Rainbow palettes are always fun, and though 30-pan palettes are daunting, I was inspired by ColourPop’s Fade Into Hue palette (their take on rainbows) to put together what I envisioned as a rainbow palette at this scale that would grab my attention–I’m really more into smaller color stories (like 10-15-pan palettes), but it’s always fun to challenge myself to think beyond that!. I had a concept for each row, but I did use existing products from the get-go (instead of doing a digital mockup) so if something catches your fancy, it DOES, in fact, exist!

Here’s how I wanted the palette to work out:

• Iridescent/Sparkling Top Coats: The first row was designed to be a row of iridescent/sparkling top coats that could be used wet/dry, individually or layered over other shades to lighten/brighten. Did I cheat by going for all Clionadh Multichromes? Probably. I definitely wasn’t envisioning Multichromes – just more iridescent or duochrome with a translucent base.
• Duochromes: The second row was all about more mid-depth duochrome shades for each color family.
• Brighter/Mid-depth Mattes: The third row was about brighter and more mid-depth matte shades that would coordinate with the shimmer shades selected for each color family. These would be more “typical” for inclusion in rainbow-inspired palettes!
• Deep Shimmers:  The fourth row was designed to offer deeper, richer shimmer eyeshadows for each color family.  In a real dream scenario, these would be more satin-to-pearl in finish, almost working as a psuedo-matte as well as a shimmer (and would play particularly well with the first row).  I didn’t want to create a digital mockup and then pick real versions, so I just stuck with what does exist in permanent ranges.
• Deeper Mattes: The fifth row was selecting deeper mattes for each color family that would support the shimmers and contrast with the mid-depth mattes. I think with a rainbow-inspired palette with so much color that part of playing is to layer and create in-between shades.

See below for the shades in each column (which is by color family, effectively!):

Reds/Pinks

Dreaming in Rainbow

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Aura

Amulet

Pink (Bright Editorial #5)

Sweetheart

Raspberry (Bright Editorial #10)

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Oranges

Dreaming in Rainbow

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Chromatic

Wildfire

Bratty

Bestie

Summer Heat

5

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Golds/Yellows

Dreaming in Rainbow

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Glint

Lemonade

Buttercupcake

Luxury

Haystack

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Greens

Dreaming in Rainbow

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Phosphorescent

Alpine

Ice Algae

Timber

Evergreen

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Blues

Dreaming in Rainbow

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Fluoresce

Subzero

Oasis

Midnight Dreary

Penombre (Cobalt Blue)

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Purples

Dreaming in Rainbow

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UV

Crystalline

Sequence

Queen

Power to the Purple

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A Rainbow-Inspired Palette to Dream About | Mega Edition

A Rainbow-Inspired Palette to Dream About | Mega Edition

A Rainbow-Inspired Palette to Dream About | Mega Edition

A Rainbow-Inspired Palette to Dream About | Mega Edition