5 Days of Using the Norvina Palette.

I am not normally so consistent with the palettes I use. However, because the shimmers and mattes pair so well with other colors, I had a lot of fun this week. The best part was that I wasn't even intentionally trying to use the palette for the whole week, I just found myself in that frame of mind.

For reference, this is what my palette looks like:

As always, please click on the image for better resolution.

Monday:

From left to right, we have:

Looxi's Durty, BH Cosmetic's Zodiac Dark Brown Matte, ABH Volatile, ABH Dazzling, and BH Cosmetic's light brown shimmer. 

This look I was trying to go for a multi-dimensional brown shimmer look, using both warm and cool tones of brown. 

I first used Durty in the crease and up to the brow bone. Then Volatile in the crease and lid, and the dark brown matte on the outer corner. Dazzling on the center of the lid, and the brown shimmer on the inner part of the lid. 

My thoughts: This look begins my consistent use of the Norvina palette, especially Dazzling, which made THREE appearances this week. I am not sure why. I know I was wearing a blue sweater that day, and wanted a neutral elegant eye look, so I went with the shimmer in the palette that I thought was the most "refined," Dazzling.

Volatile, from the picture, could have been blended more and built up more in the crease, but maybe I ran out of time. 

Anyway, I love using the cool tones of the palette and pairing them with other warm toned shadows. 

Tuesday:

This day I used Clionadh's Strawberry Mousse, Coloured Raine Princess both in the crease. Maybe an Inglot  pink also in the crease? I can't remember!

Dazzling is on the lid, and Mac Snowflushed is in the inner corner. 

Maybe the reason I was obsessed with Dazzling this week- and I think this is true of the Norvina palette in general- is that even though the color appears neutral, it's cool tone makes it work well with other colors, where it almost changes depending on how you use it. Using matte pinks brought out the pink to this color, which I liked.

Wednesday

Today I used Volatile in the crease and on the lid, Dazzling on the lid, Colourpop's Birthday Wish on the inner lid and inner corner, and Mac Snowflushed on top of Birthday Wish.

This look is like an improved version of Monday's look, and I really liked it. I found Volatile a little easier to work with, and I wasn't so hesitant in building it up. 

Snowflushed was also a great product to use with Dazzling, because of the copper and pink dimensions to it.

Thursday

This day I decided to switch things up a bit, which may have required a bit more work and planning on my part. Instead of cool browns and rose tones, I used:

From left to right, Eccentric from the Norvina Palette, Maize from Clionadh Cosmetics, Pumpkin Spice Life from Looxi, Summer and Dreamer from the Norvina palette. 

I used Clionadh's Maize in the crease, Looxi's Pumpkin Spice Life in the crease, ABH's Norvina's Eccentric in the crease and lid, Summer (gold/bronze shimmer) on lid, and Dreamer (light gold shimmer) in inner corner. 

My liner was....not great today. I have no idea why I only realized now I made a pretty significant mistake. The above is actually my eye after work. I thought I needed to improve the look by blending more of Maize up towards my brow bone. When I did my makeup this morning, I did not blend enough upwards. 

Still, I thought this look was fun and I should improve upon it in the future. Maize is a great formula for me. I actually prefer drier more powdery formulas, as long as they adhere to the skin and build up. There are some out there (like Fantasia) that are dry and powdery and blend away to nothing. So as long as a shadow strikes that balance, I am good. 

Summer and Dreamer are quite gorgeous and it seems to be they have almost a duochromatic quality to them. 

Friday

So, rose golds came back with a vengeance today:

From left to right, we have Mac Snowflushed, Colourpop Lay Low, ABH Love, ABH Rose Gold (Norvina), and a BH Cosmetics reddish brown from the Zodiac Palette.

Don't these colors look like a happy family?

This was probably my favorite look of the week:

I used Lay Low in the crease, a warmer toned pink that blends easily. I then used Love also in the crease. 

I then used Rose Gold on the lid, Mac Snowflushed on the inner corner and inner section of my lid, and then finally used the dark matter brown on the outer lid.

I usually have such a problem blending dark mattes, but I think I am finally getting a hold of doing a decent job. The key for me is not to use a blending brush, but to rather use a packing brush to sweep the product on the outer corner.

So yeah, I would definitely wear this look again. I am super pleased with it.

Final thoughts:

Norvina is a great palette. There are some colors that I still barely use- Drama and Soul- but maybe this weekend I can complete the full week.

Thanks so much for reading!