SHANY Eyeshadow Palette, Boutique

I gave this item 5 stars for good reason! First of all, I was ...born before 1970, I'll own up to that... and asked for this as a Christmas gift due to 1. the VERY reasonable price and 2. the color spectrum. I figured it was a good thing to ask for from my husband-- if it turned out to not work for me, it wasn't too much $$ at stake. It worked out better than I thought, and also better than ANY 20-or-more-colored-eyeshadow set. I grew up in the 80s, so I've tried a lot of these. I am having more fun with this kit than I did with most makeup in my 20s. I mainly wanted to try out the greens and purples, and even though I do not look my age, have good genes, and stick to a beauty regimen every day of every year, 41 is 41. I have brown eyes, and was able to pull off even some of the brighter colors. For instance, the neon greens and even yellow. The violet hues (that are in no danger of being even partially blue) look great. I don't use mineral makeup, because I saw almost the first day I wore it that 1. it didn't show much on my skin, even the dark browns 2.what I did get to show up wore off fast, but worst of all 3. somehow it managed to accent any lines in my face I had. Not exactly worth being 3 times more expensive than regular makeup. The colors I have tried have been matte finish (if there are metallic ones, they are in the minority here--I think), so there's no danger of looking a little skanky (a little like the ones I wore in the 80s sometimes) as long as you don't use a ton. I was REALLY surprised that I could pull off the greens and yellows--though in all fairness maybe I should add I have some training as a make-up artist. Not enough so I could actually apply makeup to other women and do it professionally, but enough to know the basic things you do and do not do,some little tricks to get certain looks, and what looks good on me. Hint- invest in and use a set of brushes to apply all your makeup, toss the little lame mini-applicators -you know, the ones with a foam tip that come with eye shadow when you buy it in the drugstore and are an inch long I was lucky to discover this method over 20 years ago and would NEVER go back. The results are worth it. Anyway, if I wasn't on such a low budget right now I'd pick up a couple to give as gifts. The price is right, the packaging is elegant but practical (no danger of colors spilling over into each other, if you use the clear laminated cover). If you are young and only have a few year's experience applying makeup, watch a few tutorials on YouTube. I would recommend this product to others that want to have a little fun experimenting with colors and enjoy applying makeup. A quality product barely over 15 bucks that gives you so many options, stays where you put it, and then is quick to remove later even without a special remover for waterproof mascara. The brights didn't make my eyes water slightly when I used them under my eyes, and I can't say that for many other eye makeup products-including ones that cost double the price. After 35, I found putting my makeup on was just kind of in a damage-control mode, and it's nice to actually enjoy myself and have a little fun again doing this! Go for it.

I am so happy that I purchased this eyeshadow palette! I mainly bought it so I could use the matte colors, but I found that I like the shimmery ones as well. Yes, as others have mentioned, the colors individually are pretty small. But I would rather have an assortment of colors like these than larger palettes of colors that I will only use maybe only half of them. The wide range of colors on this set is amazing! It makes me want to purchase the other palettes, especially now knowing that I love the quality. Even the light colors show up well on my eyelids. This set makes it fun and easy to experiment with colors. I have hooded eyes so finding eyeshadow that looks good is tough. But this set is a knock out for me. The colors are very will pigmented and they stay on all day. Not to mention, even though the colors themselves are small, they will be lasting me for a very good long while. Also (and this is very important to me) the palette box itself makes for very easy and CLEAN storage! There is nothing more annoying to me than messy makeup everywhere. My eyeshadow is in one container (I can now get rid of my old ones!!) and my makeup area is very clean! It snaps tightly closed so if I ever need to take it somewhere with me I know that the eyeshadow will be safe inside. Though I havent used it much because I haven't had much of a need to, I love the big mirror inside too! It will be great if I'm ever in a pinch. Will be purchasing from SHANY again, as well as exploring what other products they have!

Okay I got this product 2 years ago and I still love it but for reasons not quite what you might expect :-)Okay so I bought this originally because at the time I was using/wearing more eye shadow and I found this eye shadow palette just so darn pretty PLUS it had great reviews. So, I was very happy with it for eye shadow. I particularly like the purple and blue in this set AND I love how vibrant they are. I don't just use it on top of my eye lids but I take my pinky finger and or a Q-tip and I apply it under my eyes. Yes, it's a big smudgy but that "been out all night drinking" look works sometimes right? :-) Now, what I really use it mostly for now is to matte my lips, a few months back I decide to toss out almost all of my lipsticks that were not natural, yes, it was painful to do and yes, I kept about 5 that I really love and stored them under my bathroom sink but really? I wanted to start using more natural products. So did I toss this since it's NOT au natural? NO WAY! I love this stuff, instead I spent about $35 on a couple of nice natural lipsticks which I use as bases for my lips, then, when/if I want to darken the lipstick or make it more matte, I use these eye shadows. It's fun when I use the purple, yes, purple eye shadow on my lips, I mean what's wrong with purple lips? :-) I really love these shadows and they have held up against the test of time, I would say I use them about 2x a week and for them to still look this good in the pictures, they are well worth the money. Which by the way? Is a great price for them!

Very small individual pots but what do you expect! It's a great palette though - I love it! Pigment is excellent and the variety of shades is really useful. I particularly like the 'darker' tones of each colour. I use them with benefit stay don't stray primer and they don't budge all day but don't stain your skin either. Great.

Es un buen regalo, precio justo, calidad óptima y el regalo gusto.

so many colors and great price if you arent ready to buy an expensive palette. worth it for experimenting. easy to wash off. colors last a while, would recommend using primer, having a good base, maybe setting spray.

Value for money great colours

Las compré ya que apenas estoy aprendiendo a maquillarme y no quería unas muy caras ... No las he probado en los ojos ... Pero el swatch es bueno... Tiene muchísimos colores, están muy bonitas!! Y por las demás opiniones que he leído.. pudieran servir para maquillaje profesional .. así que creo que fue una excelente compra 😁