After years of dropped hints and broken promises, finally I haz swatched my collection (currently five and counting) of THREE's 4D Eye Palettes. This will function as the master post which I'll update to accommodate new acquisitions from this range and links to individual review/comparison and lookbook posts for each palette.
- top right: very pigmented and complex silky cream shadow -- slightly more emollient* and saturated than but otherwise similar to the cream sides of the THREE duos, functions as base or liner
- bottom left: medium-to-pigmented satin, usually a brown shot through with quad-complementary sparse shimmer (more pigmented and denser than the satin powder sides of the duos)
- top left: delicate shimmer/glitter, of light-medium pigmentation, slightly more shimmery and finely milled than...
- bottom right: sheerer glitter topcoat, similar to the the Shu G shades but silkier, with good adherence even patted onto bare lids.
THREE seems to promote a "rich cream + delicate powder pigment"recipe of eye makeup, and I like these quads best layered into a tonally and texturally complex murky haze, though the ones with stronger colour contrasts also work very well worn in more discrete placements. The textures are so silky and lightweight that all four shades layered on top of one another still retains a delicate, translucent and very flattering-to-skin-texture finish.
Swatches
All stripes run from sheerest to most pigmented: bottom right (3 swipes) // top left (2 swipes) // bottom left (2 swipes) // top right (1 swipe), made with sponge applicators.Pictures taken in natural sunlight unless otherwise specified; click to enlarge.
02 My Blue Heaven
Pale, neutral gold glitter with larger white sparkles
Sky blue glitter with larger pale lime, and smaller bright turquoise and petal pink flecks
Neutral (both yellow- and pink-based) sable satin with sparse pink and purple shimmer
Cool greyed moss with very fine, varied microshimmer (predominantly gold, green and pink)
04 Art of Parties
Pale, soft, peachy-gold glitter with pink, icy blue and warmer gold sparkle
Medium amethyst glitter with turquoise, sky blue and pink flecks
Warm chestnut brown with sparse shimmer in several tones of pink
Gunmetal base heavily packed with predominantly violet and emerald microshimmer
06 Tranquil Oasis
Palest icy blue glitter with sparse pink, white and brighter blue flecks*
Coral pink shimmer with light violet and gold sparkle
Cool greyed olive satin-matte with very sparse pink and violet shimmer*
Midnight blue-grey with lighter blue flash and pink/peridot/white lights
[*these pans are all sheerer than the comparable ones in 02 or 04]
Better shot of the complex blue-grey and green:
08 Spirit Light
Cool lemon-yellow (not gold) glitter with white and blue-white flecks*
Delicate neutral orange glitter with both cool and warm gold, and icy blue sparkle*
Light yellow-based brown satin-matte with very sparse pink and yellow microshimmer*
Very cool brown with metallic taupe flash and sparse purple, pink, green and blue shimmer
[*these pans are all sheerer than the comparable ones in 02 or 04]
09 Star Guitar
Neutral taupe glitter with palest purple, grey and white sparkle overlay*
Warm rosy pink satin with silver microshimmer
Warm chocolate satin-matte with gold, red and green microshimmer*
Rich plum with jewelled purple, ruby and white gold shimmer, and sparse cornflower blue sparkle
[*these pans are all sheerer than the comparable ones in 02 or 04; the rose satin (top left) is more pigmented and less shimmery than its comparable pan]
Ingredients:
Talc; Camellia sinensis oil; Argan oil*; Sesame oil*; Silk powder; Jojoba Seed oil*; Rosehip oil*; Evening primrose oil*; Shea butter*; Safflower; Beeswax*; Vitamin E; Dextrin; Charcoal powder; Microcrystalline cellulose; Methyparaben
+/- Calcium sodium borosilicate; Glyceryl stearate(?); Dimethicone; Mica; Calcium aluminium borosilicate; Iron oxide; Titanium oxide; Cetearyloctanoate; Nylon-12; Dimethicone/vinyl dimethicone cross polymer; Synthetic phlogopite; Methyl methacrylate crosspolymer; Isononyl isononanoate; Magnesium stearate; Silica; Oryzanol; Carmine; Blue gardenia; Yellow gardenia; Polyglyceryl-2 triisostearate; Petroleum jelly; Disodium Stearoyl Glutamate; Trimethoxysilyl dimethicone; Hydrogenated polyisobutene; Triethoxycaprylylsilane; Hexadecanoic acid; Triethylhexanoin; Polyethylene; Microcrystalline Wax; Aluminum hydroxide; CI 77510; CI 19140; CI 73360; CI 15850
*certified organic
[For the curious, my first impressions post on these, after my trip to Japan in 2011.]