Metal is a light cool silvered gold in a Titanium finish. This is a permanent shade. It has a soft, dense, almost buttery texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It is lighter and warmer than Anastasia Beverly Hills Victorian, warmer than MAC Retrospeck, lighter than Ardency Inn Sunday, lighter and more gold than Makeup Geek Charmed, and more silver than Make Up For Ever D504 Celestial Beige.
Truffle Glitter is a medium-dark warm olive brown with gold sparkle in a Titanium finish. This is a permanent shade. It has a soft, dense, almost buttery texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It is darker and more brown than MAC Sumptuous Olive, similar to Make Up For Ever I328 Bronze, darker and more sparkly than Make Up For Ever I628 Reptile, more brown and more sparkly than Make Up For Ever D320 Golden Khaki, and darker and more olive than Ardency Inn Vintage Gold.
Dragonfly is a medium-dark cool smoky teal blue in a Duo Chrome finish. This is a permanent shade. It has a soft, dense, almost buttery texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It is more blue than Anastasia Beverly Hills Mermaid, lighter and more blue than MAC Deep Blue Green Pigment, more muted and more blue than Makeup Geek Houdini, brighter and more teal than Make Up Geek Ocean Breeze, and more muted and smokier than Make Up For Ever ME230 Peacock Blue.
Rosette is a medium-dark warm rich burgundy wine in a Titanium finish. This is a permanent shade. It has a soft, dense, almost buttery texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation to opaque colour pay-off. It is darker and more red than Anastasia Beverly Hills Sangria, darker than MAC Cranberry, darker and more red than Make Up For Ever ME840 Pink Chrome, darker and brighter than Make Up For Ever D826 Fig, and brighter and more red than Makeup Geek Burlesque.
Gorgeous, buttery textures with rich, saturated colour; Anastasia Beverly Hills definitely hit the mark with their eyeshadows, with a huge range of shades and a variety of different finishes to compete with some of the best shadows on the market (e.g. MAC, MUFE, Urban Decay, NARS, Makeup Geek, etc.). When these initially launched, ABH had provided both four- and eight-pan empty palettes for free when you purchased the shadows to fill your palette, and the more you bought, the better value it would be (if you bought four shadows, the four-pan palette was free and each shadow was $10, and if you bought eight shadows, the eight-pan palette was free and each shadow was $8.75). But it seems like this deal is different depending on where you buy it from: ABH's website doesn't even offer building your own palette anymore, whereas the Macy's location I went to had only the four-pan palette offer but not the eight, but the Macy's website (in the US only) offers both the four- and eight-pan palettes. (If you're outside of the US, though, forget it — you gotta pay for shipping and duties, too.) That's not to say ABH's shadows aren't worth ordering because they are absolutely worth every penny; it's just annoying that their customizable palette offerings aren't the same across all retailers. So, if you're in the US, or know someone who's in the US and is going to come visit you soon, definitely order from the Macy's website, where they consistently have stock, there's free US shipping for purchases over $50, and they have both the value palette options.
I know this post is pretty old, but because of your post, I bought (almost) the same palette! I just changed out Dragonfly for Prussian Blue as that one seemed better for me :)
ReplyDeleteHaha, wow, that's awesome! I also have Prussian Blue and LOVE it! Actually, I think if Prussian Blue had come out at the same time as Dragonfly, I would've preferred it, too. ;)
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