These may not be NEW new, but they’re certainly new to me! I love when Wet n Wild launches new eyeshadow palettes because their colour combinations are always so interesting. They don’t always opt for just neutral palettes, so I was happy to get my hands on these to play around with for a bit. Since they’ve switched to their 10 pan palette layout, I’ve been even more excited to play since there’s *always* transition colours in there, too!
The palette I was most excited to try (surprisingly) was the My Glamour Squad. Although it was heavily neutral based, I was curious to see how that red and orange were going to perform.
In the end, I was a liiiiittle bit deflated with what I thought were the red and orange shades. The red came across as a deep, warm burgundy that has a tendency to lean more brown than red, and the orange was basically just a mid-tone warm brown. Not quite what I had envisioned when I first looked at the palette!
All that being said, I *loved* how this eye look came together. The orange ended up looking far more orange on my eye than in a swatch (hooray!), especially when I paired it with the paler transition colour which brought out the warmer, orange tones in the shadow. The reddish-brown ended up being a beautiful outer corner colour. The gold also paired really, really nicely with the shades I had used too.
I was initially a bit surprised by the Stop Playing Safe palette. It seemed like a weird mix of warm and cool tones (which aren’t shades I tend to mix together really), but I was so, SO drawn to the turquoise and deep blue colours.
Swatched out I was blown away. The colours in this one are especially pigmented and beautiful, and I love that the more neutral toned left hand side has a definite range of colours in the mix. They are all in the light to medium range, but they don’t come across as similarly as I had expected given how they appear in the pan.
This is a set of colours I don’t think I’ve ever thought to pair together. The warm orange crease with the bright blue shimmery outer corner ended up being a wonderfully weird combo. I also love just how strong the green on the lid comes across.
And lastly, I tried out the V.I.Purple palette (which I feel replaces the Petal Pusher palette from yonks back).
Of the three palettes in this post, I feel like this is the most diverse, unique mix of shades. While you get your neutrals (transition colour, lid colour and some deepening shades), you’re also getting a whack of pinks and purples to assist you with adding some colour to your look. And I LOVE that they’ve included not only a warmed toned brown, but also a cooler toned one as well (both shades are on the ends of the swatch shot above).
I ended up doing a fairly basic purple/pink eye with a warmer crease and a golden inner corner. I was amazed at how much I liked the shimmery outer corner area on both this look and the previous one. I do tend to prefer mattes in that area, but for whatever reason it really worked out with these shades!
Final Thoughts
Wet n Wild continues to impress me with their eyeshadow offerings. I love all three palettes I tried and found that they were consistent across the board. Their inclusion of plenty of mattes amongst the shimmers is one of the best things that Wet n Wild has ever done with their palettes. There used to be a time when their palettes were ALL shimmers, and it could be difficult to work with them in that state (just due to the lack of dimension). So the extra mattes alongside beautiful transition colours and wonderful to work with shimmery colours make these palettes a no-brainer for me to recommend to anyone. I love them!
The Wet n Wild 10 pan palettes can be purchased on well.ca for $7.49 CAD each.
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