Catrice Liquid Metal Eyeshadows

Catrice is a German cosmetics company which creates premium quality products for high street prices and is the sister brand of Essence. For me, LetzMakeup is one the most influential make-up artists around. Siobhán enjoys budget and luxury products and utilises a mixture of both in her tutorials and it was from her show and tell videos that I first discovered Catrice cosmetics (and the W7 'In The Buff' palette - a replica of the Urban Decay Naked 2). In particular, the Catrice liquid metal eyeshadows caught my eye and so I purchased the majority of the collection.

Top row left to right: 'Golden Roses,' 'Mauves Like Jagger,' 'Petrol Pan,' 'Gold Leaf Me.' 
Bottom row left to right: 'We're The Purple People,' 'Nougat Right,' 'Under Treasure,' 'Look Me In The Ice.'

Top row left to right: 'Golden Roses,' 'Mauves Like Jagger,' 'Petrol Pan,' 'Gold Leaf Me.'

Bottom row left to right: 'We're The Purple People,' 'Nougat Right,' 'Under Treasure,' 'Look Me In The Ice.'

These eyeshadows have individual names, reflecting pop culture which also correspond to their own chroma. The first four are shown below. These aptly named 'liquid metal' eyeshadows are evocative of colourful molten ores. They are high shine colours with a metallic chrome effect. They are silky smooth to touch and have good pigmentation. They can be applied dry or wet, and do intensify once dampened.  I like to use these shimmering shadows as inner corner and middle lid highlights to offer dimension and texture variance to matte smoky eyes. Depending on your skin tone and personal preference, some can be doubled up as cheekbone highlighters ('Golden Roses,' 'Under Treasure,' and 'Look Me In The Ice'). 

Top row left to right: 'Golden Roses,' 'Mauves Like Jagger,' 'Petrol Pan,' 'Gold Leaf Me.'

Bottom row left to right: 'We're The Purple People,' 'Nougat Right,' 'Under Treasure,' 'Look Me In The Ice.'

The first four colours featured include:
'Golden Roses' - pink gold - and my favourite of the lot.

'Mauves Like Jagger' - silver lavender.

'Petrol Pan' - petrol teal blue.

'Gold Leaf Me' - antique golden green. 

Top row left to right: 'Golden Roses,' 'Mauves Like Jagger,' 'Petrol Pan,' 'Gold Leaf Me' - natural light.
Bottom to left to right: 'Golden Roses,' 'Mauves Like Jagger,' 'Petrol Pan,' 'Gold Leaf Me' - with flash.

The next four include:

'We're The Purple People' - iced true purple.

'Nougat Right' - warm copper brown.

'Under Treasure' pale neutral gold.

'Look Me In The Ice' - cool white silver.

Top row left to right: 'We're The Purple People,' 'Nougat Right,' 'Under Treasure,' 'Look Me In The Ice' - natural light.

Bottom row left to right: 'We're The Purple People,' 'Nougat Right,' 'Under Treasure,' 'Look Me In The Ice' - with flash. 

The ninth one, which I do not have is 'We Are The Champagnes,' (champagne gold). See swatches for each eyeshadow below.

Top row left to right: 'Golden Roses,' 'Mauves Like Jagger,' 'Petrol Pan,' 'Gold Leaf Me.'

Bottom row left to right: 'We're The Purple People,' 'Nougat Right,' 'Under Treasure,' 'Look Me In The Ice.'

German residents are lucky enough to be able to access Catrice products easier than other European members as this brand is readily available from Mueller stores. In Ireland, availability depends on which county you live in but can be bought from local pharmacies as well as Penney's / Primark. In the UK and Northern Ireland, Catrice is a little bit harder to get a hold of as it doesn't seem to be available, neither on-line nor in-store but you may be lucky enough to buy from the same eBay seller that I purchased from. This seller was advertising the eyeshadows for £6.39 + £1.99 p&p but I talked him down to combining postage, making the overall price 20% cheaper for me. Each pan of shadow contains 3g of product.