Laura Geller Delicious Shades of Cool Delectables Palette

When I was browsing Ulta the other day I saw the Laura Geller Delicious Shades of Cool Delectables Palette and decided I had to have it because it’s a cool toned eyeshadow palette. I keep saying I want to see more of these so I feel compelled to buy them every time I see them. The last eyeshadows I tried from Laura Geller were the Creme Glazed eyeshadow trios, which were insanely pigmented, so I was hopeful this palette would be too.

Where to Buy
Ulta

Price
$45 for 14 eyeshadows that are .01 oz each

About the Laura Geller Delicious Shades of Cool Delectables Palette
Indulge in 14 cool shades of Laura Geller’s weightless Baked eye shadow. Each shade can be applied dry or wet to make hues more intense or to use as a liner. The possibilities are endless.

• Vibrant, rich, luxurious colors
• Silky, creamy formula feels weightless
• Longwear—doesn’t crease or smudge
• Paraben free
• Made in Italy

Ingredients
Talc, Mica, Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate, Octyldodecanol, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Starch, Dimethicone, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Triisostearin, Caprylyl Glycol, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Dehydroacetate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Olus Oil (Olus), Silica, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Propylene Glycol, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Camelina Sativa Seed Oil, Lauroyl Lysine, Butylene Glycol, Polysorbate 20, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Polysorbate 80, Ethylhexylglycerin, Polyacrylamide, Lecithin, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, C13-14 Isoparaffin, Centella Asiatica Extract, Laureth-7, Tin Oxidetocopherol, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Citric Acid, Sorbic Acid. May Contain: CI 77891 (Titanium Dioxide), CI 77491 (Iron Oxides), CI 77499 (Iron Oxides), CI 77742 (Manganese Violet), CI 77492 (Iron Oxides), CI 77266 (Black 2) [Nano], CI 77007 (Ultramarines), CI 15850 (Red 6), CI 75470 (Carmine), CI 16035 (Red 40), CI 77510 (Ferric Ferrocyanide), CI 42090 (Blue 1).

Right and top swatches are on Coastal Scents Step One Primer, left and bottom swatches are on bare skin.

Carbon
rich black
On bare skin this is a smoky black, but on primer it’s a rich black matte.

Midnight
black with shimmer
On bare skin this is a satiny smoky black, but on primer it’s a deep black with a satiny sheen.

Blueberry
deep navy with shimmer
On bare skin this is a deep navy with purple undertones and a sheen. On primer it’s a deep rich navy blue with a satiny sheen

Plum
blackened purple
On bare skin this is a deep red-toned plum. On primer it’s a deep plum matte. It reminds me of the inside of a black plum.

Graphite
icy silver with shimmer
On bare skin it’s a mid-tone metallic silver shimmer. On primer it’s a gorgeous metallic silver with silver shimmer.

Amethyst
violet with pearl
On bare skin it’s a softly smoky blue-toned purple. On primer it’s a gorgeous blue-toned purple and it seems to have some occasional silver micro glitter in it.

Lilac
pink plum w/shimmer
On both it’s a pinky plum with pink micro glitter and shimmer

Candy
warm pink w/ shimmer
Light gleaming warm baby pink shimmer

Macaron
cream nude w/shimmer
Light gleaming peachy shimmer

Marble
ivory
Ultra pale ivory with pink tinge matte. On the sheer side.

Bronze
espresso infused w/ gold
midtone brown with scattered gold micro glitter and satiny sheen (warm color, why is this here?)

Frosting
golden brown with shimmer
gleaming light brown with shimmer

Smoke
gray brown w/shimmer
pewter taupe with shimmer (warm)

Slate
neutral beige
milky light brown matte

First let me say it would be nice if every color in a cool palette was actually cool. I don’t understand why companies are afraid to actually commit to making all the shades cool toned. I will never use Bronze or Frosting. It just won’t happen.

I do like the packaging. The names are written underneath each color, which I really find useful. It’s pretty lightweight despite the mirror, because it’s made of cardboard. The brush is meh, and I would never use it.

Carbon, Slate, Plum, and Marble are mattes. Graphite is a metallic. Smoke, Midnight, Bluebery, and Amethyst are satiny. Espresso and Lilac both have micro-glitter and a soft sheen. Candy, Macaron and Frosting all have this gleam that make them nice eye brighteners.

I do feel that these are high quality shadows, but you get a very small amount of product for the price, making this an expensive palette. Laura Geller emphasizes that you can use these dry or wet, and when you use them wet you get better color payoff. I feel like my swatches – with and without primer – show you the type of color payoff you’ll get. The eyeshadows apply smoothly on bare skin, but really come to life on primer.

I’d say overall this is a nice but expensive cool-toned palette because of the small amount of product you get in it. While I do wish that they hadn’t included the browns, I’m sure it would be a deal breaker for some people if they weren’t in there.

What do you think of the Laura Geller Delicious Shades of Cool Delectables Palette?