NEW! Revlon Colorstay Eyeshadow: Sea Mist

This summer Revlon has introduced what I have found to be two new color palettes to the Colorstay line; Harmonious and Sun Swept. The Gucci summer colors have also been added to the core line; Free Spirit and Sea Mist. I did forget that Sea Mist was already released a while back, so in my hurry to buy all the packages that said "NEW!" on them, I bought it...just to realize I already had it at home. But I will be swatching all these palettes eventually! The first one I did was, of course, Sea Mist.

First off, the packaging. It is the same as all the Colorstay shadow palettes, and I quite like it. Black, sleek, and simple. The safety seal is a little weak, and just a sticker over one end. But it is easy to see if its been tampered with, so it is better than nothing. The back of the packaging also has tips on how to apply the shadow. It also comes with one, dual-ended sponge brush.

 

The colors in this palette are a little varied. They don't particularly remind me of sea mist, but more of diving into deep ocean. There is a pale creamy peach, a dark gray-blue slate, a deep plum, and a sage green. They all have a little shimmer to them, but not too much where you couldn't wear them to work.

With primmer, the pigmentation is pretty good. The only one that had trouble showing up was the peach (which may or may not be to some people's liking). The plum was also a little spotty, but that is probably more user error than anything. The blue also turned out a little different then I thought; more sky blue than slate blue. The green and plum will both be gorgeous fall colors.

Without primmer, however, the pigmentation was pretty low. To get a nice color, you would have to use a lot of layers, or use a wet brush. The peach and blue are almost invisible!

Overall, this color palette has a pretty nice combination of fall colors. I could see a lot of pretty combinations cropping up once sweater season hits. The peach is also a nice, sheer, basic nude that will go along with a lot of other colors. The only downside is that the plum and green may be a little hard to use (especially out of season), but they might make a great smokey eye!