Whoa, how'd we get here so fast?! Though part of me was breathing a sigh of relief that it was already day five, I wouldn't have minded if it wasn't. By now, I felt like an expert at navigating the palette's five shades, so it was time to go all out. I was taking matters to the dark side.
My first step involved generously blending the greige shade all over my eyelids. I used a lighter hand the further I went up so that it blended and transitioned into my skin tone. Then, I took the same purple eyeliner from day two and added it straight to my lids as a base for the darker shades. I buffed it out and applied the lower left purple shade over it, concentrating it in the center of my eye. A final sweep of the darkest shade in my outer corners and silver shades toward the latter half, and the look was complete.
The Final Verdict:
We have a winner, folks! (Technically two — the mascara lives up to the hype!) I've always liked eye shadows and believed that they're a total asset to any beauty look. That thought process, however, usually applied to more neural shades. Wearing this colorful palette for the week taught me how simple it was to make the bold, shimmery shades everyday-friendly and as nonintimidating as possible. Yes, it'll always have a spot on my desk as colorful decor, but I think I can make some room in makeup bag for it, too.
