Disclaimer: This post features a product that was gifted to me. I am under no obligation to post and the opinions expressed are entirely my own.
The Alter Ego Artemis Palette is supposed to be a dupe of Natasha Denona’s Metropolis Palette, not only in the color selection but also in the formulation of some of the cream/powder hybrid shades. There are 28 shades and it retails for $22.
- Provoke – Light bronze-y gold shimmer with larger golden sparkles mixed in.
- Entice – Slightly deeper and more muted orangey brown with a matte finish.
- Obscure – Pale gold with a standard shimmer finish. No large sparkles.
- Ravage – Coral-y orange shimmer with larger golden sparkles.
- Catch – Nearly identical in color to Provoke but this is a standard shimmer with no chunky sparkles.
- Trap – Cream/powder. More coral toned than Hunt and Entice and has a small amount of shimmer that doesn’t translate on the lid. This looks matte on the lid.
- Silent – Cream/powder. This is an interesting vintage avocado green shade. Being a cream/powder somehow enhances the color in a way I don’t think we’d see in a true powder. Looks matte on the eye.
- Scent – Looks more opaque in the swatch but this is very sparkly and doesn’t have much base color to it. Large, bright, multi-colored sparkles in a sheer champagne shimmer base.
- Camouflage – This looks exactly the same as Catch in the row above. Same color, same finish.
- Victory – Medium blue shimmer with larger blue sparkles.
- Stalk – Reddish orange shimmer with a standard shimmer finish.
- Quiver – Cream/powder. Red-based brown. This has a bit more of a sheen to it than the other cream/powder shades but it still comes off as mostly matte on the eye.
- Snare – Vibrant orange with a matte finish.
- Thrill – Cream/powder. Greenish taupe. Looks matte on the eye.
- Spear – Gold with a hint of green. On the eye, the green tint is hardly noticeable. Sparkling shimmer finish. The sparkles in this are smaller than in some of the other shades.
- Chase – Shimmery taupe. Not as reflective as some of the other shimmers.
- Pursuit – Shimmery green base with larger blue sparkles.
- Captivate – Cream/powder. Similar to Trap in the first row but more toned down, less vibrant.
- Pluck – Deeper rose gold with a standard shimmer finish.
- Bow – Cream/powder. Medium blue. Looks matte on the eye.
- Ambush – Cream/powder. Extremely similar to Bow but maybe a bit easier to build up.
- Prowl – Cream/powder. Looks nearly identical to Thrill.
- Stealth – Cream/powder. Depending on how much you build this up it can go anywhere from a lighter emerald green to a deeper forest green. Looks matte on the eye.
- Pounce – Copper shimmer with larger sparkles.
- Lure – Cream/powder. Medium warm brown with a matte finish.
- Conquer – Deep true red with a standard shimmer finish.
- Quest – Looks the same as Chase in row 3.
Looks
Look #1:
- Silent – Crease, center part of lower lashline
- Thrill – Outer lid and crease
- Lure – Outer lid, outer lower lashine
- Pounce – Center of lid
- Scent – Inner corner, applied with dampened brush
Look #2:
- Prowl – Outer transition area
- Ambush – Outer lid/crease
- Trap – Under the inner part of my brow
- Pursuit – Outer lid
- Conquer – Inner lower lashline
- Victory – Outer crease, applied with an angled brush
- Ravage – Center of brow bone area
- Spear – Outer brow bone area
- Entice – Outer lower lashline
- Snare – Center of lid and crease
Look #3:
- Stealth – Inner lid/crease
- Bow – Outer crease
- Quest – Inner lid
- Victory – Outer lid
- Quiver – Lower lashline
- Obscure – Inner corner
- Provoke – Center of lid