Before I moved to Copenhagen over a year ago, I left all of my makeup home in the States so I could start new here. One of my favorite inexpensive makeup brands here is W7 Makeup. There's a beauty/household item store here called Normal where I buy W7 products. So far, I have five of their palettes, which will be swatched and reviewed soon. I reach for all four of them quite often, but the first palette I bought was the On the Rocks palette. This palette caught my eye because of the tone of the palette and the ease that I could see myself incorporating some color into my normal neutral everyday looks.
The palette contains a total of 14 shades with 3 shimmer and 11 matte shades. The pan and palette layout style are very much reminiscent of the Anastasia Beverly Hills eyeshadow palettes.
Description from w7:
W7 On The Rocks is an on-trend eyeshadow palette featuring a range of 14 cool toned shades.
A combination of earthy, natural tones with a punch of creamy golds and deep yellows throughout. The shades within the product are blendable with a high level of pigmentation. This provides the ability for everyone to create soft, natural looks all the way through to striking, bold eyes.
The finishes and textures vary within the palette, with shades ranging from metallic glitters to creamy mattes shades.
Not only does On The Rocks have smooth, highly pigmented mattes, her metallic shades are just as smooth to apply and just as high in quality.
Here are some swatches!
Top row shades:
Sugar Rim is described as a "duo-chrome opalescent pink." (2/5)
Moscato is described as "a matte nude." (4/5)
Martini Olive is described as "a deep peridot." (5/5)
Espresso Martini is described as "a metallic coffee." (4/5)
Maraschino Cherry is described as "a soft burgundy." (5/5)
Cheers is described as "a neutral grey." (5/5)
Caracao is described as "a deep teal." (4.5/5)
Bottom row shades:
Body Shot is described as "a pretty peach." (4/5)
Champagne Toast is described as "a statement gold metallic" (4.5/5)
Bloody Mary is described as "a deep tan." (4/5)Bellini is described as "a fiery yellow orange." (5/5)
Magnum is described as "pine green." (5/5)
Pina Colada is described as "a nutty mustard." (5/5)
Last Call is described as "a deep purple." (4/5)
I actually reach for this palette quite often. The mattes and shimmers are alike buttery, although the Sugar Rim is a bit difficult to get out of the pan enough to show up on me eye (I tried my finger as well as a brush). The shades I reach the most for are Martini Olive, Maraschino Cherry, Cheers (it's a great transition shade for light/medium skin tones), and Champagne Toast. Overall, this palette is well-worth the money.
Score: 4.35 (our of 5)
The palette is £9.95 and can be purchased from the W7 webstore from this link (non-affiliate, direct link).
Which W7 products would you like me to review next? I have four more eyeshadow palettes to review but I would also love to get my hands on the new Magic Metals Glitter and Glam eyeshadow toppers as well as the Starry Eyes Metallic Jelly Eyeshadows. I'll check my Normal next time I pass one!
