Kat Von D True Romance Eyeshadow Palette in Truth

Without getting into what I think of her personal life, I really like the Kat Von D makeup line exclusive to Sephora.  Her most recent True Romance eyeshadow palette, Truth, caught my eye immediately.  I was intrigued by the crazy greens coupled with the pinks and purples.  I wasn't sure how to pull off a look with this product, but after having fun experimenting, I created a couple fun looks to show you.  

First, let's talk about the colors included in this palette.

 THE PALETTE:

COLORS

TOP ROW: 

Sugar Skull (vanilla metallic with greenish gold flash)

Long Distance (opaque citron green metallic)

Snake Eyes (pale green metallic with a slight gold flash)

Finland (greenish blue cream)

BOTTOM ROW:

Prague (very opaque dark purple with pinkish flash)

Galeano (medium purplish pink metallic)

Rehab (light pinkish gold metallic)

Sister (chalky peachy pink matte)

Swatches on my arm.  I did the swatches over the NYX Eyeshadow primer base in White.

My favorite color is definitely Long Distance.  It's such a great bright citron green!  I also love Prague for my crease.  Sugar Skull and Rehab work great for highlights and under the brow.  I don't really care for Finland.  It's the only cream in the palette.  I really had to work to get it to show up in the swatch.  If you work with it too much, it just sort of blends away.  Definitely not a buildable color.  And I also don't care for Sister.  Again, I had to really work for it to show up on the swatch.  It's very chalky and hard to work with.  

I love the palette, but my biggest complaint is that it really needs another crease color.  Unless you're going for a really subtle look, Prague is the only good crease color in this palette.  But the way I look at Kat Von D palettes is that they are not meant for subtlety.  They are bold colors and are definitely made for a more adventurous and edgy look, which is why I have great fun experimenting with them!

The first look I did was a smokey eye using Galeano on my lid, Prague in my crease, and Rehab on my brow bone:

Average White Girl Recipe For Kat Von D Truth Smokey Eye:

1. Prime eyes with Urban Decay Primer Potion.
2. Apply Rehab to inside corner of eye and bring up and along the brow bone.
3. Pack lid with Galeano.
4. Use a fluffy crease brush and grab some Prague.  Using a "windshield wiper" type motion with your brush, feather it into your crease and work it up to the brow bone.
5. Use a stiff dome crease brush and grab some more Prague.  Use a "windshield wiper" motion again, but this time focus on the outer corner of your lid.  This will create a V shape that will blend into your crease and create that "smokey" look.
6. Apply more Prague to the lash line from the outer corner and blend towards the inner corner.
7. Apply Galeano to the lash line from the inside corner and blend it into the Prague.
8. Go back with more Galeano and apply to lid again.
9. Go back with more Rehab and apply to brow bone again.  Be sure to blend it down into the Prague, but not too far down.  Just enough to soften the line.
10. Line top lash line with your favorite black eyeliner.  I used LORAC's Front of the Line PRO liner in Black.
11. Curl lashes and apply your favorite black mascara to both top and bottom lashes.  I used Maybelline The Colossal Volum' Express in Glam Black. 

In this example, I was going for a more adventurous, dramatic look using Long Distance, Sugar Skull, and Prague:

Average White Girl Recipe For Kat Von D Truth Look: Long Distance/Prague/Sugar Skull:

1. Prime eyes with NYX Eye Primer Base in White.  When I use bright colors, I like using this base, because the bright colors really pop on the white and keep the color from fading.
2. Apply Sugar Skull to inside corner of eye and bring up and along the brow bone.
3. Pack lid with Long Distance.
4. Use a fluffy crease brush and grab some Prague.  Feather it into your crease and work it up to the brow bone.
5. Apply more Prague to the lash line from the outer corner and blend towards the inner corner.
6. Apply Long Distance to the lash line from the inside corner and blend it into the Prague.
7. Go back with more Long Distance and apply to lid again.
8. Go back with more Sugar Skull and apply to brow bone again.  Be sure to blend it down into the Prague, but not too far down.  Just enough to soften the line.
9. Line top lash line with your favorite black eyeliner.  I used LORAC's Front of the Line PRO liner in Black.  In this example, I made very dramatic wings with my liner to make the look really dramatic and fun.
10. Curl lashes and apply your favorite black mascara to both top and bottom lashes.  I used CoverGirl LashBlast Luxe Shimmery Volumizing Mascara in Black Platinum.

I hope you enjoyed these looks I created using the Kat Von D True Romance Truth palette.  I'll put together some looks using Snake Eyes, Finland and Sister sometime soon.  Don't be afraid to use bold colors and have fun with them!