Cotton Candy Fro: NYX Exotic Green Eyeshadow

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

NYX Exotic Green Eyeshadow

I wrote a couple months back about how much of a hard time I have wearing green eyeshadow. But I have too many greens to not wear them, so I decided to dig out a shadow that I haven't used in years and see if I couldn't do something with it.

The shadow is by NYX and it's called Exotic Green. It's one of their older shadows that is discontinued now, but they have a couple similar greens in their current eyeshadow selection. From what I can tell Rehab is pretty similar.

I did a review on this particular shade a couple years back. I wore it a couple times and didn't really like the color or the way it wore. It creases and faded like crazy. I don't know if it's because of the primer or the fact that I apply in layers now but it lasts until I'm ready to wash it off now. And I LOVE the color now. I did a little googling and it's supposed to be similar to a NARS shadow called Night Porter. It does look very similar from I can see of swatches online.

I basically just put it all over the lid and blend it out with Urban Decay Buck. I actually think I prefer it without the Buck. And then I placed a lighter gold/green shadow in the center and blended it in. I add a bit to the bottom too.

I love wearing this look with taupe/brown clothing. Something about the green and brown. Anyway, I love this look....and I'm glad I've found a way to use it because it was just sitting in my drawer unloved!