Ludwig

I was placing an order at Sephora online when I noticed Kat Von D's True Romance Eye Shadow Palette in Ludwig.  Although I'm not a fan of tattoos - at all - I think Ms Von D is really pretty and I can appreciate her dramatic rock 'n' roll style. So...I put it in the old shopping cart.

The Ludwig palette contains the shades Lucifer (matte charcoal black), Orbi (golden green shimmer), Dimebag (metallic lime green), Clay (beige with gold glitter), Tequila (metallic cornsilk shimmer), Downtown (metallic light copper shimmer), Baroque (golden bronze shimmer), Leather (deep chocolate brown sheen), and two double-ended applicator brushes, all in a pretty mirrored case with stenciled rose design based on one of Von D's favorite tattoos.  (It makes for much prettier ornamentation on an inanimate object, IMHO.)

The makeup brushes are for shit - tiny and stiff, they just make a big mess out of the powder and make for a less-than-smooth application.  I prefer sponge applicators, which work fine with Sephora's fluffy-textured powders.  I do wish they were a little harder-milled, but there's a reason why they cost about a third of Chanel's high-quality shadows.  At least the shadow texture is smooth and doesn't drag across the eyelid like broken glass like some other shadows I've used (and I'm not talking drugstore products here - I mean expensive stuff).  And the colors are terrific. I love the shimmers, and the gold glitter in Clay really is quite subtle.  My favorite way to use them is: Clay under the browbone and at the inner corners of the eye; dimebag on the lid; leather at the outer corners and as a lower-lid liner.

The lasting power is pretty decent, but I can't go from day to evening without a major touch-up since the colors do fade.  And my eyelids are greasy.  All-in-all, though, I do like this palette and the colors are fabulous with my brown eyes.  I think they'd work well for green eyes too.