Kat Von D True Romance Eyeshadow Palette in Angeles: Cool Blues Meet Warm Browns!

So my love for Kat Von D palettes continues.  I love these palettes for a couple reasons.  First, they always have amazing colors that are fashion forward and highly pigmented.  Secondly, the colors all work well together, so I don't have to think too hard to get a great look with these palettes.  Collector that I am, I realized I have a yearning to buy them all.  So far, I have four:  Adora, Ludwig, Angeles, and Truth.  Adora and Truth are definitely more Fall/Winter palettes, and Angeles and Truth are very Spring/Summer.

I initially saw the Angeles palette on the Sephora website.  I immediately loved the blues, even though I was scared to death to use blue eyeshadow.  The lady who did my makeup for my wedding used powder blue eyeshadow to match my blue hydrangea bouquet, and I'm still traumatized from that.  It took a long time for the Angeles palettes to actually show up in the stores.  I couldn't bring myself to buy this off their website without first checking out these blues and making sure they weren't going to look hideous on my hazel eyes.  Once I was able to actually play with them in the Sephora store, I knew within about 10 seconds that I had to have this palette!

THE PALETTE

TOP ROW:  

Venus:  shimmer bronze

Leather:  matte dark chocolate brown (repeat from the Ludwig & Beethoven palettes)

Specimen:  pearly medium brown

Rehab:  pearly beige (repeat from Truth palette)

BOTTOM ROW:

Peggy:  pearly turquoise 

Bukowski:  pearly aqua

Bellbottom:  pearly slate blue

Morphine:  iridescent white cream with blue, green, and lavender flash

SWATCHES:

My favorite color in the palette is Peggy followed by Bukowski.  These aqua blues really say Summer time to me.  I also love the coppery shimmer of Venus.  As mentioned above, two colors are repeats from previous palettes (Leather and Rehab).  This is a plus for me, because I'm still getting 6 new colors, plus Leather and Rehab are very versatile, and I turn to these colors often for crease and highlight colors.  As usual, a cream shadow has been included (Morphine).  I'm not a fan of Kat's cream shadows, because they have little staying power and are very hard to blend.  However, I found I can use a touch of Morphine in the inner corners of my eyes to really bring some light to them.  

This palette offers a lot of versatility.  You could stay on the warm side and do Venus on the lid, Specimen in the crease, Leather in the outer corner, and Rehab on the brow bone.  Or you could go totally with the cool side and use Peggy on the lid, Bellbottom in the crease, Bukowski in the outer corner, and Morphine on the brow bone.  

Or if you're like me, you're afraid to do an all blue eye, because it brings back memories of your mom going to the disco in 1974 with her afro wig and white pantsuit.  So I created a look that is based primarily in the cool blues and warmed up with a little of the browns:

Average White Girl Recipe For Kat Von D Truth Angeles Cool meets Warm Eye:

1. Prime eyes with Stila Primer Pot in Taffy (or your favorite primer).
2. Apply Rehab to inside corner of eye and bring up and along the brow bone.
3. Pack lid with Peggy.
4. Use a fluffy crease brush and grab some Bellbottom.  Work it into your crease and up to the brow bone.
5. Use a stiff dome brush or pencil brush and grab some Leather.  Apply this sparingly to the outside corner of the eye to lightly blend up a bit to provide contour and definition to the eye.
6. Apply Bellbottom to the lower lash line from the outer corner and blend towards the inner corner (stop 2/3 of the way to the inner corner).
7. Apply Rehab to the lower lash line from the inside corner and blend it into the Bellbottom.
8. Go back with more Peggy 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 Bellbottom, but not too far down.  Just enough to soften the line.
10. Line top lash line with your favorite black eyeliner.  
11. Curl lashes and apply your favorite black mascara to both top and bottom lashes.  
12. Optional:  take your ring finger and apply a dab of Morphine to the inner corner of each eye to bring more light to the eyes.  Don't use too much, just a dab.

So what I did here was use the fun blues, but I warmed them up a bit with the brown tones.  So instead of having eyes that scream I'M WEARING BLUE EYESHADOW!!!, you have just a hint of aqua with the brown neutralizing it a bit.  The Rehab on the brow bone also helps lessen the bright factor of the blue.  

I'm so happy with this palette.  And I think it helped me finally get over my fear of blue eyeshadow!  I look forward to pairing up these aqua blues with the luscious citron colored Long Distance from the Truth palette and doing a very fun and tropical eye for the summer....so stay tuned!