In a beauty world where eyeshadows in palette form appear to almost-exclusively rule the roost both in popularity and in our makeup bags, it seems all too easy to forget the bog-standard single eyeshadow. Why have one colour when you can have 12 and all that, eh?
But, in recent days I've been rediscovering the power of the one-pan and for some makeup days reaching for that alone as opposed to going through the usual palette-picking ritual which can typically take a good ten-fifteen minutes in total. With a single shadow you don't get all of that. 'Duh', you'll all say, 'That's obvious, as you only get one shadow in the first place'. But it really is so true. Simply choose one shade that you can get away with as an all-over wash of colour, apply a liner of your choice (if that's your kinda thing) and lashings of your fave mascara. Done.
I do find that is there's one thing that matters the most here if you're fancying picking up a single shade and using it completely alone, it's the shade itself. If you want to bypass the palette route and go straight down this one-colour avenue, I always think it personally best to choose a kick-ass shade. A colour that almost does what two in one of your palettes would do in one. Able to both pack a punch on the lids itself but also add a little somethin' somethin' in the crease, making it awesome for daytime or in the evenings. And I think I may just have found my new favourite go-to...
Introducing, the 17 Solo Eyeshadow in the shade 'Mardi Gras'. Love the name, love the shade even more. This is a bit of a difficult one to pinpoint exactly as it has so many different tones running through it, but put simply, it's a shimmery dark gold. This I've owned for some time after falling in lover at first swatch sometime last year but up until recently I'd forgotten all about it in the depths of my eyeshadow hoards. However, recently I gave it another go and remembered just why I love it so much. The shade in itself looks stunning worn alone, though when taken to with a blending brush, it gets even better. The dark tones combined with the shimmery texture means it does that whole 'duo-chrome' thing in that it looks slightly darker blended into the crease than on the actual lid, and so looks like you've bothered applying two or more colours when in fact you've only applied one. Makeup Gods - Can all eyeshadows do this please?
Introducing, the 17 Solo Eyeshadow in the shade 'Mardi Gras'. Love the name, love the shade even more. This is a bit of a difficult one to pinpoint exactly as it has so many different tones running through it, but put simply, it's a shimmery dark gold. This I've owned for some time after falling in lover at first swatch sometime last year but up until recently I'd forgotten all about it in the depths of my eyeshadow hoards. However, recently I gave it another go and remembered just why I love it so much. The shade in itself looks stunning worn alone, though when taken to with a blending brush, it gets even better. The dark tones combined with the shimmery texture means it does that whole 'duo-chrome' thing in that it looks slightly darker blended into the crease than on the actual lid, and so looks like you've bothered applying two or more colours when in fact you've only applied one. Makeup Gods - Can all eyeshadows do this please?
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