Inglot 30 Freedom Palette

I finally did it! It took about 2 hours... a hard but quite enjoyable feat! Yes, I'm talking about choosing colours for a 30 eyeshadow Freedom Palette!


Inglot's Freedom Palettes are so named because you get a set price for a palette of 2, 4, 5, 10 or 30 eyeshadows - however you choose your OWN colours.


I've been using Inglot for about 2 months now & bought 5 of their eyeshadows (on sale) to test them out. I've also been using their Pure Pigments (which you may know from my other posts, I love).

So, inspired by several eyeshadow palettes, I decided to buy a palette of neutral shades with a little bit of colour.

From one of my first visits to Inglot, I had my heart set on the cute, stackable magnetic palettes. When I got to Inglot I had a chat to the SA who told me the prices for each palette & mentioned the 30 palette. She gave me a magnetic tray to pick eyeshadow testers & place on it (like a temporary palette) which helps you see what your palette is going to look like. I decided to just pick a whole heap of colours & then cull them down. That's when I realised that this would be a very hard thing to do!

To cut a long story short, I realised that it would be more cost effective to get the 30 palette, than the cute see through magnetic palettes, so that's what I got!

• 10 Palette $85AU ($8.50 per eyeshadow) 
• 30 Palette $160AU ($5.33 per eyeshadow)
  

Like other brands, Inglot's shadows have a few different eyeshadow textures. Here they are:

• Matte = Exactly as it reads - no shimmer or shine just a silky matte colour.
• AMC = Advanced Makeup Components (Inglot's own formulation - in my layman term, very pigmented!)
• Shine = Has a slight "reflects" or shiny effect. May have tiny microglitter
• Double Sparkle = Has a very pretty sparkly effect in the light
• Pearl = Has a pearlescent slight shimmer & "creamy" texture
• FR = I'm guessing the eyeshadows with FR are exclusive to the Freedom Palette?

Sorry these descriptions aren't great. It's quite hard to describe! When I have more experience with these eyeshadows I will edit.

So I ended up choosing lots of neutral colours, a pearly white highligher, browns, a bronzey gold/brown, reds, oranges, pinks, purples, a dark pearly grey & black with pinkish sparkles. I made sure I got a good mix of textures including 6 mattes. I don't have a favourite yet but I must say I'm really loving the mattes so far!

Here is a photo of my palette & numbers of eyeshadows:-

Excuse the "brush dips". I couldn't wait to try them! :)

ROW 01 ( from the left)
496 Double Sparkle
351 Matte
352 Matte
467 Double Sparkle
463 Double Sparkle
390 Matte

ROW 02
49 AMC Shine FR
31 AMC Shine
461 Double Sparkle
360 Matte
409 Pearl
52 AMC FR

ROW 03
37 AMC Shine
423 Pearl
452 Pearl
53 AMC
498 Double Sparkle
62 AMC

ROW 04
15 AMC Shine
464 Double Sparkle
51 AMC
495 Double Sparkle
449 Pearl
50 AMC

ROW 05
361 Matte
48 AMC Shine
487 Double Sparkle FR
392 Matte FR
493 Double Sparkle
71 AMC FR

It was SO much fun picking these colours, like being a little girl in a candy store! The fun didn't stop there. You can get the SA to put the shadows in the palette for you, however I chose to unpack & arrange the shadows myself when I got home. More colourful playtime! It took me a while to choose & be happy with a colour layout - only because I tried to organise the neutrals & browns by shade.

The Inglot Chatswood girls were so helpful, friendly & are never overbearing (one thing I hate about some makeup counters). A big thank you to them!

I've been wearing the eyeshadows for about a week & finding them easy & fun to use, very pigmented & easy to blend. Some shadows seem to have a tiny bit of fallout but nothing that can't be handled. I'm having a fun time figuring out what colours go best with others & how to do looks I've never attempted before.
I've tried a smokey neutral look with a hint of colour (purple liner), several neutral brown looks, and an orange look. I haven't tried the purples, black or reds yet. I really want to try the red in an everyday look.

I found an excellent site today called Beauty Addict, which has a few Inglot posts AND has every Inglot colour swatched already!!!!! This site will be where I go when I choose my next palette! For my next palette (a few months down the track!), I think I will collect the rest of the mattes, some greens & perhaps some really bright crazy unusual colours! Check out the rest of the posts too, its great!

Here is the direct link to Beauty Addicts Inglot Swatches: http://www.beautyaddict.net/inglot-eye-shadows-swatches/

What do you think of my colour choices? Have you got your own palette? I'd love to see it!