Reader Swatches: NEW Black Radiance Urban Identity Eyeshadow Trios

You might recall at the end of January when I shared with you some pics of the new Black Radiance (from the makers of Wet n Wild) eyeshadows. These are new, permanent additions to the Black Radiance line for 2014. To refresh your memory, here's what the new trios look like--there are more photos in my original post here):

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NEW Black Radiance Urban Identity Shadow Trios

(retail: around $2.99 each)

Reader Dragonfly, who shared pics of the trios back in January, just shared some beautiful swatches of the trios she purchased--take a look!

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Dragonfly writes:

The trios I bought are Correct (green), Cute (pink), and Ambition (purple). Swatched over Too Faced Shadow Insurance, in natural light with no flash; I tried to show the color of each shade and not to accurately reflect how pigmented they are. (I wasn't impressed with the pigmentation of the purple trio, but the other two aren't bad. Watch out for glitter fallout with the pale pink, though.) Also, while I think the photos are mostly pretty color-accurate, there is one exception: the blue shade in the purple trio is really a blurple and it's much less, um, LOUD in real life.

If I were at home and had all my WNW trios handy and not just a select few, I'd compare some of these shades with the Tough Girl LE collection from last fall, but based on memory and your swatches [click here for my swatches of the Wet n Wild Tough Girl Trios--G.], I'd say that the mauve shades in Cute and Spoiled Army Brat are pretty similar (I would definitely compare them if I could), and the olive drab shades in Correct and Soldiers in Charms may actually be dupes, but the other two shades in each pair are not that much alike. I don't feel like there's any super close comparisons to be made between Ambition and Zero Dark Flirty...

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image credit: Dragonfly for Nouveau Cheap

image credit: Dragonfly for Nouveau Cheap

image credit: Dragonfly for Nouveau Cheap

As I was working on this post yesterday, reader Unknown left this comment on my original post about these new eyeshadows:

I found these at Wags. Picked up one trio and one five pan.. they are quite nice. Very soft, silky, and smooth with decent pigmentation. The only color I thought was a bit lacking was the bright matte orange in the brown trio, it had to be build up quite a bit for full color, but it was nice and smooth with a creamy consistency. They are a LOT better than the new five pan palettes from WnW, which I found very dry. I do think the old formula (especially the duos) had better pigmentation and a much nicer color range.

Color me intrigued. I am excited to find these trios in my area--have you spotted them yet? What do you think?

Thanks again, Dragonfly, for the awesome swatches and feedback! And thanks to Unknown for the helpful feedback as well. I really appreciate it!