I've picked up a couple of these little trios from Boots over the past few weeks - they are available in 8 colour ways (if you can actually find them in stock!) and retail at £7.49 for 4.5g of product. They come with a sponge applicator too, but I prefer to use my brushes with them...
The back of the palette offers a basic template/instructions on how to create a "classic smoky" ie darkest shade at the lash line and a haze of colour fading out from this. Obviously, you can also create a more modern smoky with lots of contouring.
I used the Golden brown trio to create a classic smoky;
And I also used the Green trio to create a contoured smoky;
The eye shadows are basically mini versions of the Little Round Pot shadows that Bourjois usually sell.
On initial swatching they can look a little poorly pigmented;
They do build up well on the skin - I used UDPP as usual for the looks above, and with a couple of layers they give good colour intensity. They also blend very well. I would avoid using fingers with these shadows though - they seem to be a magnet for the natural oils on skin, which can harden them...
Overall I think these are a great product - If I actually manage to find a store with decent stock levels I'll be picking up more - there is a lovely grey set and a pretty violet set I have my eye on - do you own any of these? Any recommendations?

11 comments:
These look great on you. Hope your ok. Havent spoke in a while :)
wow they look good quality (:, are they number 17?,X
haha stupid me! i didn't read the title :P,X
They look lovely! :) X
Silly me, I have one I've never used, that has been sleeping in my drawer for months. When they were released they were so cute all together that I kind of wanted them all :-)) I should really give mine a try.
xx Mariella
I've had my eye on the mauve-y pinky editions for a while now :) x
Thanks everyone!
@Holly - Lol - I did wonder how you managed to miss that!
@Happy1234 - I'm good thanks - how are you?
@TackyblueEyeshadow - they are great for the price... some very pretty colours too...
@Musings on beauty - the golden brown one is a winner for blue eyes!
@Dangerously Beauty - I know the one you mean - very lovely!
I saw quite a lot of versions of those in superdrug the other day, do you find them overly shimmery, frosty at all once applied? I swatched one and it seemed like it might be too much but you can't always tell from a swatch.
@Replica - they are definitely a shimmery shadow - they remind me of shimmery mineral shadows...
I have the green trio and love it. I wore it today with L'Oreal carbon gloss eyeliner and YSL singulier and got complients. Yay!
xoxox
Ooooh they look gorgeous
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