Hello Beauties, today I am bringing you a brand I just cannot get enough of right now (or at all for that matter), unless you're totally new to beauty blogs (mine especially), you've probably heard all about the Polish cosmetics brand Inglot and, specifically, their eye shadows and freedom system.
Unless you're lucky enough to live near an Inglot shop or
counter, you might have a hard time trying to navigate through their extensive
selection of eye shadow colours and finishes. I find it incredibly difficult to
narrow down my choices and I’m in the shop
swatching them so today I am bringing you a full review and a list of
all the colours I have been lucky enough to pick up for my eye shadow palettes.
A few days before I was due to schedule this post the news broke that Inglots Irish online shop is coming soon so that's a bit of exciting news for all us Irish girls, especially those who don't live near a counter or a shop, I for one am very excited, as for Cían when I told him his face dropped and he said his credit card was already screaming for help (silly boy).
A few days before I was due to schedule this post the news broke that Inglots Irish online shop is coming soon so that's a bit of exciting news for all us Irish girls, especially those who don't live near a counter or a shop, I for one am very excited, as for Cían when I told him his face dropped and he said his credit card was already screaming for help (silly boy).
Inglot are a Polish brand, and operate in many European
countries. They also have several stores in USA and Canada.
Inglot are one of the most customisable brands out there and
that is fundamentally down to their Freedom System. You simply pick your
palette size (ranging from 1 pan to up to 40 in some stores) and then pick what
you want to put into it.
You can choose from a range of eye shadows, lipsticks, brow
products, concealer, face powders and many many more.
Inglot have set prices for all their palettes. Each eye
shadow costs €6 for 2.7g of product, which is incredible value if you compare
to any high end brand, MAC for example only give you 1.3g in their eye shadows,
and cost around €15.50 (you can read more about Inglot in my brand focus post here). The fact that Inglot also lets you build whatever
combination of products you want also sets it apart from other brands. You can
build a palette with 5 eye shadows and 5 lipsticks for example, or maybe even a
blush and 3 eye shadows.
Top Row L-R: 24, 17, 477, 58, 44, 333, 414, 57
2nd Row L-R: 135R,13, 478, 20, 429, 480, 415, 70
3rd Row L-R: 426, 32, 338, 340, 61, 134R, 129R
4th Row L-R: 440, 334, 14, 320, 73, 445, 71, 439
5th Row L-R: 46, 488, 359, 48, 324, 448, 391
The palette you get is strong and sturdy. The individual
pans are held into the palette with magnets. The lid is frosted plastic with the
Inglot logo repeated over it which gives a very sleek and professional looking
finish.
There are some problems with the packaging though. Since the
magnets are so strong, you have to be careful removing the lid, because it's
very easy to dig into the shadows and ruin them. I have found this is more of a
problem with the larger palettes as the lid is much larger and heavier whereas
this never seems to happen me when removing the lids from my smaller palettes.
Top Row L-R: 318, 496, 453, 30, 395, 463, 27
2nd Row L-R: 342, 360, 357, 327, 329, 34, 07, 08
3rd Row L-R: 155, 25, 43, 404, 49, 405, 606, 608
4th Row L-R: 52, 409, 609, 605, 55, 452, 125 R
5th Row L-R: 341, 31, 153, 459
Some people have expressed issues when it comes to removing
the pans to rearrange the palettes too. I found the easiest way to remove the individual pans
is by holding the magnetized lid to the pan until it easily pops out , but I
have also found this only works with some of my pallets (my boyfriend is much
better at this than me so I regularly ask for his help). If that doesn't work
for you I have also found using a small spatula to get underneath the pan to
pop it out works too but be careful when doing this as it can result in digging
the spatula into the eye shadow and creating holes which is NEVER good. Overall,
I actually really like the Inglot packaging, despite many others hating it.
Top Row L-R: 16, 41, 343, 412
2nd Row L-R: 312, 10, 51, 366, 495, 449, 124R
Inglot also offers all of their eye shadows (including the
shades featured in this post) in traditional compacts in case you don't want to
fuss with palettes. I opted for the Freedom Palette shadows because they're
less expensive and palettes are much easier for me to travel with both in my
personal and professional kit.
For just €6 each, these Inglot shadows are a no-brainer.
Both the Matte and Pearl finishes work beautifully for me.
Top Row L-R: 318, 351, 313, 30, 395
2nd Row L-R: 46, 463, 337, 31, 461
3rd Row L-R: 357, 09, 608, 464, 12
4th Row L-R: 606, 37, 409, 53, 329
All shades are quite true-to-pan and can be worn with
or without primer depending on the level of intensity you're trying to achieve.
L-R 463, 488, 48, 362
I'd recommend them to
anyone, especially at this price. Honestly, the only negative thing I can
say about these eye shadows is that I really wish they had real names, instead
of just numbers. I really don't like when companies do that, but for these
babies, I'll make an exception. I just find names much easier to remember and a cute name can also sway me into buying a product where as a number never will.
Top Row L-R: 61, 446, 494, 73
2nd Row L-R: 15, 495, 607, 44
If you’re looking for some new shades to add to your eye shadow
collection, definitely check out the Inglot Freedom System. Let me know what
your favourite Inglot shades are in the comments below.
