I like it to be.
Disclaimer: The product in this post is purchased by me.
