Saturday, April 21, 2012

Sunday Riley Prismasilk Eye Color Eye Shadows: Swatches of Every Shadow Part I Row I

This is part of a 6-Part Series featuring all of the Sunday Riley Prismasilk Eye Shadows
See Part II Row II  here
See Part III Row III here
See Part IV Row IV here
See Part V Row V here
See Part VI Row VI here

Sunday Riley's Prismasilk Eye Color Eye Shadows come in 32 shades ranging in finishes from mattes to satins to shimmers, and finally to vibrant metallics (click here to see my overview and preliminary review from the November 2011 launch). All of the shades are gorgeously pigmented and ultra-finely milled making them exquisite to the touch. In fact, they are so soft and creamy that you will be tempted to apply them with your fingers! This luxurious formula is long-wearing and highly pigmented which is always a winning combination. These shadows are formulated to be worn wet or dry, alone or blended, and with or without a primer. They also work beautifully as eye liners- which I have found work best when applied wet rather than dry. 

Sunday Riley uses advanced Air-Milling technology which is credited for creating this ultra-fine luxurious texture. Air-milling evenly disperses the pigment throughout the entire shadow ensuring absolute consistency in every single application from the first use through the last one at the bottom of the pan. This alone makes a super concentrated single-stroke application- so you won't find a patchy, chalky, or inconsistent shadow anywhere in the Sunday Riley Eye Color range. The additional use of micronized spherical pigments create long wearing color that is always effortless to apply.



In an effort to provide you will the most accurate view of all of the Sunday Riley Prismasilk Eye Color Eye Shadows- I decided to break this into several posts. Each post will consist of a 4-6 eyeshadows following each row in the display case. This is the order selected by Sunday herself- so I thought that there was some wisdom in presenting it as it would be viewed at Barneys. Click on photos to enlarge.
Burnt Eggplant: A gorgeous silvery purple plum taupe shimmer with a brown base. Simply divine. See  the review from The Non-Blonde here.

Sanders: A coppery golden tan with shimmer

Bluebonnet: A light and bright baby blue.




Marrakesh Nights: A mid-tone steel blue.
Mint Julep: A pale mint green.
Gossamer Grey: A light blue-based grey.


Outdoor Lighting
Left to Right: Burnt Eggplant, Sanders, Bluebonnet, Marrakesh Night, Mint Julep, Gossamer Grey
Outdoor lighting
Left to Right: Burnt Eggplant, Sanders, Bluebonnet, Marrakesh Night, Mint Julep, Gossamer Grey
Outdoor lighting
 Left to Right: Burnt Eggplant, Sanders, Bluebonnet, Marrakesh Night, Mint Julep, Gossamer Grey
Outdoor Lighting
Left to Right: Burnt Eggplant, Sanders, Bluebonnet, Marrakesh Night, Mint Julep, Gossamer Grey
Outdoor lighting
Left to Right: Burnt Eggplant, Sanders, Bluebonnet, Marrakesh Night, Mint Julep, Gossamer Grey
Indoor lighting. Oddly enough Gossamer Grey only appears grey in the indoor photos- in the outdoor photos it turns into a blue- grey in the swatches.

Ingredients: Talc, Mica, Zinc Stearate, BHT, Chlorphenesin, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Phenoxyethanol, Iron Oxides, Titanium Dioxide, Ultramarine Blue, Carmine D&C Red #30 (73360), Tin Oxide, Barium Sulfate, Ferric Ferrocyanide, Chromium Hydroxide, Chromium Oxide, Silica, Carmine, Bismuth Oxychloride, Ferric Ammonium Ferrocyanmide.


Overall assessment: Silky smooth goodness. Amazing quality luxury eye shadows that can be used wet or dry.

$26.00 Available at Barneys New York, and now online at Dermstore.
All photos mine except for stock pictures from Barneys.

4 comments:

  1. wow, the eyeshadows look really lovely; thank u for an amazing post. can't wait for more!

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    1. Hi Pang, The Wallflower! You are so very welcome, it was absolutely my pleasure. I am trying to get all 6 eye shadow posts up in the next few days. They really are quite lovely. I also will be posting all of the Sunday Riley Lipsticks as well!! Stay tuned there is much much more to come! Plus, there will be some exciting upcoming Sunday Riley specials only for lola's secret beauty blog readers!!

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  2. I am totally and madly in love with you. You are going to cost me money but that's okay because I was buying blindly before. I can't wait for your posts. HUGE hugs. Expect me to link to you in my reviews.

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    1. The feeling is mutual, Marcia! Actually a large part of my motivation for swatching everything came from the fact that you said you weren't near a Barneys to see the lipsticks since they were not yet online. It dawned on me that this was true for many many people (and a bunch of people had asked me to do it as well). I will post all of the lipsticks in the next couple of days-- that one was done with you in mind! :-)

      Link away! Huge hugs back!

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