You’ll love how pigmented these shades are for a few dollars. All of the shades that I tried had a serious color payoff. This seems to be a theme with every bite-size eyeshadow from e.l.f. Crazy Affordable

This one boasts rather pink-toned eyeshadows, really just creamy tones, as the name gives away. I’ve found that all four eyeshadows in the Cream and Sugar palette really applied well, and lasted very well too.

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The only thing I didn’t care for was that there isn’t a purple available yet! (Purple is my favorite color.) In Conclusion When I used to do makeup on photoshoots, I’d often take them with me, especially the Hot Jalapeno palette, because it has green eyeshadows inside that I’ve never seen anywhere else (even in Juvia’s Place palettes). The four eyeshadows in the ELF Rose Water palette perform really well, even the dark matte purple eyeshadow. That says a lot about the quality of this small ELF palette because purple eyeshadow is usually hard to find really pigmented. Contour is typically a shade or two darker than your foundation or concealer. Contouring is used to create the effect of shadow and define your facial features. The ELF Hot Jalapeno palette is the most magical out of the whole bunch, and I’d be lying if I didn’t say this green gold eyeshadow wasn’t the main reason I love it so much.

I usually really try to scrutinize a product to see if there’s someone it’s not going to work for. For example, would a product not be a good idea for beginners? However, I couldn’t find anything really bad about these bite-size eyeshadow products. There’s a reason they’ve gone viral and are now adorning vanities everywhere!

I loved the ELF Bite Size eyeshadow palettes as soon as they were released a few years ago, so today, we’re going to be doing a little review with swatches of the marvels the super affordable Bite Size palettes are.

The texture of the shadows are a hit and miss for me. They aren’t the most pigmented and creamiest shadows I have used but they do get the job done. Some tested my patience when I was trying to blend while the others left me impressed. The metallics are soft and reflect beautifully, and are not too stark, while the mattes made me deal with a ton of fallout. Berry Bad Shadow Colours This reminds me of Wet N Wild’s Color Icon Eyeshadow Quad but the Wet N Wild one had a terrible quality, comparatively! Texture

Start by selecting a base shade—something close to your skin tone such as pearl, beige, or peach. Use a flat eyeshadow brush and sweep this shade over your lids and up to your brow bone

The matte shades weren’t dry or chalky. Shimmer shades didn’t have a ton of fallout. The pigments slide smoothly over your lid. e.l.f. nailed it with this formula! Awesome Wear Time A big selling point, to me, for eyeshadow palettes is variety in the color range. I want to be able to see on the eye that multiple colors are being used to create the look, rather than getting the illusion that one shade was applied all over the lid. You can look in the pans of Berry Bad and Acai You and see there is not much variation between the shades, which translates to the eyes. Pumpkin Pie sort of does this too, but not to the extent of the others. This fact is disappointing, but the palettes still have their time and place. What is the look you are trying to achieve? If you prefer a more natural everyday eye look, go for neutral palettes with soft browns, taupes and beiges. If you want an evening vibrant look, go with an eye palette with jewel tones and vibrant pigments. That, in terms of green eyeshadow palettes, is a standard I did not want to get away from but I didn’t want to cash out a fifty when the full-size ELF eyeshadow palettes are a tenner at most.

Consider the size of the palette. A mini eyeshadow palette with a curated selection of shades can be less overwhelming for beginners than an 18-pan eye palette with vibrant shades that are a mix of matte, satin, and shimmer shades. Matte shades are the easiest to work with and the most suitable for daily wear which would be great for a beginner. Really a great ELF Bite Size palette if you’d like to create some colorful green looks, or even go for green smokey eyes. I really, really love burgundy eyeshadows and red eyeshadows – ever since I learned I had hazelnut eyes a few years ago, I have tended to reach out for red eye makeup.