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I found the two out of three released palettes of Max Factor's version of  nudes and neutral shadows, the third palette being a rose themed palette which was not available at the time I bought these ones.
I have not had a good experience with Max Factor eye shadows thus far and I really hope that these would change that fact.

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The first palette is 01 Cappuccino Nudes and there is a mix of matte and shimmer shades from cream to black and some interesting shades in between. 02 Golden Nudes is a lovely looking palette also with the same mix of textures. 

Below in this photo are swatches of the 01 Cappuccino Nudes palette, as you can see from the top of my rolled up sleeve down to my wrist area, are the shades swatched from lightest to darkest.

Points on  01 Cappuccino Nudes

• Stand out shades for me are the cool rose gold No 5 left - right and No 2 a mocha brown
• There is fall out
• Includes ingredients that can be problematic for some people such as:Liquid Paraffin and Talc 

The two photos immediately above are the 02 Golden Nudes palette and once again the paler shades both matte and shimmer, from the top of my arm down the darkest to my wrist, are severely lacking in pigment and texture.  The four colours that are passable are the bright gold, olive brown gold, rust gold and the olive brown shade. The shades are a little iridescent but that feature fades not very long after, unless you sit and pack colour on continuously.  They also transfer into the crease line which is highly annoying for creating a specific look.  For my example I used the matte cream, the olive brown shade, the matte light brown shade and a smidge of black.  The other colours just end up mucking up and giving a look reminiscent of the The Balm La Balmba Vol 1 

Points on 02 Golden Nudes

• The medium brown matte shade is very lackluster in performance
• The bright gold shade is very soft be careful!
• Fingers are a good idea to apply the shimmers 
• The darker colours look good but are not that great I feel, they blend to look muddy and there is too many shimmer shades in this palette
• None of the shimmer shades keep up their look; i.e. they fade pretty fast 
• The black is not pure strong black it is very weak 
• Lots of fall out

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Made in Italy and Australian owned company, CROP Natural Cosmetics *Dermatologically Tested* has been in stocked in one of our major supermarkets for around a year or so.  It is not supermarket cheaply priced though. 


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This is four shade quad, I applied the cream shade over L'oreal True Match Super Blendable Concealer Creamy Concealer crayon in Ivory 10 to the entire eye lid as a primer.  I then applied the cream shade from the eyeshadow quad all over the lid.  I then used the peachy brown shade on the lid only, I then used the brighter brown colour in the crease and in the outer v, the more muted brown.


These shadows are mineral shadows and applied so effortlessley but ONLY with a primer on my eyelids.   Without a primer or foundation base the colours are no way as deep in colour or as easy to blend without primers.  The colours end up being quite sheer and not very rich in depth.   Despite the colour demarcations, on the eye lid, the colours all melt together and just appear a rust colour.  After two hours the lid colour had dissipated and I could see my eye lid veins.  It left the crease though.

I would not recommend these shadows because even with a primer on, the colours are still too similar to each other especially the last two darker colours.  The cream colour requires so many coats to get something going there and I don't really like the rust muddy colour that eventuated.

There is one other colour quad and it is smokey greys.

If there were some updates to the product that I have recommended then I could recommend these but I feel they are not up to par and are too expensive for a supermarket brand.  $24.00 AUD.

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Rimmel was not joking that this double ended eyeshadow and eyeliner kajal is long lasting.  It does not come off like powder or cream shadows, you need to rub quite hard to remove it.  The pigment though is AMAZING.  The kajal part is brown and goes on smooth and easy.

There is another three colour combinations along with this one.

• A brown and cream version called Queens of a Bronzed Age
• A blue and black version called Dark side of Blue
• A black and grey version called Back to Blacks 

 

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 I have just put the shadow all over my eyes with no primer or anything else under neath.  The time is now 3:06pm, I am going to aerobics this afternoon so will be interesting to see how it lasts through that.
Well that was a full on aerobic step class with heaps of sweating Yuk! But the product is still there, you can ever so slightly feel it on your skin.  The class was at 4:30pm for an hour.  I ended up removing it from my eyes at around 9pm and it was still in full effect until I did that.

• Long wearing
• Crease proof
• Transfer proof
• Sweat proof
• Stand out color
• Soft yet sturdy kajal pencil 
• No sharpening

Now you cannot blend this just incase you are wondering, it goes where you put it and that's it.  The brown kajal liner is more friendly for smudging though.  The shadow part of this product is good for pops of color on the eye adjacent to your regular liner.  Or the full eye lid, just to the crease. I would like to try it in conjuction with one of the other colors and see what that is like.  Though it is a very stand out look with these there is no hiding with this sort of sheen.



This was taken after a high intensity step aerobics class, you can see that my eyeliner has melted slightly and transferred above.  The eyeliner I am using here is the E.L.F. cosmetics and its a gel liner.

Definitely would recommend this, as it does everything it purports to do and I like the colour.  I want to learn how to do more with this type of product because there is other great brands that produce a very similar product.  I think Nars is one and people love them.

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 I found Sleek MakeUP at one of the local Target stores in Perth.  There was a little display containing a variety of their products but not the entire range.  A lot of the products had been purchased which is a good sign! Most of the eyeshadow palettes in more nude colors were gone but I liked Vintage Romance so I picked this to buy.  Above is a photo from the Sleek MakeUP website showing the colors in the palette.

Here is a swatch shot of the colors on my arm that follows the shades in their sequence starting with the top left shade.  Unfortunately I lost the plastic insert which tells you the name of the colors.  So starting off with the silver shade here is the swatches.



 The colors look pretty good I would say on my skin.  I applied them on my eye to see how they translated on the eye with no primer.  Straight off I can say that the light colors are far more pigmented than the others.  They are very bright and iridescent and buildable.  They look good in the corner of the eye and as a highlight on the eye under the brow.
The purple/pink shades are not equal to the iridescent shades.  They are a little bit sheer when applied on top of an ivory shade which I used as a base.  Maybe this is because two out of the three pink/purples are iridescent.

• Applies very easily
• Inexpensive
• Good for beginners
• Can be used wet
• No smell
• Suitable for vegans and vegetarians

 My favourite shade that I remembered from the plastic cover is Propose in Prague, which is a terracotta matte shade. 

Overall I think this is a great palette to experiment with colors and mix with the nudes, browns etc that we already own.  The best shades in terms of pigment are the iridescent, metallic shades.  The terracotta shade is also great.  I would definitely recommend to buy and play with.

To Buy: http://www.sleekmakeup.com/i-divine-vintage-romance
Photos: By me and sleekmakeUP
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