Ahem. Well. I waited a really long time to review this palette, and now… it’s sort of newsworthy. Dare I address the elephant in the room? I have to, don’t I?
To those who are living under a rock or are delightfully ignorant about Kardashian-related news, well….you are lucky. The rest of us know that Kylie Jenner is the youngest sister of the Kardashians. She became famous for being famous and became a “self-made billionaire.” (LOL.) Her best friend is a girl named Jordyn Woods, who was lucky enough to bask in Kylie’s fame enough to where she became famous in her own right. At some point last year, I think it was over the summer, but I could be wrong, Kylie Cosmetics released a whole best friend collection with Jordyn. It was the first time I had ever considered buying from Kylie, but I sort of hemmed and hawed over it, and then it sold out and I was SO BUMMED. But then… around November/December, it came back in stock so I was able to grab it.
However, the reason that this palette is NOW semi-newsworthy is because over the last few weeks, Jordyn has been in the news because she (allegedly) hooked up with Khloe Kardashian’s (Kylie’s sister) boyfriend/baby-daddy. This… is a problem. Various Kardashians have been attacking Jordyn on Twitter. Well. All of Twitter has been attacking Jordyn on Twitter. Khloe accused Jordyn of destroying her family, even though it’s well known that her baby-daddy has cheated on her several times before. Jordan denies the hooking up even happened, though acknowledged she went to his house with some friends for an after-party, and he kissed her goodbye. She is maintaining she hasn’t had any sort of relationship with him.
So… yeah. My late palette purchase is now topical again. And, it’s still available. For now. Though fans did notice that Kylie had deeply discounted the liquid lipstick she made for Jordyn. Unclear if she’ll discount the whole Jordyn collection…
THE KYLIE COSMETICS JORDYN PALETTE ($45)
First things first, I think the packaging for the palette is stunning.I loved the artist renderings of Kylie and Jordan on the front. I am not especially enamored with any of the Kardashians, but in my opinion, this is is just beautiful. I don’t keep all of the packaging for all of my palettes, but this one is a keeper. I just like looking at it. The palette itself is a foil embossed cardboard packaging, but it has some weight to it. It feels sleek and luxe.
One reason I was so interested in this palette in the first place is the shade Wild Love because I had never seen anything like it before. It’s a duochrome that shifts from lavender to olive. I searched high and low, and even a bunch of indie brands, to see if I could find ANYTHING similar, because I go back and forth about whether I want to give Kardashians my money. (I mean… I really don’t WANT to.) But in this case, I couldn’t find any suitable dupes, so I was very glad when the palette came back in stock.
Because I did buy the palette a few months ago, I have been using it a lot so I definitely have some opinions about it. (As usual.)
PALETTE PICTURES
And here is the palette! I think the color story of this palette is so interesting. It’s half warm-toned and half cool-toned, which is something we don’t see every day. Many of the colors themselves aren’t typically in palettes either.
Top Row: Wife Life (matte pastel peach); Loyal (metallic bronzey gold); True Love (satin terracotta with gold flecks); Peru (matte soft yellow-orange); Soul Mate (matte dusty lavender); My Heart (matte vivid purple)
Bottom Row: Don’t Ever Leave Me (metallic vibrant rose gold); Sister (matte warm brown); Ride Or Die (metallic copper); Marry Me (metallic warm silver); Wild Love (metallic olive with violet flip); Love You B*tch (matte deep plum)
SWATCHES
I don’t think shadow swatches tell the whole story, as obviously, eyeshadow performs differently on your eyelids than it does on your arm. But I like to look at swatches to see what the colors are. Also, swatch stencils are really satisfying to use. I put down the Urban Decay primer potion prior to swatching to give them a fair shot. I used a combo of a brush and my fingers to apply them.
Top Row: Wife Life, Loyal, True Love, Peru, Soul Mate, My Heart
Bottom Row: Don’t Ever Leave Me, Sister, Ride Or Die, Marry Me, Wild Love, Love You B*tch
REVIEW
I wasn’t quite sure what to expect because the reviews on Kyle Cosmetics have been mixed. I think her earlier eyeshadow formula needed some work, but it seems to me that her work has paid off! I think the shadows are beautiful, pigmented but not TOO pigmented, easily blend-able and build-able. This is the kind of palette that even a beginner could use and get some pretty looks with. Most of the colors are on the lighter side, so I think this is a really nice every day kind of palette. The only colors I’ve never really used are My Heart, which is the bright purple, and Marry Me, the bright silver.
My one semi-complaint is around the shade Don’t Ever Leave Me, because in the pan, I thought it would be more of a vibrant red, but it’s more of a subdued rose gold. Which isn’t a bad thing necessarily, but I thought it would have been a bit brighter. But I have been getting a lot of great neutral looks with this palette.
But I have to say that I am REALLY in love with Wild Love (heyo!), so even if none of the other shades worked, I would be pleased with just this one. I’ve been using it to blend out the Stila Shade Mystére in Hypnotic ($24), because that’s essentially the liquid version of Wild Love. I’ve used Love You, B*tch to deepen my lower lash line and the outer corners with these shadows, and it’s worked beautifully. This is really one of my go-to looks when I want to look like I’ve put a ton of time into it, but don’t actually have a lot of time.
FINAL GRADE: A
The most annoying thing about Kylie Cosmetics is that the eyeshadow palettes are only available online and they don’t do returns, so you really have to commit when you are buying a $45 palette. (Though they have started selling her liquid lipsticks in Ulta.) I do think this is a great palette, and especially great for those that don’t wear a ton of makeup but want to have some options that are a bit of a twist from a basic neutral palette.
If you are interested in this palette, I suggest keeping an eye on it for the next few weeks to see if it gets marked down. (I mean, you never know.) If it doesn’t get marked down, I still think it’s worth paying full price!
Purchased; All opinions are my own
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A self-proclaimed beauty junkie/hoarder with a serious Sephora problem. This blog is a total rationalization of that problem. Everything is TOTALLY fine. Her free time is a mixed combination of making fun of reality TV with her husband, hanging out with cats and finally trying to figure out how to do her hair.