AQUAPURITY PHOERA® Pigment Eyeshadow Palette Metallic Shimmer Glitter Loose Powder Eye Shadow Makeup UK (301 CARNELIAN)

Only took a few days to arrive. (Arrived well before expected)Gorgeous colour.Goes on easily and feels fab! Gonna order more colours now. 😊

I first got the Carnelian then immediately ordered Beloved & Berserker, then I went back and ordered the Silver.....then used them for a while then yesterday I ordered the Emerald, so awaiting that one.Firstly, I had opened the Carnelian and the silver foil easily popped up then I realized I should not have done that (mainly because it was just too much eye powder to work with, though I did spill just a little bit initially.... but I am used to dealing with loose mineral eye powders), so I put it back and it only allowed some (which is more than the others following) to come on top of the foil. On my next ones, I push the foil inward and around the edges a bit to try to hold the powder in place and only a little bit seeps through, and if I want more I just turn the closed jar upside down and tap once on the counter, but for the most part I don't need to do that since I throw them into a bag with my others.....as just a tiny bit goes a long way.I use the Carnelian (above eyelid) and Beloved (eyelid) with the dark color then the lighter color on top of that under my bottom eyelashes. I use the Silver (above eyelid) and Berserker (eyelid) with the dark color then the lighter color on top of that under my bottom eyelashes. The eyeshadow combos really blend well together beautifully, and I have the smokey eyes look with both. NOTE that you can put on the lighter color above the eyelid (not heavily) then use your finger to wipe across to blend it in and it gives you an even more blended look on that upper part. You can try in on the inner black lid of the jar...with a few bits on it and wipe your finger across it and you will see it blends into a deep color nicely. I have used the Carnelian and/or Silver with other eye makeup and it REALLY gives my other colors a nice new (popping) look.I was concerned at first because the colors appeared darker than what I prefer BUT I want to stress you only need a little bit at a time to get the look you want. Most times I do the smokey look (like in their pictures) but other times I do the lighter blended look with one of my other eye powders and the Silver or Carnelian. I was going to buy my other lighter eye powders (which had really got expensive since I last bought them a long time ago) when I saw this product and tried the Carnelian first and was REALLY impressed with the quality, so I hesitantly ordered the darker ones and was just pleasantly surprised that I could control how much I use (also you can use the lighter color to blend the darker color into a lighter version of that dark color, which I do sometimes for a different look), as a result these are really going to last me a long time.Finally, these loose eye powders (which I prefer) are highly pigmented, which can be layered (usually just once or twice for me since I lightly dab it on) to get it as dark as you want, so use it sparingly until you get used to it. I also found that, such as, with Berserker (a beautiful purple color) it appears to be a different color when put on lightly and then you really get a more intense depth of color when I dab on a bit more. I use an eyelid primer and it STAYS on ALL day and looks almost the same as when I first put it on....unbelievable, as I have never had that happened so well with other makeup! I will definitely continue to get all of the colors because these will last as a little goes a LONG way and you get a good amount (.10 oz)! My only concern is that I noticed the Berserker and Emerald disappeared (at the time of this review) and it states there are 12 colors, but I have only seen 8 (now 6) so I HOPE they will bring the missing ones back but, in the meantime, I will continue to buy the other colors one by one until I have them all before those disappear (hopefully temporarily) also.