Wet n Wild 8 Pan Eye Shadow by Wet n Wild, Eyeshadow Review

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Should Be Called "Wet and WOW!"

Several years ago, when these shadows came in a deluxe compact with a pull-out mirror, I had a very difficult time getting anyone's attention focused on them. I was reviewing products for another beauty site and they thought that any shadow compact costing $5.00 could not possibly be worthy of a critique (so very wrong!). My friends would listen to me, smile condescendingly, and never try the sh...read moreadows. Finally, I was doing calligraphy for a friend who was getting married. I had a new Urban Decay Palette "Naked" palette on my dining room table alongside a Wet and Wild compact in the same hues--beiges, bronzes, browns. My friend wanted to use neutral shadows for her wedding, and I had actually bought these for her because she forgot to shop for new makeup in her endeavor to make sure the ceremony would be perfect. I told her to take them. She thanked me and said, "I'm sure I'll be using the Urban Decay but I'll do something with the Wet and Wild." A few hours later she called me and said she preferred the Wet and Wild to Urban Decay! She liked the UD set, but she was totally amazed at how well Wet and Wild shadows complemented each other. Moreover, they are highly pigmented and texture is incredibly silky--very easy to apply and blend for a day, night, or perfect bridal look. Moreover, some of the colors are very unique and hard to replicate even with the priciest shadows. Hues with sheen are completely wearable and flattering; there are no large pieces of glitter to fall on your face and clothing when you use them. Ignore the applicator which comes with the sets and work with your own brushes for shadow perfection! I am very disappointed that Wet and Wild changed the compact. It is flimsy. They went from a very large mirror to no mirror at all. But, for such a small price, I'm done complaining. These are amazing!

GigiSD | 1103 reviews

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Amazing quality.

The Wet n Wild 8 pan Eye Shadow in "Comfort Zone" is amazing. I had heard rave reviews for it on all sorts of beauty blogs and had to try it for myself, since it's only $5 (and I got mine BOGO 1/2 off on top of that!). The shades are all varying degrees of shimmer, but no glitter. The colors go together very well, and you can mix and match shades. The top two shades are a little less pigmented, bu...read moret still very nice, and the bottom six shades are buttery soft and incredibly pigmented. There are definitely some shades that are dupes of MAC eyeshadow colors, which may appeal to some beauty mavens on a budget. The case is rather cheap, but the size of the pans is nice and makes it easy to appy. Honestly, if these shadows were put in some high end department store palette case, you'd never know the difference! It's so convenient to use, and great quality. I highly recommend this palette.

LipglossandSpandex | 521 reviews

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"Comfort Zone" - everything you've heard about it and then some!

So I finally got the “Comfort Zone” palette. I have to be honest and say that even though I have read and heard so many reviews about these shadows and this particular palette, I just couldn’t get myself to buy it because it simply didn’t appeal to me. On my recent trip to Plattsburgh (I live in Canada but very close to the US border), I went to “Walgreens” and these were on sale for ...read more$2.50 (50% off of $5.00), so I finally caved in. I figured that even if I never use it $2.50 is less than a price of a coffee at “Starbucks”, so I wouldn’t be losing much. I am SO GLAD that I made that decision!!! Since coming back to Montreal, I’ve ordered a backup for myself and purchased two more as a gift for my sister! You just have to try these to understand how amazing they are. I truly believe that if these were “depotted” and sold at a department store under a different name with a much higher price tag, people would start raving about this new, mysterious amazing product out there. It’s just that it’s hard to grab people’s attention with a 5 dollar palette, because we are so conditioned to believe that in order to be good, the product has to be much more expensive… The texture of these if buttery and smooth, without being too powdery. The pigmentation is amazing and it blows many other more expensive brands out of the water. I use the top left color as my tear duct highlight on a regular basis and the top right as my crease color. These two go with so many different looks, even if I don’t use anything else out of this palette that day. All of the shades are gorgeous and I do think that a couple of them are very unique as well, especially the two bottom ones on the right. The bottom right is this amazing duo-chrome brown/bronze/copper satin color. It’s very difficult to describe, but this is actually one of the colors that made this palette less appealing to me because it kind of looked like a weird shade of blue (don’t know why it looks that way in the pan), and it turned out to be one of my favorite colors. And the one on top of that is a dark green/black duo-chrome with micro shimmer in it. Very special color as well with crazy pigmentation. You literally have to just gently touch it with your brush in order to pick up more than enough color. I could go on about this palette but all I can say is that if you are on a fence about it you should 100% get it, and if you’ve never heard of it and get a chance to own it, you should do it as well! ;) It’s definitely worth every penny and more!

Nikatron | 150 reviews

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