Review & Swatches: Kardashian Beauty Touch Tones in Echo and Whip Lash Mascara

After the holidays I used a little of my Christmas cash to get some new stuff from Ulta. While I was perusing the website I noticed that the Kardashian Beauty collection was BOGO 50% off and I had never tried anything from their line, so I picked out this Touch Tones eyeshadow palette in Echo and the Whip Lash mascara. When my order finally came in the mail I was a little disappointed with the shadow palette because the colors didn't look the same(at all, actually) as they do on Ulta's website. They are still really pretty colors nonetheless.

Here are some more close up pics and swatches of the palette:

Now, you can see in the swatch picture above that I had to add arrows to show where the swatches for the first two shades are at. That's gripe #1 for me, there's no real need(or use) for two flesh toned matte shades in the same palette. The pigmentation for these two shades is not as good as the shimmer shades either. I can get the same effect of these shadows by dusting some translucent loose powder on my lids, so these two shades are a big fail for me. The shimmer colors are really pretty though.

The last color of the palette is extra glittery and a little more sheer, and is meant to be layered over the other shadows. Okay...but it's so close in tone to that second pink shade that it makes the second pink shadow pretty irrelevant. Like I said, these colors are really pretty but this is definitely not a palette I would use on it's own. With the two matte shades being practically the same and the second pink and last shadow being pretty much the same there is a lot of redundancy for a palette that only has eight shadows in it. I would love to see these palettes with a matte mid-tone and matte dark shadow in place of those light colors and enough variation between the rest of the shadows to make them all usable.

The mascara on the other hand I was actually pleasantly surprised with. Here is a close up of the brush:

The formula of the mascara is not too wet or too dry, just right. And as you can see in the pic above the bristles of the mascara wand are flat on one side and curved on the other. The flat side is good for getting mascara into the base of the lashes to build volume, and the curved side does a good job of separating and adding length. I like that the bristles are tapered too, makes getting to the lashes in the inner corners of the eyes a breeze.

Overall, I was really impressed with the mascara and would definitely repurchase it. The shadows I don't see myself buying again unless they come out with some new colors that have a better variety of tones and textures.

Have you guys tried any of the Kardashian Beauty products? What are your thoughts?