Putting the perfect brown palette together! Mary Quant Eye Opener Eyeshadow Review and Swatches!

I have already showed you my Mary Quant palette which took much planning. On my last trip to London I went to the Mary Quant shop again, with a plan to put together a palette of neutrals and browns!

I bought 8 in total and a case:

I had semi planned this in my head by looking at the website colours but once I got there, it was much easier to swatch and decide what would work together.

In the end I got -

FP02: Pale Light Pink Shimmer

FY04: Yellow Gold

FY06: Matte mid brown

FP07: Reddish dark brown

N05: Metallic Warm Brown

N06: Metallic Greyish Taupe

FO06: Metallic Chocolate

L07: Matte Black

(thanks to Holly from Yummy Mummy blog who I dragged to the shop and helped me pick the shades!)

Like many Japanese brands Mary Quant’s eyeshadows follow a name system, so you can guess what family an eyeshadow is from based by the letter in the name, so FY = Yellow Based Browns, FP = Red Based Browns, N = Neutrals, L = Neutral light to dark shades (ie. from pure white to black). There are 7 shades in each group you that is what the number represents 1 being the lightest and 8 being the darkest.

I can wear cool and warm neutrals, so I went for a mix.  I knew I wanted a useful mid toned mat brown and a matte black for lining.  I also really wanted a silvery taupe and a reddish brown.

My paler colours are in the first 4. I used these shades a lot!

The second lot of colours are the darker and richer tones. Love these and even though they look quite similar in the flesh (in the pan), swatched, I can totally justify the difference in shades.