EOTD: Wet n' Wild Color Icon Palette I'm Feeling Retro

I originally wasn't even interested in this palette but the husbeast kept grunting and pointing and I decided to pick it up.  The purple did catch my attention and at the price I figured why not?  Instead of posting a wall of text, I shall let the pictures speak for themselves.  Please ignore the stray eyebrow hairs, I desperately need to wax/tweeze!  My camera also had a little difficulty with the glitterbomb shadow in some of the pictures so they came out a tad blurry.  I apologize.

Products used:

• Olay Total Effects 7 Daily Moisturizer
• Revlon ColorStay Mineral Foundation in Fair
• L'Oreal Infallible 16 Hour eyeliner in Carbon Black (this will be the last time I use this liner as I refuse to support L'Oreal; they are NOT a cruelty-free company)
• L'Oreal mascara, I do not remember which as I have already tossed it for the same reason as I will not be using the liner again.  I have switched to Wet n' Wild Mega Plump and will be picking up other cruelty-free brands to test :)
• Wet n' Wild Color Icon palette in I'm Feeling Retro.  I did not use it as recommended; instead, I used the blue as my lid, liner, and undereye color with the purple in the crease and white on the browbone and swept around my inner eye.
• Wet n' Wild Mega Last lipstick in Bare It All
• Wet n' Wild Speed Gloss in Reckless liberally over my lips; it's superbly glimmery!

I was surprised by how much I loved this palette!  I didn't think blue would do much for my green eyes but as you can see, the colors really made them pop.  The fuschia-leaning purple was a definite winner, despite not being as pigmented as I would have liked.  It definitely required some building to get the color payoff I wanted.  Using a primer would have helped too.  The blue was very dense from the get-go.  There was some fallout but not too much.  Actually less than I would have expected for such a pigmented shade.   The white also impressed me.  It was a glitterbomb!  Lovely for highlighting and at the inner eye.  I can see myself using the white often.  I need to check out the single colors in the Color Icon line and see if there's a comparable color or I'll be hitting pan quickly.  I will definitely re-buy this palette!  I refuse to comment on the liner or mascara as they are made by L'Oreal, who is not cruelty-free and unfortunately own many smaller cosmetic companies.  I will make a post addressing this issue specifically in the future and my stance on buying from cruelty-free subsidiaries of non-cruelty-free parent companies, but for now, suffice to say L'Oreal is on my no-no list.  Happily, Wet n' Wild is cruelty-free and always a bargain so I can buy with impunity!

My lips were done using my favorite nude lippie, also by WNW.  It's just so dang versatile!  Here I swiped a shimmery gloss over it since my eyes were so dramatic to give just a hint of that drama on my lips while still keeping them toned down.  I loved this look!

This EOTD/FOTD was done before I learned some of the tricks I use now, such as ALWAYS using eyelid primer (so far I only have ELF primer but it's amazing!) and using a BB cream to even out my skin.  And as mentioned in my last post, lip liner!  Even with the BB cream, I find my undereye circles are prominent so I will be adding a good concealer to my regime so you guys will be privy to my quest for a good, inexpensive, cruelty-free undereye concealer.  Excitement!