Kiko Rebel Romantic Fall 2015 review: Reckless Spirit eyeshadow palette and Metallic Shine eyeshadows

Reckless Spirit eyeshadow palette #01 Harmonious Beige

When Kiko offered free shipping on all orders, I thought it was a good opportunity to try out some products from their Fall 2015 Rebel Romantic collection. I kept changing my mind, adding and removing different products from the basket and finally settled for those I was most curious about, a matte eyeshadow palette and two pots of  their Metallic Shine eyeshadows.

Reckless Spirit eyeshadow palette #01 Harmonious Beige

Reckless Spirit eyeshadow palette comes in 4 shades, out of which I chose #01 Harmonious Beige. 

Harmonious Beige comes in a lovely charcoal plastic pan with fan (shell? )motifs embossed on it. There's a mirror and a double-ended sponge tip applicator as well.

The small palette is perfectly curated, all four shades complement each other incredibly well with all of them being neutral towards cool-toned matte shades, ranging from light beige to dark brown. 

Reckless Spirit eyeshadow palette #01 Harmonious Beige

The off-white shade is a lovely browbone shade or a lid colour neutralizer or an all-over base shade to make blending easier.

The beige one makes a good lid colour, but I prefer to use this as a crease shade.

The brown shade is very pretty in the outer corner or as a lid colour.

And the chocolate brown can be used to deepen the look. 

Reckless Spirit eyeshadow palette #01 Harmonious Beige

All four shades are consistently beautifully pigmented. They're soft, but ever so slightly powdery. They blend like a dream and stay put throughout the day (over a primer) in the hottest of weathers and the sweatiest conditions.

This cute little palette is all you need to create a neutral matte look. It's also an alternative for matte base palettes such as Urban Decay Naked Basics, which may be reached for whenever you need a crease shade to help you blend or a matte browbone colour or something dark to intensify your look.

Reckless Spirit eyeshadow palette #01 Harmonious Beige

The Metallic Shine Eyeshadows were a bit of a surprise for me. The description in Polish reads like a contradiction in terms, even for a make-up fanatic like me. It's described as a cream powder formula with metallic finish, which somehow made me believe these were cream eyeshadows. But they turned out to be rather densely packed and kind of creamy shimmery powder eyeshadows locked in cute little jars with the same fan/shell motif imprinted on clear glass.

Metallic Shine Eyeshadows  #03 Strong Chocolate and #06 Dynamic Taupe

I can compare the texture of these two to some more buttery eyeshadows like L'Oreal Infallible or perhaps even more to their Color Riche eyeshadows. They're smooth and they glide on really well, but cream they're not.

Metallic Shine Eyeshadows  #03 Strong Chocolate and #06 Dynamic Taupe

I picked two shades, #03 Strong Chocolate and #06 Dynamic Taupe. Strong Chocolate is a dark, slightly purplish brown and Dynamic Taupe is a not that dynamic pewter shade. The finish of both is shimmery, but not glistening and sparkly enough to be called truly metallic. 

These two look great together, blend well and last all day (over primer) without transferring onto the brow bone, which is always a risk when wearing high shimmer eyeshadows on hooded eyelids. 

Metallic Shine Eyeshadows  #03 Strong Chocolate and #06 Dynamic Taupe

I like them for their classy packaging and shades and general performance, but feel slightly disappointed as I wanted them to be something other than ordinary eyeshadows (which wasn't the manufacturer's promise, just a figment of my imagination).

Metallic Shine Eyeshadows