I did mentioned that I wanted a matte palette here. I know MUA came out with one, but when I was purchasing this, it has not come out. Besides I wanted to try Sleek. There were so many choices to choose from, but I end up deciding on the matte v2. I find that the color is much more wearable than v1. But it still is extremely colorful for my standard.
The packaging is really sleek. Quite thin and sturdy. I have a hard time opening it cause it's just tight? Will be good for traveling as it's very secure. I also like that it has a big mirror. It comes with dual ended sponge tip brush, which can be useful if you need to use it straight away. There's also a clear plastic sheet that separate the shadows from the mirror. It has all the name of the shadows which is nice, but it can be a pain to keep it in the palette.
So these are the colors. It's pretty. I don't know if you can see from the swatch that its not consistent. Some are more powdery than others, some are really smooth to the touch. I love the smoothness of eye shadows. Even though I hardly use my fingers to apply and can't feel them, so I don't know why it mattered.
Orbit - a dark teal, smooth but powdery
Ink - dark blue (like pen ink)
Highness - a light purple (not pigmented)
Noir - black, powdery and has fallout
Dune - yellow beige, really smooth
Pillow talk - white, smooth
Thunder - grey with silver undertone
Maple - light maroon
Flesh - skin tone
Paper bag - honey brown
Villan - burgundy, quite powdery
Fern - forest green, quite powdery
I can get away without a primer, but I just like with primer the colors are more vibrant and they stay put longer. I don't have a problem with it fading before I have to remove them. Flesh and Dune doesn't really show up on my lids. I still can use Dune to highlight or just as a base. But Flesh is useless on me, so that's the only downer.
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