Champagne is a light brightened warm butter yellow in a frosted finish. This is a permanent shade. It has a soft, buttery, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is more yellow than Viseart Champs-Élysées, brighter and more yellow than Viseart Ceska, more muted and more golden than MAC Nylon, lighter and brighter than MAC Ricepaper, and lighter than Makeup Geek Rapunzel.
Sterling is a pale bright cool silvered white in a frosted finish. This is a permanent shade. It has a soft, buttery, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is cooler and more silvered than Viseart Yves, similar to MAC Crystal Avalanche, brighter than MAC White Frost, more silver than Makeup Geek Ice Queen, and cooler TheBalm Envious Erin.
Peony is a light brightened cool baby pink in a frosted finish. This is a permanent shade. It has a soft, buttery, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is darker than MAC Pink Freeze, more pink than MAC Phloof!, lighter than Too Faced Cotton Candy, cooler and more pink than Make Up For Ever I872 Pearly Pink, and lighter and brighter than TheBalm Safe Bet Annette.
Blue Diamond is a pale brightened cool silvered blue in a frosted finish. This is a permanent shade. It has a soft, buttery, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is lighter and more blue than Viseart Chloe, more blue than Make Up For Ever ME202 Iceberg Blue, more blue than Make Up For Ever D200 Crystalline Mauve Turquoise, lighter and brighter than Make Up For Ever D206 Celestial Blue, and lighter and more blue than TheBalm Lusty Lee.
Orange Topaz is a light-medium muted peachy orange in a frosted finish. This is a permanent shade. It has a soft, buttery, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is lighter and less red than Viseart Cindi, brighter and more orange than Viseart Ponts des Art, more orange than Too Faced Bon Bon, lighter and more muted than Anastasia Beverly Hills Fresh Peach, and lighter and more muted than TheBalm Mischievous Marissa.
Velvet is a medium warm taupe-brown in a frosted finish. This is a permanent shade. It has a soft, buttery, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is cooler than Viseart Grande-Palais, lighter than MAC Stolen Moment, more brown than MAC Satin Taupe, lighter than Too Faced Rum Raisin, and lighter and more muted than Urban Decay Mugshot.
Violet is a medium brightened cool-toned purple in a frosted finish. This is a permanent shade. It has a soft, buttery, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is brighter than MAC Parfait Amour, more muted and less metallic than Makeup Geek Caitlin Rose, darker than Urban Decay Omen, lighter than Make Up For Ever I922 Electric Purple, and lighter and brighter than Ardency Inn Royal.
Sapphire is a medium-dark dusty navy blue in a frosted finish. This is a permanent shade. It has a soft, buttery, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is lighter and more grey than MAC Deep Truth, darker and more grey than Too Faced Blueberry Swirl, lighter and more muted than Makeup Geek Nautica, lighter and more grey than Make Up For Ever I220 Sapphire, and cooler and more grey than TheBalm Bossy Bobbi.
Cashmere is a light-medium muted wheat gold in a frosted finish. This is a permanent shade. It has a soft, buttery, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is more yellow than Viseart Camille, darker and cooler than Viseart Orangerie, lighter and more yellow than MAC Woodwinked, cooler and more muted than Too Faced Caramel, and lighter and brighter than Ardency Inn Vintage Gold.
Copper is a medium-dark warm bronze brown in a frosted finish. This is a permanent shade. It has a soft, buttery, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is darker than Viseart Chantille, darker and cooler than Viseart Saint-Honore, warmer than MAC Havana, similar to MAC Bronze, similar to Too Faced Frosting, and lighter than Urban Decay Lost.
Prune is a medium-dark warm plum-purple in a frosted finish. This is a permanent shade. It has a soft, buttery, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is brighter than MAC Nocturnelle, brighter and more frosted than MAC Fig. 1, darker than Urban Decay Backfire, darker and brighter than Urban Decay Psychedelic Sister, and lighter and brighter than TheBalm All the Way Annie.
Tuxedo is a dark muted charcoal black in a frosted finish. This is a permanent shade. It has a soft, buttery, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is darker than Viseart Diane, more muted and more shimmery than Viseart Charbon, more shimmery than MAC Dark Dare, lighter and more shimmery than Make Up For Ever S102 Onyx, and darker and warmer than Makeup Geek Galaxy.
It comes to no surprise that Viseart would make stellar shimmery shadows if their mattes perform so phenomenally, as it's always easier to create great frosted shades than matte shades. All 12 shades here are incredibly soft and buttery in texture, have spectacular pigmentation and colour pay-off, and are extremely blendable with no powdery kick up or fall-out. They adhere beautifully and are long-wearing without any primer (over eight hours without creasing or fading in my experience). The colours (which range from light to dark and cool to warm) are extremely versatile for all skintones to create all looks from natural to dramatic, and although this palette was designed for brides in mind, these shades will work for all occasions. Keep in mind, however, that all 12 shades in the Bridal Satin palette have frosted finishes, so you may want to pair it with matte shades to create more dimension (blending too many shimmery shades together results in muddiness). The packaging is simple and very no-nonsense — these palettes were designed for makeup artists and are made for frequent use and are meant to be functional rather than admired — and the price, though seemingly expensive at first, ends up being cheaper than MAC and just slightly more than Urban Decay and Too Faced.
Orange Topaz *__* This one is probably less practical for me than a mattes nude palette (although the one you reviewed is too warm imo), but SO PRETTY. The one I actually had an interest in was 05 - do you have that one, too? :D
ReplyDeleteI would say the Neutral Matte palette is neutral-warm as a whole, so if you veer more towards cool tones, you won't appreciate it as much. I find warm neutrals to be more wearable across skintones overall, so it's the one I reach for the most, even when I'm doing makeup on clients. That having been said, I usually mix Neutral Matte with other palettes to get different looks and tones rather than using it strictly alone.
DeleteAnd yes, my review for 05 Sultry Muse just went up. ;) I think you'll end up getting more use out of that one than 03 Bridal Satin, but they are both gorgeous!
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