Good old Superdrug offering free palettes when you spend £8... While there wasn't much choice of the palettes, Girls On Film appealed to me. Like many people, I'm used to the neutrals- shimmery bronzes, taupes and champagne colours so I thought I'd be a bit braver and try this palette out! One side has very wearable neutrals but the right has some more braver smoky eye colours- purples, blue-greys and a very dark bronze. Anyway enough rambling, let's get straight to what you came here for...
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(Left) The packaging is very sleek for a palette that is worth £6, quite surprising for a drugstore palette!
(Right) The palette has a very large mirror inside which is so good for on the go! You can also see the 18 shades. Yes, they had names but they were on a piece of film that I threw away- oops...
(Right) The palette has a very large mirror inside which is so good for on the go! You can also see the 18 shades. Yes, they had names but they were on a piece of film that I threw away- oops...
(Above) There are 18 shades in total, 12 shimmers and 6 mattes.
Swatches of the mattes, the first shade is the last on my arm and so on... sorry for doing confusing swatches
Swatches of the shimmers, there are some gorgeous shades- from champagne shades to bronzes to purples!
Breakdown of the Shades:
Top Row:
Walking Hand in Hand - Very light cream/pink shade, perfect for inner cornet and brow bone highlighting
Heads Turning - Warm Toned Champagne/Rose-Gold colour, there is little payoff but it is buildable
Camera Rolling - A light, cool toned bronze
Take Your Picture - Gold/ orange-red warm toned bronze
Polaroid Heaven - A dark, warm toned bronze
Made a Million - Shimmery grey, blue-ish undertone to it
Middle Row:
Bridge at Midnight - Light grey with a yellow undertone
Lights Flashing - Light silver/rose-gold shade
Frenzy All Down Your Spine - Warm toned gold bronze
Lipstick Over the Lens - purply cool toned taupe
Smile Wider - Dark and deep purple, not as pigmented as it appears to be
Hold Tight - Dark grey with prominent blue undertones
The Mattes (Going right to left instead of left to right)
Give me Shudders - Purply matte brown, one of the best mattes in terms of pigmentation
Shooting Star - Cool toned mauve
One in a Million - Light lilac
So Bright - Looks black in the pan but ends up a grey when swatches/on your eyes
She's Falling - Deep purple, lacks pigmentation and has a chalky formula
Girls on Film - Very light cream/nude, good as a base
Walking Hand in Hand - Very light cream/pink shade, perfect for inner cornet and brow bone highlighting
Heads Turning - Warm Toned Champagne/Rose-Gold colour, there is little payoff but it is buildable
Camera Rolling - A light, cool toned bronze
Take Your Picture - Gold/ orange-red warm toned bronze
Polaroid Heaven - A dark, warm toned bronze
Made a Million - Shimmery grey, blue-ish undertone to it
Middle Row:
Bridge at Midnight - Light grey with a yellow undertone
Lights Flashing - Light silver/rose-gold shade
Frenzy All Down Your Spine - Warm toned gold bronze
Lipstick Over the Lens - purply cool toned taupe
Smile Wider - Dark and deep purple, not as pigmented as it appears to be
Hold Tight - Dark grey with prominent blue undertones
The Mattes (Going right to left instead of left to right)
Give me Shudders - Purply matte brown, one of the best mattes in terms of pigmentation
Shooting Star - Cool toned mauve
One in a Million - Light lilac
So Bright - Looks black in the pan but ends up a grey when swatches/on your eyes
She's Falling - Deep purple, lacks pigmentation and has a chalky formula
Girls on Film - Very light cream/nude, good as a base
The Verdict:
Pigmentation, How It Looked On Your Eyelids & All That Jazz
The shimmery shades were, generally speaking, all very well pigmented- there were a few that just didn't look the same as they did in the palettes which was a disappointment. The mattes, however, were just not as well pigmented as I thought they'd be and they're a lot harder to work with; when you blend them, they can fade to nothing because of their slightly chalkier formula or are super hard to blend out because they are drier than the shimmery shades. All in all, I was quite impressed with the pigmentation of most of the shades as they looked gorgeous on your eyes and were so easy to work with! The mattes, not so much but I can easily find another palette that has my staple 'crease colours' in there for me to use!
Packaging
This palette originally came in a box, which, like the film which has the shade names on, I threw away before I could sit down and take some photos. I still have a break down of the shades with their actual names above though! Ignoring that, the actual palette looks so sleek for £6! I love the gold writing on the front and the giant mirror inside, always appreciated for when you're on the go! The foam applicator that comes inside is useless (I'm not a fan of them) so I just threw it away on first sight- I'm sure you know what I'm talking about! Irregardless, the packaging has a big thumbs up from me!
Value For Money
At £6, you can hardly complain about a palette with 18 gorgeous eyeshadows! The packaging is so sleek and most of the eyeshadows are amazing!
Rating & Would I Buy It Again?
I would give this palette a 4/5, purely because some of the matte shades let this palette down! Otherwise, I'd highly recommend that you look into Makeup Revolution Palettes and if there was a need to do so, I would repurchase it!