Now that we are in October it is time to bring out those autumnal shades of browns, greens and blues to reflect the new season.
You also want to look good wearing a face mask so you will need a highly pigmented eye shadow palette that is perfect for darker skin tones. We feature the best highly pigmented eyeshadows on the market.
UOMA Beauty Black Magic Colour Palette
This brand is the baby of the gregarious Sharon Chuter who is behind the Pull Up for Change campaign. UOMA launched a couple of years ago and has made a massive impact on the industry as an inclusive brand that caters for darker skin tones. The Black Magic Colour Palette is high octane, high impact and highly pigmented. It contains a combination of pigmented matte colours, sparkle textures and vibrant metallic textures. Th rich textures transform into an ultra-thin, full coloured film on your skin which is long lasting and water resistant.
Urban Decay Stoned Vibes Eyeshadow Palette
Urban Decay are known for their iconic eyeshadow palettes especially the NAKED ones. This new baby was launched last month and consists of 12 vegan shades infused with genuine tourmaline. Each ultra-sensorial shade blends to deliver hyper-bold, transformative radiance. This palette is great for creating looks that will take you from day to night.
Sleek i-Divine Eyeshadow Palette Grounded
Sleek have re-released their i-Divine palettes. The new and improved version delivers a strong colour pay-off yet and is very easy to blend. There are six palettes with a mixture of matte, shimmering, foil and duo-chrome shades. The Grounded palette contains a down-to-earth mix of natural, chocolate caramel shades that are perfect for day time and night time use.
Afunkie Alluring Eyeshadow Palette
This is a Black-owned brand created in order to provide high-quality products at purse friendly prices. This highly pigmented palette consists of both matte shades and shimmers ranging from burnt orange, rustic red, roses, golds and dark brown. This palette has it all, each colour is unique, easy to layer and blend.
Pat McGrath Mothership Celestial Divinity
I don’t think the name Pat McGrath needs any introduction, except that her brand goes from strength to strength with her new releases. This is her largest and most lavish palette in LABS history. It contains 18 shades which are powerful pigmented and can be used on your eyes, face and lips. There are mesmerising mattes to dazzling duochromes all wrapped in gloriously glamourous limited-edition packaging.
BMM Cosmetics Melanin Fantasy Eyeshadow Palette
This is another Black-owned brand based in the US and Melanin Fantasy is their first palette. It contains highly pigmented colours, which are suitable for all skin tones. There are 10 eyeshadows in three stunning textures; seven velvety mattes, two creamy shimmers and one metallics. You have a mixture of fire oranges, soft browns to eye catching amber.
Aronse Cosmetics Self-Made Palette
This brand was founded by Sharon Semakula who sets out to create luxe yet affordable makeup. The Self Made Palette is a collection of 12 highly pigmented eyeshadow, including shimmer, transitional and matte colours. Each colour is uniquely formulated to suit all skin tones, leaving a beautifully complimentary finish to your eyes. The colours can be combined to achieve the perfect personal look, or used alone. This is definitely one to add to your makeup collection.
