Wet 'n' Wild Stop Ruffling My Feathers Color Icon Eyeshadow Quad Review, Photos, Swatches
Stop Ruffling My Feathers
Wet ‘n’ Wild Stop Ruffling My Feathers Color Icon Eyeshadow Quad ($2.99 for 0.16 oz.) is a new, limited edition quad for summer that features a soft taupe, pale rosy taupe, copper, and golden pink. Three of the four shades are shimmery, but the way I’ve experienced Wet ‘n’ Wild’s eyeshadow formula, even the more shimmery shades tend to have a more pearlescent sheen applied than intensely reflective. Three of the four shades were fairly easy to work with but one was a big disappointment (and it’s baffling as to why, given the hue itself, should have been a walk in the park to do).
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.
Stop Ruffling My Feathers
LELimited Edition. $2.99.
Stop Ruffling My Feathers #1
Stop Ruffling My Feathers #1 is a soft, taupe-brown with subtle, warm undertones and a matte finish. It had a rather powdery consistency with a lot of excess product kicked up in the pan and some fallout during application (even after I tapped away excess). Luckily, it was pigmented enough that it still yielded mostly opaque coverage despite the powderiness. It lasted for seven hours on me.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Makeup Atelier Nude #3 (PiP, ) is lighter (95% similar).
- Chanel Blurry Mauve #4 (PiP, ) is lighter (95% similar).
- Marc Jacobs Beauty Covets (LE, ) is lighter (90% similar).
- Sydney Grace Pismo (P, $5.25) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- Urban Decay Cover (PiP, $19.00) is darker (90% similar).
- Sydney Grace Dusty Trails (Light) (PiP, $5.25) is darker, warmer (90% similar).
- NABLA Cosmetics Narciso (P, $8.00) is lighter (90% similar).
- Tarte Jingle All the Grey (LE, ) is darker, warmer (90% similar).
- Make Up For Ever M548 Pink Gray (DC, $21.00) is darker (90% similar).
- Sephora Chou a La Creme (353) (P, $9.00) is lighter (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
Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Dimethicone, Silica, Boron Nitride, Ethyl Macadamiate, Talc, Magnesium Myristate, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Polybutene, Phenoxyethanol, Polysorbate 20, Phytosteryl Macadamiate, Lauroyl Lysine, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Caprylyl Glycol, Sorbitan Stearate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Hexylene Glycol, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Water/Eau, o-Cymen-5-ol, Tin Oxide, Polyacrylamide, Aluminum Hydroxide, Tocopheryl Acetate, C13-14 Isoparaffin, Laureth-7, [+/- (MAY CONTAIN/PEUT CONTENIR): Carmine/CI 75470, Iron Oxides/CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499, Manganese Violet/CI 77742, 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.
Stop Ruffling My Feathers #1
LELimited Edition.
Stop Ruffling My Feathers #2
Stop Ruffling My Feathers #2 is a soft taupe with warm undertones and a pearly sheen. It had sheer coverage, which was difficult to improve despite trying it with primer and a dampened brush. I think the closeness to my skin tone helped minimize how obviously under-pigmented it was. The texture was smooth and dense but not firm, yet the payoff was dismal. It wore well for six hours for me before fading noticeably.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Viseart Rendezvous (PiP, ) is more shimmery, lighter (95% similar).
- LORAC Mirage (LE, $19.00) is more shimmery, cooler (95% similar).
- Charlotte Tilbury Seductive Beauty (Brighten) (LE, ) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- MAC Jest (P, $17.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- KVD Beauty Precious (LE, ) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- Dior Terra #2 (LE, ) is more shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
- KVD Beauty Glitz (DC, $21.00) is more shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
- BH Cosmetics Foil Eyes 2 #1 (PiP, ) is more shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- Tom Ford Beauty Rose Cashmere #1 (LE, ) is less shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
- Tarte Champagne Bubble Bath (LE, ) is more shimmery, lighter (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
Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Dimethicone, Silica, Boron Nitride, Ethyl Macadamiate, Talc, Magnesium Myristate, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Polybutene, Phenoxyethanol, Polysorbate 20, Phytosteryl Macadamiate, Lauroyl Lysine, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Caprylyl Glycol, Sorbitan Stearate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Hexylene Glycol, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Water/Eau, o-Cymen-5-ol, Tin Oxide, Polyacrylamide, Aluminum Hydroxide, Tocopheryl Acetate, C13-14 Isoparaffin, Laureth-7, [+/- (MAY CONTAIN/PEUT CONTENIR): Carmine/CI 75470, Iron Oxides/CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499, Manganese Violet/CI 77742, 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.
Stop Ruffling My Feathers #2
LELimited Edition.
Stop Ruffling My Feathers #3
Stop Ruffling My Feathers #3 is a medium-dark copper with warm, brown undertones and a pearly sheen. The color payoff was opaque in a single layer with a smooth, blendable texture that wasn’t too soft nor too firm in the pan, which made it easy to work with. This shade stayed on well for seven and a half hours.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- ColourPop In Axis (LE, $6.00) is more shimmery, warmer (95% similar).
- Sydney Grace Truth and Beauty (LE, $6.25) is more shimmery, darker (95% similar).
- Tom Ford Beauty Forbidden Pink #3 (LE, ) is lighter (95% similar).
- ColourPop Quicksand (P, $5.00) is darker (95% similar).
- Stila Golden Topaz (LE, $18.00) is darker, warmer (95% similar).
- Viseart Melonie (PiP, ) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- MAC Rose (LE, $21.00) is warmer (95% similar).
- MAC PatrickStarrr (LE, $21.00) is more shimmery, warmer (95% similar).
- Sephora Copper Rush (291) (P, $9.00) is warmer (95% similar).
- Ciate I'm Not Bad (LE, ) is less shimmery, darker (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
Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Dimethicone, Silica, Boron Nitride, Ethyl Macadamiate, Talc, Magnesium Myristate, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Polybutene, Phenoxyethanol, Polysorbate 20, Phytosteryl Macadamiate, Lauroyl Lysine, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Caprylyl Glycol, Sorbitan Stearate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Hexylene Glycol, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Water/Eau, o-Cymen-5-ol, Tin Oxide, Polyacrylamide, Aluminum Hydroxide, Tocopheryl Acetate, C13-14 Isoparaffin, Laureth-7, [+/- (MAY CONTAIN/PEUT CONTENIR): Carmine/CI 75470, Iron Oxides/CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499, Manganese Violet/CI 77742, 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.
Stop Ruffling My Feathers #3
LELimited Edition.
Stop Ruffling My Feathers #4
Stop Ruffling My Feathers #4 is a light-medium, cooler pink base with warmer, golden shimmer. It had excellent pigmentation that applied evenly and smoothly to bare skin. The consistency was soft, blendable, and wasn’t prone to fallout or powderiness in the pan. It lasted nicely for seven hours before fading a bit.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Too Faced Glistening Peach (PiP, $16.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- Dior Fusion (764) (P, $29.50) is darker (95% similar).
- Morphe Sissy (LE, ) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- Huda Beauty Angelic (PiP, ) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- NARS Elektra (DC, $25.00) is darker (95% similar).
- YSL Paris #4 (LE, ) is lighter (90% similar).
- Sephora Peach (New Nudes) (PiP, ) is less shimmery, lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- Anastasia Ballet (P, $12.00) is cooler (90% similar).
- Tarte Frose (LE, $22.00) is more shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- Makeup Geek Pink of Me (DC, $6.00) is less shimmery, 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
Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Dimethicone, Silica, Boron Nitride, Ethyl Macadamiate, Talc, Magnesium Myristate, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Polybutene, Phenoxyethanol, Polysorbate 20, Phytosteryl Macadamiate, Lauroyl Lysine, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Caprylyl Glycol, Sorbitan Stearate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Hexylene Glycol, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Water/Eau, o-Cymen-5-ol, Tin Oxide, Polyacrylamide, Aluminum Hydroxide, Tocopheryl Acetate, C13-14 Isoparaffin, Laureth-7, [+/- (MAY CONTAIN/PEUT CONTENIR): Carmine/CI 75470, Iron Oxides/CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499, Manganese Violet/CI 77742, 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.
It’s really sad when a brand can get the more unusual shades completely right, but then fail dismailly on the common shades, like the browns/neutrals.
I think I prefer the new Milani eyeshadow palette – it is out in shimmers and in mattes. which are stunning.
Hello from Greece! Which palette specific? Thank you!
“but one was a big disappointment (and it’s baffling as to why, given the hue itself, should have been a walk in the park to do).”
I think this whenever a brand releases a super lame bronze. I’m like… it’s basically the making a bowl of cereal of makeup. Not that hard! Impossible to get wrong! Should have a delicious result!
Still, two A-rated shades and one B-rated shade for $2.99 is very nice. If these were shades that looked good on me, I’d definitely buy this palette for my office back-up stash.