Artdeco Eyeshadow Quad

Yesterday myself and Zoe went to the Scottish Beauty Show which was held in Edinburgh over the 24th March and 25th March. There were lots of exhibitors including the likes of Artdeco, Airbase, Elimis and Fakebake to name a few. All the companies have great discounts on their products and it was definitely worth going to! 

Whilst there, I spent a while at the Artdeco stall and picked up 4 lovely eye-shadows and a palette to keep them in. These are great dupes for high end make up shades which I will go into more detail about later on. One retailer which sells these is Debenhams so head over there to take a look for yourself. They retail at just a little over £5 in the UK, but are the Scottish Beauty Show I grabbed them at a mere £3.20 - what a bargain!

Packaging (Sold Separately)

L to R : Pearly Snow Grey (30.15), Golden Highlights (3.210), Pearly Light Brown (30.16), Rosy Heart Throb (3.279A)

The eye-shadows are fairly small, but are very pigmented meaning they will last a long time. I have tried out several looks with them whilst practicing using them and feel that Pearly Snow Grey, Golden Highlights and Pearly Light Brown look fabulous together, while Rosy Heart Throb is great if i was to add subtle pink hint to my eye look that day. 

Once I got home I decided to compare these four shades to that of Naked 1 and Naked 3 by Urban decay and found that they were great dupes (all left Artdeco and right Urban Decay in the swatches below). 

Pearly Snow Grey is one of the favourties from my selection. It will be great as a brow bone highlighter and in the inner corner. It is a whiteish shimmer which looks great for getting a good highlight. I feel that with the Naked palettes, the highlight colour is more yellow toned normally, but Pearly White Snow and Virgin (N1) are fairly good matches. 

Golden Hightlights is a golden eye-shadow like it says in the name! Again it is very pigmented and can be applied lightly and built up to the desired effect. It looks great in the crease for an everyday look as it isn't too shimmery, but not matte either. It is very similar to Trick (N3) which is virtually the same colour, so a fabulous dupe for this Naked 3 palette shade.

Pearly Light Brown in my opinion is more of a medium to dark brown toned eye-shadow. It is very pigmented and you need a tiny amount which is buildable if you feel you would like to add more. It looks great in the crease if you are choosing a dark smokey eye look or the outer corner for a lighter smokey eye. I matched it with Mugshot (N3) which is less pigmented but would have the overall same effect when Pearly Light Brown is applied lightly. 

Rosy Heart Throb is a pinky shade with hints of gold throughout. Whilst it is shimmery, it is a subtle shimmer meaning that it would work perfectly with matte and other shimmered eye-shadows. I matched it with Dust (N3) which is slightly more bronzey but still s good match.

                                       

Overall, I would say these are definitely eye-shadows that are worth picking up if you are looking for a new company that makes some, of if you are looking for a cheaper alternative to some of the Urban Decay or even MAC eye-shadows!

Devon 

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