These six shadows are my all time favourite, three of them I use almost everyday and can be used in so many ways with other shadows and the other three are ones I go for on a bold day, a night out or just if I'm feeling sassy that day.
Working through the swatches from left to right...
Urban Decay - Moondust - Solstace
This is my absolute favourite shadow of all time. It is so incredibly unique and bold yet somehow wearable for day and night (for me anyway), it is a really difficult shadow to describe because it is a duo chrome meaning that it encompasses various shades in different lights. The base colour is a dusky pink and the duo tones are silver and blue fine glitters.
It is a strange formula because it sort of adapts to your skin tone, on my lids it gives a slight orange/bronze look but on others it is very pink or even purple. I like to use a grey toned pink shadow smoked through my crease then apply Solstice with my finger over the whole lid.
Something I also love about this shadow is that it is really easy to apply, it applies best with a finger and it doesn't require much precision.
Essence - All About Vintage - Shade One
I bought this palette because it was cheap and I had a makeup itch! Didn't think it would live up to much but it is incredible! It is essentially a collection of different highlighter colours and I am addicted to shade one. It is a frosty white with a slight nude tone, this swatch doesn't do the shimmer justice. It is such an intense inner corner highlight that works perfectly with my skin tone. It is a great palette because I guarantee there is a highlight for every skin tone!
Urban Decay - Naked Basics - Naked 2
This is an odd shadow which looks super boring in the pan and a little bit too dark to be helpful but actually applied it is a very grey toned yet still kind of warm brown and it is extremely helpful. This shade is so adaptable, it looks great as an all over lid shade, smoked out and a little grungy looking or it also works super well as a crease shade. I like it as a crease shade used alongside bright colours to take the edge off of the brightness. Everyone needs this shadow!
Soap & Glory - The Perfect Ten - Toasty
Toasty is the ultimate crease shade. I genuinely feel like it works with every eye look or on its own to define. I actually use this pretty much every single day and I'm sure I will do for the rest of my life. It is as the shade name suggest, Toasty, a toasted dusky pink. The pigment is not the best but I love that fact because it is so goof proof, you can't mess up, you just keep building the colour and it just effortlessly smokes out.
MUA - Copper
I'll start by saying this cost just one bloody pound. Literally the cheapest eyeshadow on the market and one of the best. As you can see my the swatch, it is a ridiculously pigmented foiled copper shadow. One swipe of the finger and you have a solid block of metallic gorgeousness.
I always get so many compliments when I wear this, it is so eye catching and bold, when I tell people how much it cost they are so shocked!
MUA - Electric Purple
Another shade from the MUA single shadow range. Not quite so wearable but so damn pretty I couldn't not include it. For me, it is also a duo tone (although not advertised as one) it is an intense purple with fine electric blue shimmers.
I'd just like to talk about MUA singles for a minute. From what I can gather they come in three textures, matte, shimmer and foil. There may be more but these are the only ones I have come across and since none of the shadows are labelled to tell you, I have no idea. It really bothers me how all the shades just have shade names but no other information. I have bought enough singles now to be comfortably tell you to go and buy all the shimmer and foil shades you can get your mits on and DO NOT buy any of the mattes. I am so shocked at the quality difference between the mattes and the more shimmery/glittery shadows.
If I had to give up all my shadows but six these would be the six I would keep. Have you tried any of the shadows? What did you think?
What shadows can't you live without?
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