Burberry Complete Eye Palette in No. 01 Smokey Grey: Review & Swatches

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According to Burberry Beauty, 

Designed for effortless application, each Burberry Beauty Complete Eye Palette contains an illuminating base, two blendable shades to add structure and a liner to define and enrich.

The lightweight, natural formula allows you to create a customizable smoky finish, while the spectrum of textures blended with silicones provide smooth glide and easy application. Micronized pigments impart long-lasting, vibrant color in a color-true finish.

Comes in a convenient velvet pouch with three applicators to help you create a multitude of looks.

Burberry Complete Eye Palette in No. 1 Smokey Grey is an utterly stunning classic palette, and one that will thrill anyone who loves the quintessential smokey eye.

The colors in the quad are a rich black with a delicious satin finish, a semi-matte smokey mid-tone grey, a stunning gunmetal grey with shimmer, and a cool frosted white that leans a touch grey in some lighting.

Initially when Burberry launched the quads, there were people who thought that the quality of the quads was not comparable to their iconic single eyeshadows. I have to heartily disagree. I own a great many Burberry eyeshadows, and if there is any difference in quality it is imperceptible to me. Each of the shades in this quad is creamy, buttery soft, and unbelievably finely milled. The pigmentation is utter perfection, and can be built up to maximum opacity, or sheered out for a wash of color. 

In the pan the colors are definitely cool-leaning, and they remain so on my cool-toned skin. However, Sabrina from The Beauty Look Book found that the semi-matte shade leaned warm on her warmer olive-toned skin, whereas it remained cool on my decidedly cool-toned skin.

I find the colors to be long-wearing with or without primer, but I do not have oily eyelids- therefore your mileage may vary.

I personally tend to wear a simple wash of color and liner rather than the traditional smokey eye, and I have found endless possibilities with this gorgeous palette. The black shade makes for one stunning rich eye liner,  both of the grey shades are stunning as a wash of color on the lid, and the white makes a stunning eye brightener in the corner of the eye. I also found that blending the shades together in various combinations created even more beautiful shades.

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Overall assessment: Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous! This is a must-have quad for me. This is the quality that you expect from Burberry, and I remain resolute in my belief that Burberry makes among the very highest quality eyeshadows on the market.

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