Giorgio Armani Eyes To Kill Macro-Color Eye Shadow Singles, Swatches of all Shades

That was unexpected. Today I went to Giorgio Armani Counter to check bronzers and blushes and look what I have found.

I don't remember seeing promotion pictures of this range but Armani have done it before, I mean keeping it all secret and releasing a whole range. It was a very nice surprise, I remember counter manager telling me that they are expecting a new range of single eye shadows sometime last year so in the end it was expected but maybe it was me who was not informed. 

I played around with these for almost an hour and took some photos for you. I really liked the arrangement (above) of the shades like a wave. They are divided into three categories, matte, vivid and satin. I was a little confused that all bright purples, pinks and that acid green was classified as satin, not vivid. I even thought for a brief moment if they made a mistake while setting up the display. I don't think it is the case though because numbers increase and each category have different number of eye shadows.

Matte range: 6 eye shadows here. They are all very pigmented. Here are some photos and swatches.

Vivid range (as I said, I am very confused about this name) consists of 8 eye shadows, they are shimmery naturals. The range offers cool and warm shades as well as deep and light ones. All of them were very pigmented, #10 was a little less pigmented than the others. My favorites here are #9 and #14. Enjoy some swatches.

Satin range (wouldn't vivid be more appropriate?) consist of 10 eye shadow singles. Isn't it great to see an acid green as a permanent shade of a high-end brand? What about those blush type of colors, #22, #23, #24? Bravo Maestro! 

Those were also very pigmented, a few of the shade were somehow a little drier in this category than the others. My picks are #15, #18 and #21. There was only one shade which didn't perform all that well, that was the orange one #24, was a little dry and less pigmented than the others. But all in all all thumbs up. Enjoy some more swatches. 

Final thoughts: A very fun range from Giorgio Armani, which reminds me why I like his line of make-up so much. If you found the last releases of some other brands (!) a little boring, these are for you. Regardless of what your taste is, I am sure you can find shades you would like here. 

I picked up #9 Tadzio for the time being. I forgot to mention they all have unique names but it was not provided on the display. I will test Tadzio and let you know how it performs on the lids. If those perform as good as they swatch, I may need to get all of them. ;-)

Giorgio Armani Eyes To Kill Macro-Color Eye Shadow Singles contain 1.75 g of product and cost 32€ in Germany.

Which one is your favorite shade?