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Morphe ChromaPlus Eyeshadow Trios are a collection of 5 mini eyeshadow palettes that come in some interesting shade combinations, each including Morphe’s ChromaPlus mattes plus one Molten Metal shimmer that can be used wet or dry. Most of the color options run lighter (for example, peach, pink, and mauve themes) but there is one palette that has a dark navy blue. It looks like they were going for shade combos that feel “wearable” while including one slightly out of the ordinary shimmer. They are $13 each, contain 3.5 g / 0.12 oz of product and are available through Morphe or Ulta.
They come in plastic cases that snap shut with a mirror inside the lid. The two I got were not difficult to open. The top of each compact has a matte color coded lid to represent the shade combination inside and the bottom of the palettes are mirrored/reflective. They don’t feel flimsy or like they might break easily. They feel slightly less substantial than the packaging the 6-pan and 12-pan palettes come in but still fairly decent quality. The powders inside have a super subtle scent that I have to try hard to notice but I don’t smell any fragrance.
Swatches
For both sets of swatches below, I swatched the Molten Metal in the center twice, dry on the left and wet on the right.
Delicate Drama – Pale, muted mauve. This mauve is more pink than purple and is just barely deeper than my skintone. It looks ever so slightly warm on me and adds a hint of contour to my eye.
Sultry Shift – Reddish brown matte base color with an ultra fine pearlescent blue sheen topped with larger blue and purple sparkles. The base color of this is super close to the color of Nightie Night.
Nightie Night – Medium purplish mauve with red undertones. When swatched or applied more heavily, this shade looks more purple but when it is sheered out the red tones come out more.
Pink Pirouette – Light neutral pink. This one shows up brighter on me than I expected it to. I thought it would fade into my skintone and give me a hint of color but it’s actually pretty bold.
Balletcore – Light pink fine shimmer with larger gold sparkles. It has a duochrome quality to it but it doesn’t look like a shifty shade to me. Has plenty of opacity to look like it does in the swatches but I also like how it looks sheered out.
Ruffled Feelings – Medium taupe with neutral undertones. This is the type of midtone shade I could reach for everyday. Perfect depth and actually neutral on me. Doesn’t have any obvious red, grey, or golden tones when sheered out around the edges.
Performance
The mattes are so velvety and smooth, even more so than the mattes in the 12-pan and 6-pan ChromaPlus palettes I have. I’m pretty sure the formula is a bit different because they feel and apply slightly differently. These don’t require very much effort to blend out and instead of adhering strongly to the skin, they are a bit easier to dust away during blending. They feel “looser” and less grippy which makes it easy to apply the color quickly to the crease but I felt building up the color to get it to look more intense took more time and effort.
The Molten Metal shimmers can be used wet or dry. I was afraid they would be too firm/dry to use without wetting my brushes but they aren’t. I get plenty of color payoff dipping into them with dry brushes or my fingertip and they show up and build well. I tried also using them wet, by both spritzing a brush lightly and by more aggressively creating a “slurry” with more water as the brand says to do. Personally I prefer how they look when I use them dry. They do come off as more opaque and maybe a bit shinier when used wet but I think they sit on the lids in a more flattering way when used dry and I like the more ethereal sparkle effect I get when using them that way.
Any fallout I got was mainly larger sparkle from the shimmers. The most fallout I got was moderate, not quite enough for me to be annoyed about and some days I wore it, I got hardly any fallout. Using them with damp brushes or as a slurry gave me close to no fallout.
Tip/suggestion: The shimmers adhere better over bare lids or primer than they do directly over the matte shades. Using them with a damp brush did help if I wanted to layer them over the mattes.
Without primer, I got between 4 and 7 hours of wear before I started seeing creasing. The mattes seem to hold up longer than the shimmers. With primer, I got around 9 hours of wear before I started seeing creasing.
Looks
Look 1: (Tulle Order Palette)
- Pink Pirouette – Inner/outer crease, lower lashline
- Ruffled Feelings – Inner/outer lid
- Balletcore – Center of lid (dry brush/fingertip), center of lower lashline (wet brush)
- Morphe Bi-Liner in Rhyme – Lower waterline
Look 2: (Tulle Order Palette)
- Ruffled Feelings – Outer lid/crease, lower lashline
- Balletcore – Center lid (wet brush)
- Morphe Bi-Liner in Give – Lower waterline
Look 3: (Cut To The Lace Palette)
- Delicate Drama – Crease, lower lashline (hard to see but it’s there)
- Sultry Shift – All over lid (dry brush)
Look 4: (Cut To The Lace Palette)
- Nightie Night – Crease, lower lashline, liner
- Delicate Drama – All over lid, used to blend out deeper matte above crease