How to Create Different Looks With the Chapter 4 Palette
The Chapter 4 Palette is designed to give you endless ways to play with colour. Each shade has been selected to work across both contrasting and complementary colour combinations, so you can create soft wearable looks, bold statement eyes, layered shimmer moments, or full fantasy glam from one palette.
With a mix of rich mattes and dimensional shimmer shades, Chapter 4 gives you the freedom to build looks that feel cohesive, unexpected, or completely transformative depending on how you pair the colours.
Why This Works
The shades in Chapter 4 have been chosen to create both harmony and contrast. Complementary shade pairings help your look feel soft, blended, and wearable, while contrasting colours add drama, depth, and visual impact.
The mattes help shape and define the eye, while the shimmer shades add light, texture, and multidimensional reflect. This means you can create simple everyday colour, bold graphic looks, soft blended glam, or high-impact shimmer using the same palette.
How to Do It (Step-by-Step)
1. Start with your base shade
Choose a matte shade to create the overall shape of your look
Blend it through the crease, outer corner, or lower lash line
Use a softer shade for a wearable look, or a deeper shade for more drama
2. Choose your colour direction
For a complementary look, pair shades that sit naturally together in the palette
This creates a softer, more blended effect
For a contrasting look, pair shades that feel more unexpected or opposite in tone
This creates a bolder, more editorial finish
3. Build depth with matte shades
Use deeper mattes on the outer corner, lash line, or crease
This adds structure and makes shimmer shades stand out even more
Keep blending until the edges look soft and diffused
4. Add shimmer for dimension
Press shimmer onto the centre of the lid, inner corner, or lower lash line
Use a fingertip or flat brush for the strongest payoff
Layer shimmer over matte shades to create extra depth and colour play
5.Create a liquid liner effect
Place a small amount of eyeshadow onto a mixing palette or clean surface
Add a drop of Mixing Medium
Mix until it becomes a smooth liquid liner texture
Apply with a fine liner brush along the lash line, as a wing, or as a graphic detail
Let it set before touching or layering more product
Finish the look
Add mascara, gems, or a matching lip to complete the colour story
Keep the rest of the face soft for a more wearable look, or layer more colour for full fantasy impact
The Result
A palette that can create both soft and bold looks
Contrasting colour combinations for high-impact glam
Complementary colour combinations for softer, blended looks
Matte depth, shimmer dimension, and custom liquid liner effects
Endless ways to create with one collectible palette
Pro Tips
Use complementary colours when you want the look to feel soft and seamless
Use contrasting colours when you want the look to feel bold, artistic, or editorial
Apply matte shades first to create structure before adding shimmer
Press shimmer shades on rather than sweeping for stronger payoff
Mix shades with Mixing Medium to create custom liquid liner colours
Use shimmer on the inner corner or centre of the lid to make the eyes look brighter and more dimensional
Layer unexpected colours together to create your own fantasy colour story
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