My Two Cents: Kat Von D Monarch Palette

Hello Beauty Gems -

Happy Tuesday!  Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Welcome to another edition of My Two Cents. For those of you that are new to my blog...WELCOME!!! Any in-depth reviews I post about various products I refer to as "My Two Cents".  Basically, I give you the good, bad and ugly about products I've used.

A while back, I posted a My Two Cents review for the KVD Chrysalis palette (if you haven't seen it, check it out here). As promised, here's my review on the sister palette.... the Monarch. The Monarch palette contains warm colors versus the Chrysalis palette which contains mostly cool tone colors.
Similar to the Chrysalis, you have the same beautiful and intricate palette design.  One thing I absolutely love is how much precision KVD puts into the product design.  It's make the product that more attractive and unique. Many of the KVD palettes are little works of art, I think.

Inside the palette you have a nice size mirror with detailed bordering.  The palette also has a magnetic closure for ease with storage and travel.  The palette has a little weight and thickness to it but not too much. With this palette, you receive a total of 12 colors.  The description on the back of the palette says "Keep your look ever-changing, highlight eyes with 3 textural bases and accentuate with 9 transformative colors." That description couldn't be more accurate.  The 9 eye shadows can be used with other colors to create new color variations.  Alot of KVD palettes contain colors that are transitional shades which I love.   This gives you the option to create numerous looks within one palette.

Let's get started with the first set of shades (from left to right): Wrath (deep pearl orange), Papilio (pearl chocolate), Summerfly (glitter gold) and Entomology (matte cream).  Wrath is a beautiful, burnt orange color with flecks of gold. It's perfect as a crease color or on the eyelid. Papilio is gorgeous chocolate color that works wells a crease color and on the outer lid. Summerfly is one of those colors that can pair perfectly with other colors however, it's amazing on it's own. While it's described as a glitter gold, it's just enough glitter that a little can give you a great effect.

The next set of shades (from left to right): Killing Jar (pearl copper), Delaney (pearl silver), Vanish (matte taupe) and Telepathy (pearl gold). In the palette, Killing Jar looks more like a shimmery peach color.  While it does have peachy color effect, it's shows more like a light wash of peachy-pink pearl. Delaney is more like an brownish silver. Vanish is a great all over or crease color to blend out harsh lines. Telepathy can make any eye pop.  This beautiful gold can be used in so many ways.  What I love most is that you can utilize it with a number of different color combinations. 

Here are the last set of shades (left to right): Disintegration (pearl brown), Shadow box (matte chocolate), Deadhead (matte black) and Tiny Death (glitter cream). Disintegration is more of a muted pearl brown.  It's versatile in that you can wear this color as a light wash or more dramatically with added color. Shadow box is a gorgeous matte brown.  A great alternative if you want a dark color (outer "V" or lining the eyes) but not necessarily black.  What can I say about Deadhead? It's just a full punch black (deep and truly pigmented). Last but no least is Tiny Death.  Tiny Death reminds me more of a matte (as a swatch) but creamy when applied to the eye.     

What I love about this palette:

• Beautiful warm tone colors that will compliment any skin complexion. This is also a palette with colors you can wear year round.
• Quality and pigmentation is superb.  Using a eye shadow base with these colors is optional.  Alone they are just as vibrant and long-lasting. Shadow bases only give these colors even more vibrancy and life. 
• Creamy smooth texture -  These shadows apply like butter.  The lightest hand can apply great color coverage with little to no effort.
• Very little fallout....the texture is so buttery soft that there is some fallout but very little. 

I'm very happy that I purchased both the Chrysalis and Monarch palettes. However, for those of you trying to decide and want a palette that can be used for many looks, warm toned based and great quality...KVD Monarch palette is a great option.  

The KVD Monarch retails for $46 and is available online at Sephora and in Sephora stores. That concludes My Two Cents for now.  If you have both or either one of the KVD palettes, let me know your thoughts? How does it compare to some of your other high end palettes.

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