Melt Cosmetics Smoke Sessions 8-Pan Eyeshadow Palette ($48.00 for 0.58 oz.) is a limited edition palette that released and sold out promptly sold out in December. It’s a nice palette and includes a few shades that we don’t often seen in palettes, let alone housed together. I enjoyed the mix of warmer hues on the left and cooler tones on the right, though the palette will benefit from mixing and matching with lighter and more mid-tone shimmers and mattes in one’s stash.
I wanted to get my review up now before I forget how it wore (and now that I’ve survived the holiday palette season), as the palette will eventually be re-released. The brand last mentioned a restock was planned in a “few months” in late December, but there’s no concrete date. (Your best bet is to follow them on social media for the latest.) What I do know is that two green-themed palettes sold out QUICKLY! so I just feel like mainstream brands should get in on this green goodness… I wouldn’t say no…
Melt Cosmetics Smoke Sessions Eyeshadow Palette ($48.00 for 0.58 oz.) is a new, limited edition palette that launched on Black Friday (last week). Shocking me absolutely zero percent, this green-themed palette sold out shortly after it launched, but the brand is working on restocking in a few months. If you know anything about me, it’s probably that I’m a fiend for green, so despite that dire news, I couldn’t help but plaster it all over my face immediately.
Melt Cosmetics Twenty Seven 10-Pan Eyeshadow Palette ($58.00 for 0.66 oz.) is a new, limited edition warm-toned palette with eight mattes and two sparkly shades. The mattes were quite nice–pigmented, blendable, long-wearing–but the two shimmers left something to be desired. The worst part is just that the shimmer shades are not particularly unique or different and yet so disappointing compared to the numerous dupes available. Shimmery golds, bronzes, and coppers seem like shades that any brand at any price point can push out good variations of… and yet Melt manages to disappoint with them.
Melt Cosmetics Baby Girl Eyeshadow Stack (x5) ($58.00 for 0.50 oz.) is a coral and copper-themed set of shades with two shimmery shades and three matte shades. I liked the shades overall, though one was more of a miss, though I think the set of shades worked better when mixed with a few lighter or more mid-tone shades as using these shades together ended up being very one-note in a way.
Melt Cosmetics Gemini 10-Pan Eyeshadow Palette ($58.00 for 0.66 oz.) is a new, limited edition palette featuring shades of brown and green with eight mattes and two shimmers. I think this palette has some looks to be made, but my personal experience was that it would be more versatile if I brought in some of my other favorite shades (particular some shimmers and lighter shades). Though I’ve included the shade Gemini in the color combos, I found it to be quite poor in performance that if I actually recreated any of these, I’d likely reach for one of the other million copper eyeshadows I have! Otherwise, try patting it over a glitter adhesive or using a shade like Lorelei under it to help improve the opacity.
About This Series
Each look idea is centered around a “quad” of four shades with the expectation that one might bring in the appropriate brow bone or additional transitional shade based on skin tone. I know that I tend to use more like five or six shades in a typical look, but I think that four is a happy medium to give a good idea of the “core” color scheme of a look while giving you the ability to lighten/darken as desired. I have listed the colors in this order: inner lid, middle of lid, outer lid/crease, and crease/above crease.
You might see combinations that seem slightly repeated but placement will vary (e.g. a halo placement where the lightest and more shimmery shade is placed on the center) as placement can also create a different effect/look! You might also want to consider incorporating your favorite matte/shimmer shades (as applicable) to increase the versatility of certain palettes. Consider these ideas a jumping off point!
