Written Reviews

This is one of the stand out shades in this palette. The slightly purple undertone of this warm brown makes it a perfect fit in the palette. It can be built up altough it doesn't layer very well over other shadows, so I apply it first and then blend it out in the crease with another color. The blendability on the other hand is really good. The longevitiy is also very good and there is barely no fall out during application. The consistency is more silky/creamy compared to other mattes in the palette.

Either it doesn't show up on me or it doesn't stick to my eyelids (with unset primer), but it works very well to mute the rest of the colors in the balette and blend out harsh edges. It feels very chalky and powdery and I can't really build it up.

Thanks to the sparkly particles this shimmer can be used both packed on for an intense metallic finish or sheered out for a little bit of sparkle. The longevity is OK on oily hooded lids, the fall out is intense. I have to always apply it with a wet brush or it doesn't stick well. I find it difficult to build - if I didn't manage to stick enough shadow on the lid on the first go it tends to flake off when I try to pack on more.

This shimmer has some really nice sparkles in it and a slight duochrome effect. I find it very versatile as I can sheer it out to add a tiny bit of sparkle to a simple look or blend out the edges of other shimmers and I can also apply it wet or with a finger for an intense metallic-sparkly shine. This is a chunky shimmer and I experience quite a lot of fallout (with normal primer and glitter glue), especially when packed on for the intense metallic finish. It lasts well through the day and doesn't crease on my oily hooded lids.

The color and tone are a perfect brick reddish brown and as per usual PMGL matte you can wear it sheered out or packed and heavily pigmented. The blendability is on point and it lasts very well (+8 hours) on my oily hooded lids.

In my palette this shade is a powdery mess. It refuses to stick on the eye (tried with UDPP, Kiko primer, bare lid, all unset) and it doesn't show nearly as deep as it is in the pan. A huge disappointemene, because the finger swatches on bare skin are beautiful. On a positive note it works really well to soften the edges of deeper shades and diffuse overpowering shimmers.

I'm light handed and haven't had fallout issues with this shade (application with flat shader brush, synthetic bristles), not even after swiping the brush side to side to get some product on it (tapping brush in the pan doesn't pick up much product). The color was nice but not true to pan when applied with a dry brush over unset primer (KIKO Neutral Eye Base), it pulled brownish on me (light warm toned olive). With NYX Glitter base however I was amazed at how vibrant the shade got, the color was 100% true to pan color. The texture is indeed gritty and chunky. I used very little product and built it up slowly (no need to build up over glitter primer). I had absolutely no issues blending the harsh edges in the transition shades, the color made a nice gradient, didn't blend away or muddy. I had also no issues with patchyness for Delirium. Overall I had a good experience with this shade and don't mind using glitter glue for a nicer result.

After 1 year of weekly use I can say that the quality of this palette overall falls somewhere in the middle. I don't think it's amazing, but it's mostly easy to work with and lasts well throughout the day. The mattes are quite chalky to the touch but perform nicely on the eye and are easily buildable and blendable. The shimmers are mostly chonky and have fall out through the day. The color story in the pans is quite nice, it looses quite a bit of variation on the eye though. Shades #3 and #8 are basically dupes, the only difference is that shade #8 shows up as a more vibrant version of shade #3 and it's useless in terms of deepening up the look if paired with shade #3. The shimmers #6 and #9 are technically two very different shimmers, but once they are on the eye together you can barely tell them apart. Shade #2 is also barely distinguishable if paired with shade #6. Shade #4 pulls so orangey that it almost dupes shade #2, there are only slight textural differences. The stand out shades to me are the 3 in the bottom row. The brown is very rich with a slight hint of purple and fits perfectly all the other shades as a deepening shade. The brick red matte next to it is possibly the best matte in the palette. It's creamier and very easy to build up or blend out. The shimmer shade is just very versatile and easy to incorporate, also the slight duochrome effect is a big plus. In terms of versatility there is nothing much one can do besides going full orange, or rosy-orange