Profusion Smoky Eyeshadow Palette Review and Swatches

The palette is cardboard with a magnetic closure and a mirror inside. It also comes with a black eyeliner pencil and sponge-tipped applicator.
I assumed that a Smoky palette would be mostly darker shades, but there are a few light and medium shades in this palette as well.  There are 10 shades total, 2 matte and 8 shimmer. The shimmer shades are extremely buttery and soft and ridiculously pigmented...I can hardly believe this palette was only $5.



The first four shades are shimmers...there's a white, taupe, rose gold and medium brown which all swatched beautifully although they did have a bit of fallout if I pressed a little harder into the pan. The green shade was drier and powdery and didn't swatch as easily as the shimmers...however, I was easily able to build it up to the color you see in the pan with a second swipe.
The last five shades were all shimmer except for the last one. There's a pretty pinky-beige, a rosy brown, a gunmetal gray, a silvery gray and then a matte black.
The matte black was actually the biggest surprise of the palette...in my experience, the matte black shade in most palettes is streaky and comes out more of a dark gray than a black. This one is soft, buttery and comes out a deep, rich black on the first swipe.
Overall, I'm loving this palette! It has a really pretty mix of shades and I've actually been using some of the lighter shades with the browns for every day looks vs. smoky eye looks which I don't wear all that often. I'm just super impressed with Profusion lately, from these palettes to the Feline Lip Lusters and Luxy Lips Glosses...they're a bargain brand with some seriously great formulas. If you live near a Five Below, I wouldn't hesitate to check these palettes out! If not, I've seen them on Ebay, so you can always check there as well.
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