Louise Young Cosmetics Essential Eye Palette

The Essential Eyeshadow Palette (£30) contains 5 matte shades. Off white, Grey, browned grey, black and terracotta. The Terracotta seemed somewhat out of place but was an interesting inclusion.
The shadows are smooth and have great wear, although I do not find they blend as easily as my favourite brands. The black has a dryer consistency in feel and when swatched than the others, however it applies smooth on the eye, I think it easily out performs MAC’s Carbon in terms of pigment and wear.
Apart from the Off white, the colours are extremely pigmented. After having played around with this palette I have given up trying to use the Terracotta shade. If I blend it with the other shades I end up with an unflattering murky colour as below
I’ve tried it on the lid, in the crease and neither works, I feel like I haven’t mastered how to get the best out of this palette and its due to my lack of application technique as I am sure there is a way to incorporate the terracotta.
If I ignore the terracotta I can get a soft or deep smoky look, but these colours are not unique.
I do however like this palette for the colour pay off and long lasting wear. So whilst this isn’t quite working for me I will be keeping a watchful eye on future releases from Louise Young.
Here are the shade names:
My husband bought me this from the Louise Young website (http://www.louiseyoungcosmetics.com/index.php), the delivery was cheap (£2.99) and quick and they do offer international delivery.

Louise Young LY38 - Tapered shadow brush

Like many I first heard of Louise Young through watching Pixiwoo tutorials on youtube, where they use her brushes often. The one that stood out to me was the LY38 - Tapered shadow brush, as I thought it might be a replacement for my MAC 266 (great application of colour, however so scratchy and uncomfortable that I rarely use it). The LY38 cost £16 which I think is very competitive pricing compared to a lot of my brushes. The brush head shape is similar to the MAC but you can see the difference in the tip below as the LY one is slighter longer and slimmer.
This is how the brushes look after they have been washed and dried, the LY is at the top:
This is how the brushes look after they have been used, the LY one is on the left.
The LY brush is a lot softer and I was extremely surprised how much pigment this can pick up from a shadow, it also blends the colour out nicely. There is no scratchiness whatsoever. I think its definitely worth having a look at and I will be picking up some more of their brushes.
I also got the New Essential Eye Palette which I will show you as soon as I have worked out how to wear it, if you haven’t seen the picture on the site already it contains a terracotta shade which is not quite working for me (http://www.louiseyoungcosmetics.com/makeup.php).
My Husband bought these for me from the Louise Young site (http://www.louiseyoungcosmetics.com/index.php), the delivery was really quick and the postage quite cheap (£2.99).