Byredo Metal Boots in the Snow Eyeshadow Palette Review & Swatches
Metal Boots in the Snow
Byredo Metal Boots in the Snow 5 Colours Eyeshadow Palette ($70.00 for 0.28 oz.) is a new, limited edition murky, earth-toned color story for the holiday season. The pigmentation of all five shades lived up to the marketing–which was opaque for the regular eyeshadows as one shade was a glitter top coat–and were blendable with decent wear.
I found the eyeshadow formula to feel a little firmer in the pan than is typical in other mainstream eyeshadow formulas, but it didn’t end up being stiff or difficult to blend out but you may find you have to use a denser brush or a firmer pressure than you’re used to.
Ingredients
Metal Boots in the Snow
LELimited Edition. $70.00.
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Frimas
Frimas has a transparent base chocked full of fine, silver micro-glitter. The formula had light tackiness to it, and the glitter had to be pressed into place as it didn’t spread/diffuse at all, so you’d have to pick up more to expand the initial placement. This was great for ensuring little fallout/migration during application and during eight-hour wear, though full disclosure, I did not wear it on my eyes as I am not comfortable with the particle size in this quantity near my eyes at this time.
Top Dupes
- MAC Just Chilling (LE, $21.00) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- NABLA Cosmetics Luxuriance (PiP, ) is darker, more pigmented, cooler (85% similar).
- ColourPop Cast Away (LE, ) is lighter, warmer (80% similar).
Frimas
LELimited Edition.
Strap
Strap is a deep, muted olive green with a satiny sheen with faint flecks of gold micro-sparkle throughout. The texture was slightly firmer in the pan, but there was enough slip and adhesion that those finer sparkles translated well to the lid and didn’t result in immediate fallout. The eyeshadow had full color payoff that lasted well for eight hours before fading a bit.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Pat McGrath Wicked Envy (PiP, $25.00) is darker, cooler (95% similar).
- Chanel Quintessence #6 (LE, ) is cooler (95% similar).
- Rare Beauty Passion (LE, ) is more shimmery, cooler (95% similar).
- Makeup Geek Take Two (P, $9.99) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- Huda Beauty Emerald #8 (LE, ) is more shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
- Give Me Glow Thorn (PiP, $7.00) is more shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- Makeup Geek Venom (DC, $6.00) is more shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
- NARS Goa (P, $22.00) is more shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- Giorgio Armani Incognito #3 (PiP, ) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- Dose of Colors Rule Breaker (PiP, ) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
Formula Overview
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Byredo's eyeshadow formula is supposed to be "easy to blend," "long-lasting," and have "rich colour pay-off." They have a generally firmer feel than most eyeshadows have on the market, so using a firmer, moderately dense brush and moderate pressure are necessary to pick up product evenly when using a brush. The brand does indicate that they're "especially" blendable when using fingertips, though the narrow pans may not suit everyone's fingertips. I did not find using fingertips was necessary to achieve coverage or blendability overall.
Some of the brand's eyeshadow palettes include a glittery "top-coat," and these have a transparent base chocked full of fine glitter particles (which, by the ingredient list, appear to be Bio-glitter rather than plastic, or PET, glitter, but there's no callout about it when it seems like it would be a selling feature). The texture of these top coats is lightly tacky, and they work best with a fingertip and then patted exactly where one wants, as they don't really spread out at all.
The eyeshadows were typically pigmented, smooth to the touch, and blendable, with some of the low-sheen shades "melting" on the lid a bit for a very seamless finish. They wore around eight hours before fading visibly.
Browse all of our Byredo Eyeshadow swatches.
Strap
LELimited Edition.
Boucle
Boucle is a deep, blackened blue with subtle, cool undertones (a “warmer” blue, if you will) paired with a pearly sheen. It had opaque color coverage that adhered well to bare skin and blended out well, but the texture was slightly firmer than is typical of shimmer eyeshadows (at this point) so it needed a slightly heavier handed approach to pick up product evenly–not too difficult or anything, and no impact to blendability. It wore well for eight hours before fading visibly on me.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Sephora Coven (PiP, ) is less shimmery, cooler (85% similar).
- Clarins Jade #3 (PiP, ) is lighter (85% similar).
- NARS Underworld II (PiP, $19.00) is lighter, cooler (85% similar).
- NABLA Cosmetics Under Pressure (P, $8.00) is more shimmery, cooler (85% similar).
- Urban Decay LSD (P, $26.00) is more shimmery, cooler (85% similar).
- Fyrinnae Mermaid Masquerade (P, $8.50) is more shimmery, lighter (80% similar).
Formula Overview
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Byredo's eyeshadow formula is supposed to be "easy to blend," "long-lasting," and have "rich colour pay-off." They have a generally firmer feel than most eyeshadows have on the market, so using a firmer, moderately dense brush and moderate pressure are necessary to pick up product evenly when using a brush. The brand does indicate that they're "especially" blendable when using fingertips, though the narrow pans may not suit everyone's fingertips. I did not find using fingertips was necessary to achieve coverage or blendability overall.
Some of the brand's eyeshadow palettes include a glittery "top-coat," and these have a transparent base chocked full of fine glitter particles (which, by the ingredient list, appear to be Bio-glitter rather than plastic, or PET, glitter, but there's no callout about it when it seems like it would be a selling feature). The texture of these top coats is lightly tacky, and they work best with a fingertip and then patted exactly where one wants, as they don't really spread out at all.
The eyeshadows were typically pigmented, smooth to the touch, and blendable, with some of the low-sheen shades "melting" on the lid a bit for a very seamless finish. They wore around eight hours before fading visibly.
Browse all of our Byredo Eyeshadow swatches.
Boucle
LELimited Edition.
Ground Frost
Ground Frost is a medium, olive green with a warmer, reddish base and lighter, truer olive green pearl with faint micro-sparkle. It had opaque pigmentation in a single layer, which adhered well to bare skin with a smooth, even laydown of color that diffused nicely along the edges. The texture was soft, smooth, and lightly creamy without being too firmly-pressed into the pan. It stayed on well for eight hours before fading noticeably.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Wet 'n' Wild Dragon Scales #4 (LE, ) is more shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
- Charlotte Tilbury Dream Glow (Enhance) (LE, ) is more shimmery (90% similar).
- MAC Sumptuous Olive (P, $17.00) is more shimmery, darker, warmer (90% similar).
- Charlotte Tilbury The Rebel (2020) #3 (PiP, ) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (85% similar).
- Charlotte Tilbury Green Lights #2 (LE, ) is more shimmery, darker (85% similar).
- Devinah Cosmetics Fury (P, $5.00) is more shimmery, darker, cooler (85% similar).
- ColourPop Hooked (LE, $4.50) is more shimmery, lighter (85% similar).
- Sydney Grace Recruit (P, $6.00) is more shimmery, lighter (85% similar).
- Charlotte Tilbury Green Lights #3 (LE, ) is more shimmery, warmer (85% similar).
- Charlotte Tilbury Smokey Eyes are Forever Power Eyes Smoke (LE, ) is more shimmery, darker, cooler (85% similar).
Formula Overview
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Byredo's eyeshadow formula is supposed to be "easy to blend," "long-lasting," and have "rich colour pay-off." They have a generally firmer feel than most eyeshadows have on the market, so using a firmer, moderately dense brush and moderate pressure are necessary to pick up product evenly when using a brush. The brand does indicate that they're "especially" blendable when using fingertips, though the narrow pans may not suit everyone's fingertips. I did not find using fingertips was necessary to achieve coverage or blendability overall.
Some of the brand's eyeshadow palettes include a glittery "top-coat," and these have a transparent base chocked full of fine glitter particles (which, by the ingredient list, appear to be Bio-glitter rather than plastic, or PET, glitter, but there's no callout about it when it seems like it would be a selling feature). The texture of these top coats is lightly tacky, and they work best with a fingertip and then patted exactly where one wants, as they don't really spread out at all.
The eyeshadows were typically pigmented, smooth to the touch, and blendable, with some of the low-sheen shades "melting" on the lid a bit for a very seamless finish. They wore around eight hours before fading visibly.
Browse all of our Byredo Eyeshadow swatches.
Ground Frost
LELimited Edition.
Verglas
Verglas is an ultra-light, silvery taupe with neutral-to-cool undertones and a sparkling, metallic finish. The consistency was soft, smooth, and blendable with a lightly creamy feel that was was a touch thicker and less-firmly pressed in the pan compared to the other shimmery shades in the palette. It had rich color payoff that lasted well for eight hours before showing signs of fading.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Urban Decay Vape (DC, $20.00) is warmer (90% similar).
- NARS Antares (P, $29.00) is less shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Anastasia Cyborg (LE, $12.00) is darker, warmer (85% similar).
- MAC She Sparkles (P, $18.00) is less shimmery, darker, warmer (85% similar).
- ColourPop Thingamabob (LE, $4.50) is darker (85% similar).
- Natasha Denona Blind (PiP, $29.00) is less shimmery, darker, warmer (85% similar).
- Sydney Grace Biscotti (P, $6.00) is darker, warmer (80% similar).
- MAC Chott (LE, $17.00) is less shimmery, lighter, warmer (80% similar).
Formula Overview
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Byredo's eyeshadow formula is supposed to be "easy to blend," "long-lasting," and have "rich colour pay-off." They have a generally firmer feel than most eyeshadows have on the market, so using a firmer, moderately dense brush and moderate pressure are necessary to pick up product evenly when using a brush. The brand does indicate that they're "especially" blendable when using fingertips, though the narrow pans may not suit everyone's fingertips. I did not find using fingertips was necessary to achieve coverage or blendability overall.
Some of the brand's eyeshadow palettes include a glittery "top-coat," and these have a transparent base chocked full of fine glitter particles (which, by the ingredient list, appear to be Bio-glitter rather than plastic, or PET, glitter, but there's no callout about it when it seems like it would be a selling feature). The texture of these top coats is lightly tacky, and they work best with a fingertip and then patted exactly where one wants, as they don't really spread out at all.
The eyeshadows were typically pigmented, smooth to the touch, and blendable, with some of the low-sheen shades "melting" on the lid a bit for a very seamless finish. They wore around eight hours before fading visibly.
Browse all of our Byredo Eyeshadow swatches.
Yikes, 1/5 of the palette dedicated to glitter? Why?
Certainly wouldn’t be anything I would normally go to, but I do love the feel of this palette.. except that damn chonky Frimas .. NO!
This is one truly BIZARRE looking arrangement of shades! I see two completely different looks I could get out of it, but would also need some other shadows to be pulled from other palettes, mattes in particular. Very non-cohesive!
And then there’s that non-functional glitter, at least for many of us. Major eye injury ahead for those who use that around their eyes!
Oh my – this is as lovely as I feared it might be. Fortunately, I’ve got dupes (multiple dupes in a few cases) for #2 to 5. That first one has no appeal to me, especially since reading about the particles (honestly, they look so much like tiny sequins that I wouldn’t put them near my eyes either).
They look like a stripe of infectious cocci in a petri dish. Why do cos persist in this? S.o. has to be buying them. It is an offbeat color story, but does have my favorite eye colors, taupey-silvery and green. Eye catching and different.
I really like the shade colour story in this little gem, although the first shade is a bit of a problem one with the glitter in it.
The pairing of the olive greens and the blue shade appeals to me, but having The Rebel 2020 I have dupes of the olive shades. A very pretty palette.
Thanks to you, friend, I also have The Rebel. And I’m tempted to get the Clarins Jade quad for that interesting blue/green shade (though I do have the “possible dupe” in UD Prank). I agree that, but for the silver glitter, this one is a gem but a pricey one and not easy to get one’s hands on, hence my joy at having dupes. Every single post here mentions that silver glitter and, again, I am left wondering WHY companies use it.
Is that size and amount of glitter considered eye-safe?
One thinks of scent w/Byredo. Does the palette have a scent?
That glitter, why? I like the rest of the palette, but at the price point it would have to be perfect for me to even consider buying it.
I would need to use this with other palettes, but I don’t really see that as a problem.
I think I’ll have a good look at the dupes, maybe I have at least one, and could get my hands on some others.
The undertone of Grount Frost and Verglas are very pretty.
Oh Strap tho….. I really love this palette. I love the other one too. I don’t love that chunky glitter, but it’s not PET…still, though, can’t feel good to get it in your eye.