This $7 Black Radiance Eyeshadow Palette [Review + Swatches on Dark Skin]

I’m going to make this review quick and to the point because I can tend to ramble…lol.

If Black Radiance Eye Appeal Shadow Collection palettes look familiar to you, it might be because Markwins Beauty Products the company that owns the Black Radiance brand is the same company that owns Wet N Wild who also produces similar shadow palettes. The Black Radiance eyeshadow palette of course is geared to the legions of brown skin tones. I picked up Black Radiance eyeshadow palette in Downtown Browns during a recent Target run.

So there’s 8 shades and they’re labeled to help those new to eye makeup to figure out where the colors should go BUT this is not to say you can’t put these colors in other places (except PLEASE don’t put any of the deeper colors on your brow bone unless you’re going to be in some far out magazine editorial). I personally haven’t used an eyeshadow on my brow bone (I use concealer) but the two shades in this Black Radiance eyeshadow palette are pretty okay. The other colors are really gorgeous and work on all skin tones.

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Quality of the shadows are pretty good considering the price point—though the finish seems to fade down to more of a satin as opposed to shimmery after hours of wear, they didn’t crease without a base underneath (I always recommend wearing an eyeshadow base to prolong wear and performance of any shadow). I do wish there were more matte colors in this palette because every single one has some degree of shimmer in it which can get a little tiring (to me at least) after a while. But I of course have a gazillion other shadows so I could easily just mix one of those in—the lack of mattes is only a real problem if for instance you only own this one palette or very few mattes at all in your stash. I find that using at least one matte brings more of a balance to your eye looks.

Didn’t I say I’d try to make this quick? SMH

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Bottom line: This Black Radiance eyeshadow palette is great quality for the price point (you’re obviously not going to get an Urban Decay palette quality) and perfect for someone either on a makeup budget or new to makeup and wants something inexpensive to practice on. Definitely need a few matte shadows to help balance this out though.

Price and where to buy: about $7. See the Black Radiance site to shop and for store locations.