Hey guys, I hope you had a good Monday! I finally found the new Milani Everyday Eyes Palette in Earthy Elements ($9.99 at Milanicosmetics.com) today at CVS and I wanted to share my review and swatches with you since this has highly requested the past few weeks. I posted a full review on these new palettes a few days ago, and swatched the Bare Necessities shade, so I won't go too in-depth with the formula today. I just mainly wanted to swatch this Earthy Elements shade since it seems to be the one everyone is most curious about. I can definitely see why...you really don't see beautiful warm shades like this in most drugstore palettes, and can we talk about that matte orange shade for a second?! Stunning.
Let's take a look...
The shades in the Earthy Elements palette are so warm and rich. On the Milani website, this palette is described as "terracotta & earthy" and it contains both matte and shimmer shades in warm tan, taupe, orange, and deep brown. As I mentioned in my full review the other day, these shades are highly pigmented and really impressive for a drugstore palette. It can truly compete with palettes that are many times the $9.99 price tag! The gold packaging is also gorgeous.
Every shade in this palette with the exception of one swatches beautifully. The shimmers are soft and buttery (and have a bit of fallout) while the mattes are drier with less fallout but both types are nicely pigmented and blend beautifully. The one shade that was a bit more difficult to work with is the shimmery beige shade all the way to the right below...it has quite a bit of shimmer that makes it feel gritty and it swatches more on the sheer side.
Overall, I'm in love with the Milani Everyday Eyes in Earthy Elements! Even though I really liked the shades in the Bare Necessities one, I feel like that palette has shades that are similar to ones I already own, while this one is completely different than anything I have. It's perfect for wearing right now in the Winter months and I know I'll get a lot of use out of it.
Have you seen these palettes at your local Walgreens or CVS? I should mention that these were actually in the permanent Milani display, not on top of a shelf where all the new stuff is, so definitely check there!