See Part I Row I here
See Part II Row II here
See Part III Row III here
See Part IV Row IV here
See Part V Row V here
Sunday Riley's Prismasilk Eye Color Eye Shadows come in 32 shades ranging in finishes from mattes to satins to shimmers, and finally to vibrant metallics (click here to see my overview and preliminary review from the November 2011 launch). All of the shades are gorgeously pigmented and ultra-finely milled making them exquisite to the touch. In fact, they are so soft and creamy that you will be tempted to apply them with your fingers! This luxurious formula is long-wearing and highly pigmented which is always a winning combination. These shadows are formulated to be worn wet or dry, alone or blended, and with or without a primer. They also work beautifully as eye liners- which I have found work best when applied wet rather than dry.
Sunday Riley uses advanced Air-Milling technology which is credited for creating this ultra-fine luxurious texture. Air-milling evenly disperses the pigment throughout the entire shadow ensuring absolute consistency in every single application from the first use through the last one at the bottom of the pan. This alone makes a super concentrated single-stroke application- so you won't find a patchy, chalky, or inconsistent shadow anywhere in the Sunday Riley Eye Color range. The additional use of micronized spherical pigments create long wearing color that is always effortless to apply.
In an effort to provide you will the most accurate view of all of the Sunday Riley Prismasilk Eye Color Eye Shadows- I decided to break this into several posts. Each post will consist of a 4-6 eyeshadows following each row in the display case. This is the order selected by Sunday herself- so I thought that there was some wisdom in presenting it as it would be viewed at Barneys. Click on photos to enlarge.
Twig: Rich golden bronzy copper shimmer (see my review here)
Rich Earth: Matte cool leaning tan with plum undertones
Olive Branch: Greyed out olive green shimmer
*Cloud Cover: Neutral mushroom tan between low shimmer to matte on skin (also appears in row IV)
Fool's Gold: Blackened high shimmer bronze (see my review here)
Siberian Sable: Siberian Sable: Complex copper brown shimmer (also appears in row IV)
French Press: Shimmery blackened chocolate (the display was missing French Press so it does not appear in the swatches before. Having swatched it before I can tell you that it is true to the pan)
Indoor Lighting
Left to Right: Twig, Rich Earth, Olive Branch, Cloud Cover, Fool's Gold, Siberian Sable
Indoor Lighting
Left to Right: Twig, Rich Earth, Olive Branch, Cloud Cover, Fool's Gold, Siberian Sable
Outdoor Lighting Shaded Area
Left to Right: Twig, Rich Earth, Olive Branch, Cloud Cover, Fool's Gold, Siberian Sable
Outdoor Lighting Shaded Area
Left to Right: Twig, Rich Earth, Olive Branch, Cloud Cover, Fool's Gold, Siberian Sable
Outdoor Lighting Shaded Area
Left to Right: Twig, Rich Earth, Olive Branch, Cloud Cover, Fool's Gold, Siberian Sable
Outdoor Lighting Direct Sun
Left to Right: Twig, Rich Earth, Olive Branch, Cloud Cover, Fool's Gold, Siberian Sable
Outdoor Lighting Direct Sun
Left to Right: Twig, Rich Earth, Olive Branch, Cloud Cover, Fool's Gold, Siberian Sable
Ingredients: Talc, Mica, Zinc Stearate, BHT, Chlorphenesin, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Phenoxyethanol, Iron Oxides, Titanium Dioxide, Ultramarine Blue, Carmine D&C Red #30 (73360), Tin Oxide, Barium Sulfate, Ferric Ferrocyanide, Chromium Hydroxide, Chromium Oxide, Silica, Carmine, Bismuth Oxychloride, Ferric Ammonium Ferrocyanmide.
Overall assessment: Seriously impressive luxury eye shadows.
$26.00 Available at Barneys New York, and now online at Dermstore.
All photos mine except for stock pictures from Barneys.
I think your bottom picture is the most accurate when I look at the three I have from that row (Twig, Olive Branch and Siberian Sable). You've given me some new lemmings Miss Lola!
ReplyDeleteI agree completely with respect to Twig, Olive Branch and Siberian Sable-- the same goes for Fool's Gold. However, capturing the essence of Rich Earth and Cloud Cover proved to be more tricky. In fact, the other pictures capture them a bit more accurately. That's why I have been posting so many pictures- since that is the way the eye captures these colors in different light as well.
DeleteWow, what a swatching demon you have been. I die for Cloud Cover.
ReplyDeleteI think that I had a momentary lapse of sanity during that extended swatch fest!! Cloud Cover is actually one of my very favorites-- it's on my list of her shadows that I want. Rich Earth is also a wonderful cool neutral. I'm not sure if either are close enough to your beloved Prescriptives Mushroom or Chantecaille Agate, but I think they might be in the ballpark.
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