It's here! The palette I have been waiting on since I got my hands on the last one. I had been impatiently waiting on it to drop and once it did...I added to cart and checked it right out. I knew I had some criticism out the box ...such as the colors being more muted. I know some people are excited because it makes it more everyday wearable but I want wild and crazy and bright colors. So many other brands make everyday shades- I don't want to see that from Danessa too. I think that's a large reason I have skipped the Pat Mcgrath palettes which I still have yet to pick up.
So I'll start with my first major criticism- the boring matte shades. There is a black (I am drowning in black eyeshadow. I almost never use it so I hate seeing it being included in a palette!). A grey- grey just isn't very flattering on me. And a warmer and cooler brown that I'm pretty sure I also have a ton of and do not need more. I know some people are excited for them and the quality does seem nice- but do we all really need these colors again? I know I don't.
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| Last years and this years for comparison. You can see I have been using that last one a lot! |
Other than that the packaging nice. It comes in really sturdy plastic packaging that you can move around to your hearts desire. The colors are magnetic so you can rearrange and create your own mini palette that is more travel friendly. I do wish there was any option to skip the plastic outer packaging. I don't really feel I needed another one....and I wish we had the option to just pick the shades as single pans and make our own Lightwork. But it is a good idea and the packaging is nice although I will say the Lightworks before this style came out were also really nice and bonus was that they were recyclable...and seemed more unique.
I was happy to see that there aren't any true dupes to past palette...although I was scared some of them would be too similar. That's not the case. So let's get started swatching!
Starting with the most neutral of them all.
Goldenchild- First shade is gorgeous and the swatch is not doing it justice. It's a gorgeous iridescent with a strong bright green/blue shift. I haven't used it yet but I'm sure when I do, I am going to love it. I have some teal shades I can just see this really setting off.
Warmth is a little boring. I think it would be nice to layer over some bronze shades I have to give it a slight bit more dimension and sparkle. It doesn't have that much though..I can see someone liking it that likes a more subtle look.
Sand is boring shade number one. It will probably be great if you have lighter skin- for me these shades just don't do it for me. Maybe I can use it as a mixer to lighten some deeper browns already in my collection.
Enchanted is a gorgeous color. It is one of those shades with multi-color sparkle to it. I can't wait to put this one all over my lids!
Rooted is a matte warm mid toned brown. I like this shade in the pan- but I noticed when I swatched it, it went on a little patchy and oxidized darker. I'm not excited about it but I will definitely get some use out of it. I think it will go on the eyes better than it did on the swatch.
Mother Earth seems similar to the shade Unstoppable from the Lightwork 5 palette. I had to pull it out to compare. They are definitely different. This is much more earthy. Kinda like a MAC blue Brown with purple tones. I'll have to see what I think about it when I wear it because it's a little boring in the swatch. At least on my skin tone.
Next let's talk about the Blue palette. Not my favorite palette. I love the blue and the blue chrome shade. Not too excited for the silver (I don't wear them enough and have enough silver shades already. More than I can ever use up!) So let's swatch this one:
Nothern Lights- Not sure this is one I'll reach for a little. It's not really my kind of shades but if I use it and find a look I love later..I'll come back and update. I think maybe it will be best for me as an inner color sparkle shade.
Dreamer is gorgeous! I thought it was similar to Brave from Lightwork 5 but it's not a dupe. It's very iridescent and not as flaky. The color is slightly different but I love these type of shades and I already know this is going to be a favorite. It's just the best topper shade to different blue looks.
Magic Moon is a boring matte grey. I don't like these type of shades....I can see how it can help build a look but this type of shade is just not flattering on my skintone.
Mother's Love is an absolutely brilliant blue. It is bright and gorgeous. This is such a hard color for many companies to get right and this is stunning and beautiful and amazing. A highlight of the palette. I wore it on Thursday and I had a lot of lovely compliments on it!
Grounded- It's a nice deep dark black...can be used as a liner but I already have a lot of matte black shades in the collection so I'm not too happy about this one being included.
Star Power- It's a gorgeous sparkly silver. But I have a few silvers that I already rarely use ..I probably did not need this one. But maybe I'll change my mind? We shall see!
And then we have the last palette: The Purple palette. I thought this would be too similar to the pink palette in Lightwork 6. But they are different enough. These purples do still lean quite a bit pink. Some of them do have quite a strong green shift which should make them interesting on the eyes.
Open Heart has a green shift to it...like some of the other shades in this palette. It's a more forest green. Very pretty and I can definitely see myself getting a ton of use from it.
Toasted is yet another brown. This one being a bit cooler. I will use it, but I'm not thrilled that it's in here. I have about 10 billion similar brown shades.
Spellbound has a more bright green shift to it. And from some angles it does look quite neutral. I don't know that's different enough from Open Heart to where it should have been included. The texture is certainly different. I think another shade could have been used though.
Guiding Light can be used in more natural looks to add something extra. I'm not too terribly excited for it, I think I will mainly use it for layering.
Wish is a little more translucent sparkle. I use these type of colors but I don't love them. I wish she would explore more golden shimmer in her colors. I feel like this palette and a lot of the past palette tend toward a silver sparkle which makes most colors a bit more cool tones than I would like
Love Potion- I'm looking at this one and unsure of what I will mix and match this with. It doesn't seem to have a very definitive color to it. It doesn't seem different enough from Golden Child. I am going to wear it more though and see what I think about it on the eye.
As you can probably tell, I'm not particularly thrilled about the color selection and I don't think it will be my favorite of all the palettes I have from the brand. There are some shades I do already love- the standouts are Enchanted, Mother's Love, and Dreamer.
I'm sure I will still get a ton of use out of it, I can tell you I am hoping she releases a more fun colored palette next year...
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