I was sent a couple of I Nuovi products awhile ago to try out and share my thoughts on.
I know Sophia and Diana have already given their input on the items they have, so here's mine.
I'll be typing an individual entry for each product, because the OCD organizing freak in me feels its better to do it this way.
In this entry, I'll be doing a review of the Metallogy Eyeshadow
The shade that I was sent to try is Patina.
As you can see, Patina is a gorgeous rich brown. I want to say it is slightly copper-ish, but definitely it's a medium brown shade, good for a crease color in neutral eye looks. Of you can even throw it all over the lid if you wish and blend it out at the edges.
From what I can tell, it seems I Nuovi was playing it safe with giving us all rather neutral eyeshadows.
Here is a swatch of the product and this is simply 1 swipe of it, without a base!
I think the color looks amazing! It's a neutral shade but it is rather interesting too with slight warm tones that you know I love because it brings out the warmth in brown eyes. The whole metallogy sound to it isn't intimidating either, you would expect something with a solid silver sheen, but thankfully that is not the case with this shade. Can't comment on the other shades available just yet.
My thoughts
The eyeshadow is very richly pigmented and it doesn't take very much at all to get the color to show up. Since I haven't tried any other shades of either, I can't comment on the overall texture of the collections, but the texture of this particular shade is amazing. I would classify it as one of those 'creamy' eyeshadows. I don't normally like to use that term as describing powder as creamy is quite strange, but that is indeed the case. It spreads on the skin really nice and "diffuses" out very well when blended. There is also ease in picking up sufficient product with a brush. I know of some eyeshadows that are pigmented when swatched with fingers, but don't adhere to brush brustles too well, this isn't one of those.
In general I love the quality this eyeshadow posseses, the pigmentation, texture etc. When it comes to rating the color, I would say that Patina isn't the most unique of browns. For someone with little brown shadows in their collection, this could be something to look into since the quality is good. It is a pretty shade, but if you have a dozen other browns, it tends to not be as 'special'. However, browsing their online catalog, I might take interest in several other colors listed such as Ore, Rosegold and Nickel. So color-wise, I don't think Patina is overly unique, but hey every brand needs a copper brown in their catalog. No? haha.
Pigmentation: 5/5
Texture: 5/5
Packaging: 4/5
Overall Rating: Fail / Pass / Merit / Distinction / High Distinction
Would I re-purchase this? Yes, I will. In other colors of course since I doubt I'll ever run out of this.




It looks really nice. THough I have to agree with you abt the not overly unique shade as I also own lots browns so dun have to go get anther brown rite.. Or maybe we shud just coz it's soo gorgeous.. Hahaha!! Would love to see other colours though...