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I decided to wrap up this Lime Crime week with an eyeshadow palette review. This palette was my first purchase of their eyeshadows. I was thoroughly impressed with their lipsticks so I had to place a second order.

I was really torn while trying to decide which Fantasy Palette to purchase. I really liked the colors in both Aquataenia and Palette D’Antoinette. Since I’m on my current kick of loving everything mermaid and wanting to look like a mermaid, I decided to so with Aquataenia. The colors in this Lime Crime Fantasy Palette are “eminiscent of a mermaid’s tail under the moonlight — and makes your eyelids sparkle like the sea! ”

Lime Crime’s shipping is pretty fast. I got this sooner than expected. It came in a cute gold box.

The palette itself is consistent with Lime Crime’s other packaging- purple with a unicorn. It’s tin and lightweight.

The palette consists of 5 eyeshadows that are all pearlescent. Each color provides a shimmery/sparkly mermaid look.

The names of the colors are cute and go along with the mermaid/ocean theme.

The eyeshadows even look like they’re imprinted with a mermaid scale pattern. I love little details like this!

No eyeshadow review would be complete without swatches…

Left to right: Nautilus Prime, Coral of the Story, Seahorse Discourse, Pearl-ple, and Atlanteal.

I thought the eyeshadows would be a little bit brighter than they actually are. I did the above swatches using my fingers. When I applied these to my eyelids using a brush they were not as bold. They’re still gorgeous and much more pigmented than most pastel/shimmery eyeshadows. I really do like this palette and keep finding myself grabbing it when I’m getting ready. It’s great for creating colorful looks without them being too over the top. I typically don’t like any version of blue eyeshadows, but I actually like the blurple and teal colors in Aquataenia.

Lime Crime palettes cost $34.99. Other indie companies, like Sugarpill, also sell palettes for the same price. $7 per eyeshadow in this palette isn’t bad at all, it’s actually a very reasonable price. (Urban Decay’s eyeshadows are the best, but cost $18.)

If you’re looking for springy, shimmery, and pigmented eyeshadows, then I’d definitely recommend Lime Crime Aquataenia. I also love using my uniliner when creating looks with the colors in this palette. This is the perfect palette for spring!

Here are some photos of Aquataenia on my eyes:

What Lime Crime palette are you dying to buy?