Product Review: Sleek iDivine Pallete

I love the outer-packaging, too!

I bought my first Sleek iDivine Palette from Superdrug the other day, and couldn't wait to try it out. Unfortunately, when I got it home I realised that, instead of the light green and dark green in the palette above, mine had just 2 of the same dark green!

I'd already torn open the box and tested them all on the back of my hand, but thankfully Superdrug didn't quibble at all over exchanging it for me for a correct one.

I waited until I'd done a look with this palette and worn it for a day so I could test it thoroughly, and see if it was the bargain I was hoping. It was! =D Here's the full review:

Sleek iDivine Palette - Chaos

Sleek iDivine Eyeshadow Palette in Chaos

Price: £4.49 ($9 US)
Look & Feel: 4/5
Quality: 4/5
Value: 5/5

What It Is:
A 12-colour eyeshadow palette by Sleek Cosmetics. Sleek Cosmetics designed their products for Afro-Caribbean women, so for that reason their eyeshadows are very pigmented, as darker skin absorbs colour. The palette is quite big, it measures 8cm x 14cm, and each eyeshadow is roughly 2cm in diameter and 1.1g - a decent size for the price. Each palette comes in a hinged case with a mirror on the reverse of the lid (which you can angle, because of the hinge), a long double-ended sponge-tipped applicator, and the 12 eyeshadows.

Sleek's iDivine Palettes come in 3 colours - Chaos, a collection of brightly pigmented matte eyeshadows; Divine, a collection of metallic, subtle/colourful tones with shimmer; Storm, a collection of subtle browns and neutral shades with metallic shimmer.

They're £4.49 each and sold in Superdrug.

What I Love About It:
Everything! The price, the quality, the colours, the collections. I love that the make-up is so pigmented and strong in colour, I love the selection in each palette, they're different enough to give great variety but they can still all work together beautifully. I love the staying power - they stayed on all day, even after rubbing my eyes. I love the angled mirror, because it's really handy to not have to hold it at an awkward angle to see, and it's a really wide mirror as well. Normally I don't like flat eyeshadow cakes so much because I have a harder time getting the amount I want onto the brush, but these are quite soft and lift easily.

For that reason, I worried this palette would break easily (I'm always breaking my eyeshadows) - but then I accidentally swept it off my desk, and sent it whacking onto a wooden floor, bouncing several times and skidding into a wall (horror!) - and it survived perfectly! Not a scratch! Not a single eyeshadow damaged =D

And THE PRICE! £4.49 for TWELVE full-size eyeshadows?! Yowza.

As soon as I get paid I'm off to buy the other two!

What I Hate About It:
Absolutely nothing! The only thing I didn't like was that I couldn't get the yellow to show up on my lids, but that could be because of darker powder residue on my brush, all the others went on great.

Is It Really Worth It?:
Absolutely! Yes yes yes! Even if it were 3x the price it'd still be a bargain.

Click here to see the 7-colour rainbow EOTD I did using this palette.

Mineral Based Eyeshadow.

Ingredients: Mica, Talc, Kaolin, Magnesium, Stearate, Dimethicone, Paraffinum Liquid, Ethylhexyl, Palmitate, Propylparaben, Methylparaben.

The box, pretty sleek black matte with their logo.

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Swatches

Swatches - Light


Swatches - Dark
(See the two identical greens?)


The missing light green swatch!