Dose of Colors Smokey Soiree Eyeshadow Palette Review & Swatches

Smokey Soiree

Dose of Colors Smokey Soiree Eyeshadow Palette ($32.00 for 0.3 oz.) includes three matte shades and two shimmers (and shimmers are new to the brand’s five-pan format!). If you’ve experienced Dose of Colors’ previous palettes, I suspect this will live up to those expectations. The matte eyeshadows were denser, more velvety with great pigmentation and were blendable.

The shimmers were lightly creamy, dense but not too thick or too firmly-pressed into the pan, and while the brand recommended fingertips to apply them, they were totally workable with dry/dampened brushes.

Smokey Soiree

PPermanent. $32.00.

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Product

9.5

Pigmentation

Texture

8.5

Longevity

Application

91%

Total

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Fired Up

Fired Up is a medium-dark burgundy with strong, warm undertones and a matte finish. The texture was incredibly soft and velvety without being too powdery in the pan, though you’ll want to uses a more light to moderate hand with it as a little went a long way. It had excellent pigmentation that adhered evenly to bare skin and blended out without difficulty. There were signs of fading after eight and a half hours of wear.

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Colour Pop Shade (LE, $4.50) is more shimmery, lighter, cooler (95% similar).
Too Faced I Can't Even (LE, $16.00) is warmer (95% similar).
MAC Kabuki Doll (LE, $17.00) is lighter, cooler (95% similar).
Laura Mercier Kir Royal (PiP, $22.00) is more shimmery, cooler (95% similar).
Colour Pop French Toast (LE, $4.50) is warmer (90% similar).
Huda Beauty Mauve #1 (PiP, ) is cooler (90% similar).
Tarte BFF (LE, ) is lighter (90% similar).
Dose of Colors Mixed Berries (PiP, ) is more shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
Makeup Geek Cherry Cola (DC, $6.00) is lighter (90% similar).
MAC I'm Into It (P, $17.00) is cooler (90% similar).

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Ingredients

MATTE SHADES: Mica, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Dimethicone, Silica, PTFE, Synthetic Wax, Kaolin, Boron Nitride, Isoeicosane, Phenoxyethanol, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Water, May Contain: Iron Oxides (CI 77499) Red 40 Lake (CI 16035) Iron Oxides (CI 77491) Carmine (CI 75470) Ultramarines (CI 77007) Iron Oxides (CI 77492) Yellow 5 Lake (CI 19140) SHIMMER SHADES: Mica, Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate, PTFE, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Cetearyl Ethylhexanoate, Synthetic Wax, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Dimethicone, Jojoba Esters, Lauroyl Lysine, Polyglycerin-3, Glyceryl Caprylate, Caprylyl Glycol, Phenoxyethanol, Tin Oxide, Acacia Decurrens Flower Wax, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Wax, May Contain: Iron Oxides (CI 77499) Iron Oxides (CI 77491) Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891) Iron Oxides (CI 77492) Carmine (CI 75470) Manganese Violet (CI 77742)

Fired Up

PiPPermanent in Palette.

9.5

Product

Pigmentation

9.5

Texture

Longevity

Application

96%

Total

New in Town

New in Town is a bright, light golden beige with strong, warm undertones and a sparkling, shiny finish. It had good color coverage, but it needed to be applied with a fingertip for fuller coverage (and this method also minimized fallout). The brand recommended that it be applied with a fingertip for “maximum application,” which I found to be true.

The texture was more densely-packed into the pan, slightly creamy to the touch, and felt similar to the brand’s Block Party eyeshadows but not quite as emollient. When applied with a dry brush, there was light fallout, and with a fingertip, there was just a few stray flecks. The product went on evenly and smoothly to bare skin. The majority of the product was intact after eight hours of wear but there was light fallout over time.

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Natasha Denona Lumino (212M) (PiP, $29.00) is more shimmery, lighter (95% similar).
Pat McGrath Astral Solstice (PiP, $25.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
Ciate Entwine (P, $24.00) is more shimmery, lighter, cooler (90% similar).
Bobbi Brown Sunstone (LE, $38.00) is more shimmery (90% similar).
Laura Mercier Spirit (LE, ) is warmer (90% similar).
Huda Beauty Rose #5 (LE, ) is more shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
Marc Jacobs Beauty Sidewalks (LE, ) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
Natasha Denona Monroe (220M) (PiP, $29.00) is more shimmery, darker, warmer (85% similar).
Inglot J305 Ivory (LE, $10.00) is lighter, warmer (85% similar).
Chanel Rayon (22) (P, $36.00) is darker (85% similar).

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New in Town

PiPPermanent in Palette.

B+

8.5

Product

Pigmentation

8.5

Texture

Longevity

Application

87%

Total

On the Rocks

On the Rocks is a deep brown with subtle, warm undertones and a matte finish. It had excellent pigmentation with a soft, velvety consistency that wasn’t too powdery nor too firmly-pressed into the pan, so it picked up well with a brush and blended out with ease. It stayed on nicely for eight and a half hours before fading visibly.

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Urban Decay End Game (PiP, $19.00) is more shimmery, cooler (95% similar).
Kat Von D Crucifix (LE, ) is cooler (95% similar).
Laura Mercier Espresso (LE, $23.00) is cooler (95% similar).
NABLA Cosmetics Adagio (PiP, $8.00) is darker, cooler (95% similar).
Sydney Grace Cherry Picking (PiP, $5.00) is cooler (90% similar).
Zoeva Two Clocks (PiP, ) is cooler (90% similar).
Tarte Ice Cream Cone (LE, ) is cooler (90% similar).
LORAC Espresso (PiP, $19.00) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
Viseart Cacao (PiP, ) is cooler (90% similar).
MAC Embark (P, $17.00) is cooler (90% similar).

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On the Rocks

PiPPermanent in Palette.

Product

Pigmentation

Texture

Longevity

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93%

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Out and About

Out and About is a deep taupe with warmer, reddish-brown undertones and cooler, grayer shimmer and sparkle that gave it a metallic finish. The brand recommended that it be applied with a fingertip for “maximum application,” which was apt as a fingertip yielded heavier coverage with the least fallout and smoothest lay down of product in one fell swoop.

That being said, I didn’t find a dry brush to be problematic beyond light fallout when I blended out the edge. It had opaque color coverage applied with a dry brush as well as with a fingertip. There was light fallout present after eight hours of wear.

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Viseart Diane (PiP, ) is less shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
Charlotte Tilbury The Huntress (LE, ) is more shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
Chanel Tisse Paris #4 (PiP, ) is darker, cooler (85% similar).
Sydney Grace Frosted Morning (P, $6.00) is more shimmery, darker, warmer (85% similar).
Charlotte Tilbury On the Prowl (LE, ) is darker, cooler (85% similar).
Marc Jacobs Beauty Eleganza (LE, ) is less shimmery, darker, cooler (85% similar).
Dior Blazing Gold #5 (LE, ) is more shimmery, darker (85% similar).
Bobbi Brown Serpentine (LE, $38.00) is darker, warmer (80% similar).
Jouer Magic Hour (LE, ) is more shimmery, darker, warmer (80% similar).
Milani Bella Charcoal (11) (P, $4.49) is darker, warmer (80% similar).

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Out and About

PiPPermanent in Palette.

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Longevity

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91%

Total

Midnight

Midnight is a deep black with neutral-to-cool undertones and barley-there micro-shimmer over a matte finish. The consistency was soft, lightly powdery to the touch and a bit thinner compared to other mattes in the palette (though not stiff or too firmly-pressed into the pan). It yielded rich pigmentation in a single pass, which adhered well to bare skin and blended out fairly well–could have been a bit more blendable–but it wasn’t prone to fallout, which is always nice to find with deeper, intense shades like this. The eyeshadow lasted nicely for eight hours before fading a bit.

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Kat Von D Oddfellow (LE, ) is more shimmery (95% similar).
Melt Cosmetics Euphoria (LE, ) is less shimmery, darker (95% similar).
Dominique Cosmetics Moon Child (LE, ) is more shimmery, darker, warmer (90% similar).
Laura Mercier Tuxedo (LE, $23.00) is less shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
Marc Jacobs Beauty Catwalks (LE, ) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
Kat Von D Black Star (LE, ) is more shimmery (90% similar).
Melt Cosmetics Dark Matter (PiP, ) is less shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
Kat Von D Jet (LE, ) is less shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
Colour Pop Defiant (LE, $4.50) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
Too Faced Decadent (LE, $16.00) is warmer (90% similar).