Paul & Joe Menagerie Spring 2015 Creation: Face & Eye Colour

Paul & Joe Menagerie Spring 2015 Creation

 I cannot believe it's already that time of the year where all the spring collections are starting to make their way onto the shelves! It's all very exciting! Especially now the Christmas is over there is nothing better to look forward to then new spring collections, and yes Paul & Joe - I am talking about you! :-)

Face and Eye Colour CS in 095 Girafe and 096 Elephanteau is presented in a printed, cardboard packaging. You get four different colours is each pan: (clockwise from top left) hippo is an accent eyeshadow colour, swan is a highlighter, elephant is a blusher and a cat (my personal favourite) is all over eye colour. Looks very pretty but there is one main downside to having all colours embossed onto the same palette, which is that they will easily get mixed with each other. Especially if you use a brush to apply your makeup. But hey, the benefit is that you have all you need to create a makeup look on a go in a nice sized, handy palette!   Read more ->

Paul & Joe Menagerie Spring 2015 Creation: Face & Eye Colour: HOW PRETTY?!

Paul & Joe Menagerie Spring 2015 Creation: Face & Eye Colour in 096 Elephanteau (Left) and 095 Girafe (Right)

Paul & Joe Face and Eye Colour in 095 Girafe is the warmest toned out of all three. The hippo is yellow shade with barely-there golden shimmer. This shade is the worst performer out of all four, it's quite sheer and you need a lot of layers for the colour to show. Highlighter is very powdery and shimmery so when you apply you need to be careful not to overdo it. Its a nice, warm golden shade of champagne. The blusher is a nicely pigmented matte shade of orange that looks very natural on the cheeks when applied. Very impressed. The last one, brown eye shadow is again nicely pigmented and easy to apply. Minimal fall out when applying. Overall, very nice everyday colour palette that you can easily fit in your bag for 'on-the-go' look.

Paul & Joe Menagerie Spring 2015 Creation: Face & Eye Colour in 096 Elephanteau (L) and 095 Girafe (R)

Paul & Joe Face and Eye Colour in 096 Elephanteau is slightly cool-toned in comparison to Girafe palette. The hippo is a pretty turquoise eye shadow. Perfect for my brown eyes. The highlighter is much softer and easier to apply than Girafe one, not so powdery but still intense. The blusher is a nice, rosy shade a pink. And the eyeshadow is a brown shade with cool undertones. All of the shades are nicely pigmented and long lasting.

With both palettes I found the eyeshadows to be long lasting (about 8-9 hours with a primer) and blushers need topping up after about 4 hours.Overall thoughts? I am definitely a fan of both palettes! And they are so pretty to look at as well. Love, A.

Paul & Joe Menagerie Spring 2015 Creation: Face & Eye Colour in 095 Girafe

Paul & Joe Menagerie Spring 2015 Creation: Face & Eye Colour in 096 Elephanteau