When I first saw these palettes online the person selling them seemed to have trouble getting people to buy them. That paired with the fact that Tati used the Smokey palette and didn't love it, I was totally put off of these. I thought they would never work.
Then she popped one into my order because she knows how much I love eyeshadow palettes. I'd also seen these go out as trials here on BR so I already knew I wanted to try the Ultra palette, if I had to try one.
Overall I'm pretty happy with the palette. I collect eyeshadows so I have a wide range of qualities when it comes to eyeshadows and these are pretty great. Not high end quality, and for the price, who can expect that? But really quite good. The Ultra palette is full of pretty purple toned shades with a few neutrals thrown in. For me personally I do need to grab a matte, mid toned brown to throw in the crease as a transition shade because of the lack of mattes in this particular palette, but overall I do love it. The purples are stunning and it's definitely a cool toned palette and even using it for a pop of purple when using an entirely neutral palette is really fun.
I feel like with this little range there is a palette for everyone, whether you love bright looks, bold looks, neutral looks... I'm psyched to buy more of these honestly. I think for the price, you're getting pretty wonderful quality. I am intent on owning all four.
I put my hand up to trial the LA Girl Neon Palette and was so excited to be accepted. I opened it up as soon as it arrived, it comes in packaging that feels like strong shiny cardboard, it doesn't feel overly sturdy but I don't tend to throw my palettes around so that's no biggy. The eyes shadows themselves come in a cool green coloured plastic. There's also a small long mirror on the top half, I don't know how you're meant to use the mirror as it is quite thin. I would most likely only use it if I was desperate and had no other mirrors on me, but it does look nice so there's that.
It also comes with a double ended brush, one end is a thin eye shadow brush the other is your typical eye makeup applicator. At first I didn't think I would bother with the brush at all but gave it a go anyway and was pretty surprised at how much I like the soft brush end. I find it especially good for applying colours to the under eye area and for cut crease looks.
Now getting onto the 12 shimmery eye shadows themselves, the colours look awesome! I was a bit disappointed that the 3 reds and pinks didn't actually come out all that bright, they were still nice colours though. On the other hand the blues, purples and greens are super pigmented and what you see is what you get. I love that there is a white, silver and black colour there also, which compliments the other colours quite well. There's hardly any fall our either which is always a bonus. By the end of the day (after 12 hours normally) there's a wee bit of smudging and colour fade but nothing that would make me stop using these eye shadows.
I'm looking forward to trying out the other palettes, will definitely be investing in the Nudes next!
Tips: Try applying with a slightly damp brush for more intense colour