Review: Wet N Wild Color Icon Eyeshadow Palette in "Lust"

I can pretty much say that I got my makeup start in Wet N Wild; many would look back at that and cringe because of the stereotype on drugstore makeup, but I LOVE Wet N Wild makeup to this day!

Before going into the review, let me just rant a little about this negative stereotype people have placed on drugstore makeup… I understand if you have tried drugstore makeup and were disappointed, then were turned off towards it all. But there are many drugstore products that are gold mines, and so many people can vouch to that. So don’t just turn you back to drugstore makeup just because you think that the price is cheap, so the quality will be cheap! I have no problem with people using higher end stuff, I myself use a lot of it, But I just think that if you are a true makeup lover, you must give everything a chance. : )

So I will be reviewing this amazing Wet N Wild palette!! Can you tell the review is going to be positive? LOL.

This is the Color Icon Eyeshadow Pallete, by Wet N Wild. It is in the color “Lust” (248). I currently only have this palette, but I plan on getting all the rest! The other palettes are called “Pride” (Blues and Greens), “Greed” (Smoky Palette – pastels and blacks), “Vanity” (Browns and Neutrals). I bought this palette at Duane Reade (which is a drugstore, in case you don’t know) for about $4.99. I’m sure you can find it at other stores,  from target to walgreens, at varying prices.

Check out the rest of the palettes at Wet N Wild’s website:
www.wnwbeauty.com

Just as a little side note and tip, the purples palette works amazing for brown eyes! So does the blues and greens palette! For blue and green eyes, the browns and neutrals palette would look amazing! And it’s also great for everyday, for any eye color. The smoky palette is just plain awesome for that sexy, sultry eye..for any eye color ; ) But remember, you can wear whatever you please, because as long as you feel confident with what you have, you will look as beautiful and sexy as a goddess!

The eye shadows in this palette are very smooth, pigmented, long lasting and blendable. Actually they are extremely blendable lol, so if you’re used to stroking your brush many times to blend your eye shadow, don’t do that when you apply these because they will just disappear. The amount of time needed to achieve that blended look, is very minimal, which is great for when you don’t have a lot of time.

A great thing about this palettes, is that they have a lot of MAC dupes in them, which is good for those who can’t or won’t splurge on MAC.

Another thing I LOVE about these Color Icon palettes, is that they all have six eye shadows, three of which are matte and three others, which are shimmery. This is a fabulous idea in my opinion because it can appeal to women who love shimmer, women who love mattes, women who love both, women with mature skin, women with youthful skin, women who like a variation of textures on their eye makeup, and the list goes on.

In all palettes, the three left eye shadows are matte. 

               

And in all palettes, the three eye shadows on the right are shimmery.

                            

Next I will describe the colors for you:

The first matte color is a very light, pastel, baby pink. It is said to be a dupe for MAC’s “Yogurt” eye shadow, but I can’t be certain of that because I don’t own that eye shadow. The first shimmery color is an even lighter pink, almost a white pink. Of course it has shimmers, but on top of that it also contains glitter which are always fun (at least for me :p). Since these are both fairly light colors, the have to be packed on more for them to appear opaque, especially the matte one.

           

The second matte color is a beautiful purple. It is said to be a dupe for MAC’s “Fig 1” eye shadow. Again, can’t vouch for that. The second shimmery color is almost like a black with slight purple undertones, and amazing red-pink-purple glitters. These glitters are much finer than the ones in the first shimmery eye shadow, this is more like chunky shimmers. This color is said to be comparable to MAC’s “Beauty Marked” eye shadow. Though i don’t own that shadow, I know it pretty well and I really do think they are VERY similar.

           

The third matte eye shadow is a brilliant blackened-purple, with the intensity of a pitch black night! It is an exact dupe for MAC’s “Shadowy Lady” eye shadow, and this I can say with certainty because I actually own it, but you will read more about this below. The third shimmery eye shadow is charcoal grey, that’s very frosty. This is said to be comparable to MAC’s “Knight Divine” eye shadow. I don’t own it, but they look very similar.

            

All of these eye shadows are superbly pigmented and opaque. Now,before I show you the swatches, let me show you more in depth how identical the third matte shadow is to MAC’s “Shadowy Lady” eye shadow.

*MAC is on the left. Wet N Wild is on the right.

               

             

             

             

There you can see both eye shadows in finger swatches, hand swatches (both with no base used), in different lighting and in the pots. I can honestly see no difference! Can you?  In my humble opinion, this is an official dupe for Shadowy Lady : D

But I also wanted to see how they compared in quality, so one day I put each eye shadow on each eye (I used same primer on both eyes…no bias whatsoever.), and the Wet N Wild color was wayyyy easier to blend than Shadow Lady. By the end of the day, they both remained on my lid as it was when I applied. Since I LOVE purples, I had named Shadowly Lady my all time favorite eye shadow because it was a good alternate for black in ANY look. But now I have given the title to the Wet N Wild eye shadow because it is sooo much easier to blend!

This has turned into a loong post, I will just show you the swatches and wrap it up lol.

*Concealer was used as a base.

            

                  

           

           

           

                  

            

            

Ok so that sums it up for my review on Wet N Wild’s Color Icon Palette in “Lust” (248). And just in case you couldn’t tell from the post, I totally recommend this palette LOL.

Thanxs for taking the time to read this, and if you have any question about this palette, just ask me in a comment!

Smiles,
Massiel : )