ColourPop Double Entendre palette

It was only a matter of time before I bit the customs-tax-shaped bullet and picked up a few more ColourPop palettes after I tried Good As Gold (which I reviewed here). I happened to be ogling the website on a day when Everything I Absolutely Need In My Collection happened to be in stock, so I said a little prayer and placed an order. After an absolute eternity, and almost €22 paid to the Customs Tax God (sob), I finally got my hands on the Double Entendre palette.

Oh my lord, was it love at first sight. I am the biggest fan of neutrals and as soon as I saw Double Entendre on the ColourPop website I knew I needed to add it to the forty other brown-themed palettes I have.

The palette itself is $18, which at the moment will set you back €16.33 or £15.79, and includes 12 pans of a variety of mattes and shimmers. Word on the street is that it's a dupe for Tartelette Toasted palette, so if that's been on your wishlist it might be worth trying.

packaging

There's something to be said about making simple packaging stand out, and ColourPop has mastered it. When Double Entendre was released a couple of years ago, it had the exact same packaging as the now-discontinued I Think I Love You palette (which I think is a little silly). Since then, it's had a bit of a revamp; a faded pink/mauve background and gorgeous rose gold foiled lettering that looks so pretty on my makeup station.

Just like the Good As Gold palette, it has a fairly strong magnetic closure that doesn't make me worry that it'll open too easily- not that I'll ever risk taking a ColourPop palette anywhere. It also doesn't have a mirror on the inside, which I like. I'm not a huge fan of opening a pretty palette just to see all kinds of fallout compacting into disks on the mirror, is that just me?

eyeshadow shades

Double Entendre, while unquestionably a neutrals palette, is completely unique to the rest of my collection.

Top row:

Locked & Loaded: this cream-coloured matte comes out a little yellow. I don't use it very often, but when I do it's to add a neutral layer over my eyelid to start with.

Uninhibited: my favourite shadow in Double Entendre, this metallic brown-copper is gorgeous all over the lid, or just applied carefully in specific spots for a particular effect.

Hot Bod: a simple brown matte with flecks of tiny gold glitter. I love it in the V of my eye to deepen.

Flasher: the only 'unnecessary' shadow in the palette, in my opinion. The only shimmer in the collection, I find that it doesn't really show up on my eye when I apply it.

Middle row:

Nekkid: I haven't quite figured out what to do with this peachy matte, but I love how pigmented it is.

Extra Curricular: a warm brown matte, I love to pop this in my crease as a transition shade.

Hard: I only have one red shadow in my collection (somehow), and this is it. It's a red terracotta, and I don't think it quite suits me!

Draft: a metallic copper that leans red, this is another one that doesn't quite suit me. When I played around with it I ended up looking like a demon.

Bottom row:

Keep It PG: a hyper-pigmented shimmer, Keep It PG is a bright cream that I love to put in the inner corners of my eyes.

Nip Slip: a cool-toned matte, this is my other favourite transition shade.

Send Noodles: a light tan, I use this to set primer if I wear any.

Teddy Bare: another matte, this rich brown is perfect for deepening the V of your eye. I love popping some on right underneath Hot Bod.

pigmentation and blend

Here's my first gripe with ColourPop's Double Entendre; the shades are not as silky smooth as they are in Good As Gold. When I first swatched the matte, shimmers and glitters of that gold palette I fell head over heels. The quality blew me away. But Double Entendre just doesn't shape up the same. Admittedly it's an older palette, so I assume that it's an old formula.

Ok so, none of the shades in the palette are silky smooth to the touch. We'll try not too cry too hard on that account, I mention it just for a simple comparison. Fallout, however- that's practically criminal, regardless of the brand. Every shade in this palette produces crazy amounts of fallout. It doesn't matter if it's a matte, a shimmer or a metallic, almost every one of them behaves the same. Thankfully, it's not the kind of fallout that will ruin all of your hard work. With a clean powder brush and a light hand the problem is easily fixable.

At the end of the day, Double Entendre has impressed me. It's an all-in-one palette that I use exclusively for several looks, without needing to dip into my trusty (and well-worn) Inglot palettes. ColourPop is definitely my new favourite makeup brand and it's taking all of my willpower not to order their new Blush Crush and Nude Mood palettes!

I have a few more bits from the order that I'll be reviewing soon, so make sure to follow me on Instagram @lapetitemis to keep up with what I get up to!