Wet 'n' Wild The Night's Quad Color Icon Eyeshadow Quad Review & Swatches
The Night's Quad
Wet ‘n’ Wild The Night’s Quad Color Icon Eyeshadow Quad ($2.99 for 0.16 oz.) is a new, limited edition palette that featured a light taupe, yellow beige, medium black, and frosted silver. It wasn’t one of the brand’s best efforts–the textures were either dry or powdery, prone to sheering out, less blendable, and had poorer wear.
Ingredients
Talc, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Ethyl Macadamiate, Boron Nitride, Dimethicone, Silica, Nylon-12, Magnesium Myristate, Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate, Polybutene, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Lauroyl Lysine, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Hexylene Glycol, o-Cymen-5-ol, Water/Eau, Tin Oxide, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Aluminum Hydroxide, [+/- (MAY CONTAIN/PEUT CONTENIR): Iron Oxides/CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499, Mica, Titanium Dioxide/CI 77891, Ultramarines/CI 77007].
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
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The Night's Quad
LELimited Edition. $2.99.
The Night's Quad #1
The Night’s Quad #1 is a soft taupe-brown with subtle, warm undertones and a matte finish. It had a moderately powdery texture, though it was smooth and finely-milled. Applied to bare skin, it had semi-opaque, buildable pigmentation but had some fallout. It wore well for six and a half hours on me.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- LORAC Bones (LE, $19.00) is darker (95% similar).
- Too Faced Fawned of You (LE, $16.00) is darker (90% similar).
- MAC Nano Nude #4 (LE, $21.00) is more shimmery, darker (90% similar).
- Makeup Geek Hayride (DC, $6.00) is darker (90% similar).
- Sydney Grace Cherish (Light) (PiP, $5.25) is lighter (90% similar).
- Chanel Candeur et Experience #2 (PiP, ) is darker (90% similar).
- Chanel Quintessence #7 (LE, ) is darker (90% similar).
- ColourPop Banter (PiP, $4.50) is darker (90% similar).
- ColourPop I'm Sure (LE, $4.50) is darker (90% similar).
- Zoeva Never Ending (PiP, ) is darker, more muted (90% similar).
Formula Overview
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The formula is supposed to be "powerfully pigmented" with a "butter-soft" texture that "glides on like a dream." The majority of the eyeshadows are on the drier side, sometimes feeling loosely pressed and other times more chalk-like and truly dry to the point where a primer became a must for getting good adhesion and wear out of the formula. Most of the matte shades were quite pigmented, and I found they actually applied better to bare skin than some of the shimmers, which often appeared faded and muted in practice compared to how they appeared in the pan. The pigmentation varied from decent to mostly opaque depending on the shade, and the wear was typically between five and seven hours on me.
I did not keep most of the previously-released trios and palettes from the brand as mine, but when I compared 2018's formula to the prior one (and mine are likely five or more years old), the previous formula was far better for their shimmers--slightly more slip, creamier in feel, and typically more pigmented and true-to-color on the lid. I think the mattes, overall, are improved as they are more blendable and pigmented on the lid.
Browse all of our Wet 'n' Wild Color Icon Eyeshadow (2018) swatches.
Ingredients
Talc, Boron Nitride, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Silica, Magnesium Myristate, Ethyl Macadamiate, Dimethicone, Lauroyl Lysine, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Polybutene, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Hexylene Glycol, Water/Eau, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, o-Cymen-5-ol, Aluminum Hydroxide, Tin Oxide, [+/- (MAY CONTAIN/PEUT CONTENIR): Aluminum Powder/CI 77000, Black 2/CI 77266, Ferric Ferrocyanide/CI 77510, Iron Oxides/CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499, Mica, Red 40 Lake/CI 16035, Titanium Dioxide/CI 77891].
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
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The Night's Quad #1
LELimited Edition.
The Night's Quad #2
The Night’s Quad #2 is a bright, yellowed beige with subtle, warm undertones and a matte finish. The eyeshadow had a stronger white base, which resulted in a graying of some of the deeper shades (#1 and #3). The consistency was smooth, blendable, and easy to work with and only had a touch of fallout. It had good pigmentation that lasted for seven hours on me.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- MAC Stocking Stuffer (LE, $17.00) is cooler (95% similar).
- LORAC Blanc (PiP, $19.00) is cooler (95% similar).
- Make Up For Ever M500 Ivory (P, $17.00) is more muted (95% similar).
- ColourPop Crystal Cove (LE, $4.50) is warmer (95% similar).
- NARS Biarritz (P, $19.00) is warmer (95% similar).
- MAC Vanilla (P, $17.00) is brighter (90% similar).
- Marc Jacobs Beauty About Last Night No. 01 (LE, ) is cooler (95% similar).
- Too Faced BFF (LE, $16.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- ColourPop Attraction (PiP, $4.50) is warmer (90% similar).
- Tarte Base Coat (LE, ) is more shimmery (90% similar).
Formula Overview
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The formula is supposed to be "powerfully pigmented" with a "butter-soft" texture that "glides on like a dream." The majority of the eyeshadows are on the drier side, sometimes feeling loosely pressed and other times more chalk-like and truly dry to the point where a primer became a must for getting good adhesion and wear out of the formula. Most of the matte shades were quite pigmented, and I found they actually applied better to bare skin than some of the shimmers, which often appeared faded and muted in practice compared to how they appeared in the pan. The pigmentation varied from decent to mostly opaque depending on the shade, and the wear was typically between five and seven hours on me.
I did not keep most of the previously-released trios and palettes from the brand as mine, but when I compared 2018's formula to the prior one (and mine are likely five or more years old), the previous formula was far better for their shimmers--slightly more slip, creamier in feel, and typically more pigmented and true-to-color on the lid. I think the mattes, overall, are improved as they are more blendable and pigmented on the lid.
Browse all of our Wet 'n' Wild Color Icon Eyeshadow (2018) swatches.
Ingredients
Talc, Boron Nitride, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Silica, Magnesium Myristate, Ethyl Macadamiate, Dimethicone, Lauroyl Lysine, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Polybutene, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Hexylene Glycol, Water/Eau, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, o-Cymen-5-ol, Aluminum Hydroxide, Tin Oxide, [+/- (MAY CONTAIN/PEUT CONTENIR): Aluminum Powder/CI 77000, Black 2/CI 77266, Ferric Ferrocyanide/CI 77510, Iron Oxides/CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499, Mica, Red 40 Lake/CI 16035, Titanium Dioxide/CI 77891].
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Look Using this Product
The Night's Quad #2
LELimited Edition.
The Night's Quad #3
The Night’s Quad #3 is a medium-dark black with neutral undertones and a satin finish. The texture was drier and stiffer, which resulted in semi-opaque pigmentation that was difficult to diffuse as it applied patchy to begin with. It was somewhat more workable over primer, though it still wasn’t something I’d want to work with again. It stayed on well for six and a half hours before fading noticeably on me.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Chanel Affresco #3 (LE, ) is darker (95% similar).
- YSL Fetiche #4 (LE, ) is darker (90% similar).
- Laura Mercier Black Frost (LE, ) is more shimmery, darker (90% similar).
- MAC Raven Eyed (LE, $17.00) is darker (90% similar).
- Too Faced Coal (LE, $16.00) is darker (90% similar).
- Laura Mercier Matte Black (PiP, $23.00) is less shimmery, darker (90% similar).
- ColourPop Spy Glass (PiP, $4.50) is darker (90% similar).
- Dior Pied de Poule #3 (PiP, ) is darker, more muted, warmer (90% similar).
- MAC Cool Companions #3 (LE, ) is darker (90% similar).
- NARS White Horse (LE, $19.00) is less shimmery, darker (90% similar).
Formula Overview
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The formula is supposed to be "powerfully pigmented" with a "butter-soft" texture that "glides on like a dream." The majority of the eyeshadows are on the drier side, sometimes feeling loosely pressed and other times more chalk-like and truly dry to the point where a primer became a must for getting good adhesion and wear out of the formula. Most of the matte shades were quite pigmented, and I found they actually applied better to bare skin than some of the shimmers, which often appeared faded and muted in practice compared to how they appeared in the pan. The pigmentation varied from decent to mostly opaque depending on the shade, and the wear was typically between five and seven hours on me.
I did not keep most of the previously-released trios and palettes from the brand as mine, but when I compared 2018's formula to the prior one (and mine are likely five or more years old), the previous formula was far better for their shimmers--slightly more slip, creamier in feel, and typically more pigmented and true-to-color on the lid. I think the mattes, overall, are improved as they are more blendable and pigmented on the lid.
Browse all of our Wet 'n' Wild Color Icon Eyeshadow (2018) swatches.
Ingredients
Talc, Boron Nitride, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Silica, Magnesium Myristate, Ethyl Macadamiate, Dimethicone, Lauroyl Lysine, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Polybutene, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Hexylene Glycol, Water/Eau, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, o-Cymen-5-ol, Aluminum Hydroxide, Tin Oxide, [+/- (MAY CONTAIN/PEUT CONTENIR): Aluminum Powder/CI 77000, Black 2/CI 77266, Ferric Ferrocyanide/CI 77510, Iron Oxides/CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499, Mica, Red 40 Lake/CI 16035, Titanium Dioxide/CI 77891].
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Look Using this Product
The Night's Quad #3
LELimited Edition.
The Night's Quad #4
The Night’s Quad #4 is a light-medium silver with cool undertones and a frosted sheen. It had good pigmentation that was buildable to full coverage with a second layer. The texture was denser, firmer and a bit stiffer to work with, but I was able to jab my brush into it and get decent product to dislodge from the pan’s surface. It applied well and didn’t take much effor tto blend out. It wore well for seven hours on me before fading.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Viseart Chloe (PiP, ) is darker (95% similar).
- Rouge Bunny Rouge Vivacious Maguari (P, $19.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- Too Faced Frosted Yum (LE, $16.00) is darker (95% similar).
- MAC Silver Coin (LE, $22.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- MAC Guise (LE, $21.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- Make Up For Ever ME116 Silver (DC, $21.00) is warmer (95% similar).
- Sugarpill Grand Tiara (P, $13.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- Marc Jacobs Beauty In Doubt (PiP, ) is warmer (95% similar).
- Chanel Architectonic #5 (LE, ) is brighter (90% similar).
- Urban Decay Crystal (LE, $19.00) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
Formula Overview
-
The formula is supposed to be "powerfully pigmented" with a "butter-soft" texture that "glides on like a dream." The majority of the eyeshadows are on the drier side, sometimes feeling loosely pressed and other times more chalk-like and truly dry to the point where a primer became a must for getting good adhesion and wear out of the formula. Most of the matte shades were quite pigmented, and I found they actually applied better to bare skin than some of the shimmers, which often appeared faded and muted in practice compared to how they appeared in the pan. The pigmentation varied from decent to mostly opaque depending on the shade, and the wear was typically between five and seven hours on me.
I did not keep most of the previously-released trios and palettes from the brand as mine, but when I compared 2018's formula to the prior one (and mine are likely five or more years old), the previous formula was far better for their shimmers--slightly more slip, creamier in feel, and typically more pigmented and true-to-color on the lid. I think the mattes, overall, are improved as they are more blendable and pigmented on the lid.
Browse all of our Wet 'n' Wild Color Icon Eyeshadow (2018) swatches.
Ingredients
Talc, Boron Nitride, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Silica, Magnesium Myristate, Ethyl Macadamiate, Dimethicone, Lauroyl Lysine, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Polybutene, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Hexylene Glycol, Water/Eau, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, o-Cymen-5-ol, Aluminum Hydroxide, Tin Oxide, [+/- (MAY CONTAIN/PEUT CONTENIR): Aluminum Powder/CI 77000, Black 2/CI 77266, Ferric Ferrocyanide/CI 77510, Iron Oxides/CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499, Mica, Red 40 Lake/CI 16035, Titanium Dioxide/CI 77891].
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Wow……W&W dropped the ball here. Quite a disservice to GoT, if you were to ask me. A show I don’t watch, but have read every single highly detailed show synopses and review of each episode, so yes, this quad is pathetic.
I don’t really like this one at all – firstly the quality is very average and secondly because the black would have been better if it were a darker grey. And the textures/finishes were a bit off too – the brown shade could have been a satin or light shimmer.
Agreed on the quality, but the black needed to be black because this quad is a direct reference to the Night’s Watch, and their signature color is black. I sort of identify with the Night’s Watch in the show, so I’m very disappointed that WnW didn’t make this one better.
Wow. You pulled off a gorgeous eye look from this mediocre pallet.
Well, it is paired with a better quad – that’s really the only reason!
Christine ALWAYS manages to do that – make great looks with cr*p products – and it’s always what hooks me into hankering after things that aren’t worth having!
Pretty dismal ratings for such basic colors. I think my Kat von D Smoke quad is similar enough, and much better quality.
Can I just say wow?!!… I don’t care how you did it but these colours look amazing on your eyes because they match all the tones in your eyes somehow… So cool. Always so creative with your eyeshadow work, one of the many reasons I joined your site years ago.
I’m puzzled by this release, W&W is obviously trying to ride the popularity of Game of Thrones without permission and with just vague enough names to not get sued by HBO. Shady as heck if you ask me.