I like it!

I’ve always wanted this palette when I first saw it on YouTube. It’s a very pigmented palette but I just feel like there’s not enough colors for my liking. I will probably end up buying the regular size.

Love the metals, but the mattes, not so much

I missed out on the original version of the Kat Von D MetalMatte Eyeshadow Palette, so when this MetalMatte Mini went on sale I just had to have it.

The actual palette is the same as the box except the reverse has outlines of the eyeshadows as opposed to coloured images. Now, something that had never occured to me until I realised I had taken a photo of the palette upside down was that the wording on the front spells metal one way and matte when you turn it upside down.

Anyway, opening the palette you have ten amazing shades of eyeshadow. The five metal shades are in circular pans on the top row and the five matte shades are in rectangular pans along the bottom.

Anyone who has the original MetalMatte palette will be giving this one a miss as all but three of the metal shades are in the original. The three that aren't are from the Metal Crush eyeshadows so should be available separately if you really want them.

I love all the metal shades, even though I am not a fan of shimmery eyeshadow. I'm just too old for it these days, but these shades are really beautiful. They are soft and have great pigmentation and all blend really nicely. They all work with or without primer, but last longer and have less fallout if applied over primer. They are all rich, warm shades that lasted over eight hours on my oily lids (with primer) and they are not overly glittery, so can be worn by young and old alike.

The mattes, one the other hand, were a disappointment. I love the shade selection as they all work really well together, but for me the performance was a little lack- luste. All really need a primer as a base to get the best out of them. I am not keen on Feather or Suede as they needed much more product to get the colour to come through and both had fallout issues. My favorite by far is Velvet as I love plum shades, but I have other similar shades, including some from Kat, that work better.