I found an offer somewhere on Facebook to try some makeup for free from a brand I wasn’t familiar with: GA-DE Cosmetics, an Israeli beauty brand created in 1985 that sells makeup, fragrance and skincare worldwide. Their color cosmetics emphasize color harmonies, shades that are designed to go together, especially in their shadow offerings. A week or so later, I received a very pretty eye shadow with three neutral shades embossed with a beautiful lace pattern in an attractive, substantial, square clear plastic case. Frankly, it was almost too pretty to use, so I just looked at it for a couple of weeks after I received it. Silly, right?
Today was a gloomy, rainy, chilly day in New England, a good day to stay in the house and play with makeup. So I took out the GA-DE Icon Lace Pearl Grace Eye Shadow Trio in Tender Nights. Look how pretty it is!
GA-DE is a buttery powder shadow, easy to blend on the lid. Because the three shades blend into each other in the compact, it can be a little tough to get at the middle shade that’s sandwiched in between the two others. So the two neutral shades were more or less a blend. I was concerned that the matte black might be too dark for me, but it reads a deep charcoal that is easily blended out and it’s a totally wearable shade for mature skin. The two lighter neutrals are satin shimmer shades. The light beige one is a shimmery champagne and the toasty light brown is actually a shimmery rose gold. Although they are not sheer – they’re what GA-DE calls “a satin veil”, they are very light colors that provide a lovely bright shimmery glow. I wish they were a bit more substantial, but I still liked the look I got, sort of a shimmery evening look. I was surprised when I looked at myself wearing it in a video, the brightness really shows up in spite of the paleness of the shades.
Here are the swatches:
Also, the shadows feel good on my dry lids because they are infused with vitamins C and E.
Here’s the look as well as the products I used to get there:
Face
- Paula’s Choice Skin Recovery Daily Moisturizer with SPF 30
- Lumene Time Freeze Anti-aging CC Cream in Light
- Tarina Tarantino Dollface Cheek in Feather
- NYX Above & Beyond Full Coverage Concealer
Eyes
- Urban Decay Anti-Aging Primer Potion
- GA-DE Icon Lace Eye Shadow in Tender Nights
- butterLONDON Wink Eye Pencil in Union Jack Black, tightline
- Gorgeous Cosmetics Eyeliner in Miss G – a green gray, lower lashline
- Chella Ivory Lace Highlighter Pencil in Light, lower waterline
- Shiseido Lash Curler
- L’Oreal Voluminous Butterfly Intenza Mascara
Lips
- Eddie Funkhouser Lipstick in Kiki.
It appears that GA-DE Cosmetics makes some lovely makeup, skincare and fragrance products. Take a look at GA-DE Cosmetics by visiting their website or shopping GA-DE on Amazon. Free with any $35 order from their Amazon store until June 30, 2015, you can receive a makeup bag filled with a full-size shadow single, full size lipstick and a mini nail polish. Nice.
What a lovely palette, and a gorgeous FOTD! I would use these shadows all of the time!
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Thank you, Helen! I think I will be using them a lot for evening looks this summer 🙂
I stopped by the Gade site and their makeup looks quite nice. The packaging is also quite pretty .. their bronzers look a bit like Burberry 🙂
Monica.
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That’s great and thank you, Monica! I was amazed at how pretty this little embossed shadow trio is. And they really show up on my eyelids in spite of the fat that they’re neutrals. I didn’t look at the bronzers because I don’t wear them too much, but I noticed the quilting on some of the eye shadows that reminds me of Dior or Burberry. They really are beautiful and not too expensive.
These are gorgeous! I’m so bad about using makeup when it looks almost too pretty to be touched ,ha! Seriously though, gorgeous colors and you look absolutely beautiful!!
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I definitely hated to damage the design but I’m glad I finally used it! So pretty. Thank you Christine
I’ne ever heard of this brand before. I have to check out that Amazon offer!
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The brand was new to me too! That is a great offer & a good way to get to know GA-DE Cosmetics
This is a brand that I’ve never heard of but sounds like one worth trying!
It was new to me too! Definitely worth getting to know
SO beautiful! This is a new-to-me brand, but it looks really promising! <3
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I was surprised at how beautiful the embossed pan is, and I really do like the shadows especially for an evening look for me.
I definitely would try it! It’s GORGEOUS! <3
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It was such a good surprise. When I found this free thing on FB, I wasn’t sure what it would be like. But it is very good quality, and so pretty to look at!
That’s always a perk! <3
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That palette looks beautiful, I love those colors! Thanks for introducing that brand, I haven’t heard of them before!
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Me, neither! But then, I always love to try foreign brands so this was a good one for me 🙂
I hate ruining pretty patterns too! Those shades are lovely and you are right, the black looks much more wearable. They look great on you!
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Thank you, Kristina!
What a beautiful design of the pan! I love it when companies go an extra mile to make their products appealing.
I agree! When it first arrived, I was surprised at how beautiful it is! Makes me want to try a brand I had never heard of
What a lovely palette! Those shades look great on you!
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Thank you, Destany. I’m in love with the look of this mini-palette!
I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t be able to use this, simply because I would not wanna mess up how gorgeous that lace imprint is, haha!
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I felt the same way, Chelsea!
Love learning about a new brand. The packaging is so pretty, and the colors look great on you.
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Thank you! I love to try foreign makeup, so this was a treat!
This looks like some really pretty eyeshadow 😀 Great look.
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I really like the eye look you put together with this palette. So pretty! The rose gold is gorgeous!! I’ve never heard of this brand but will, for sure, check them out. Thank-you for the information. 🙂
Any time, Natalie! I was lucky to find this freebie, I think on Facebook a few weeks ago. It’s a lovely little trio. Just enough shimmer for me to wear at night. I couldn’t find this exact trio on Amazon or on their website yet, but there are similar things. I’m wondering if this is brand new? I’d like to try some of their other makeup too 🙂
This is so pretty and I would probably still be looking at it and not using it because it’s so pretty. The colors are really nice though. They are something I would totally wear. Right up my alley
It was so pretty, I almost didn’t use it but then I felt guilty so I did. And I like it. I can’t wear too much glitter, shimmer but this was just enough and I was amazed that even though it’s not super bright, the shimmer really shows up.
That palette is so pretty!
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I think so too 🙂
What a lovely palette. I love the lighter shade and the middle one. The dark one doesn’t look smooth though. It’s always great to discover a new brand.
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I like the two neutral shimmer shades, too. The black actually was very blendable and smooth, and thankfully it blended out to a charcoal for me. I was in a fog when I swatched these and did them on dry skin instead of on primer. My bad.
The packaging looks nice. It’s fun to try makeup brands from overseas.
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I love to try makeup and skincare from abroad!
That packaging is kind of blowing my mind. You look great!
Thanks, Jess. It is such a beautiful embossed pan!
Ooooh pretty swatches, this looks so nice on you!
Thanks, Justina 🙂
Love how glowy those shades are!
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I was surprised how much they show up. I was shocked when I looked at a video where I was wearing them
What a pretty palette and I love your eye look!
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Thank you, Erika 🙂
Pretty lacy look!
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The pattern on this is beautiful! So luxe!
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This little palette looks really nice and I love the colors… I don’t think I have heard of this brand before though.
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It’s an Israeli brand so you wouldn’t necessarily know it.
The shades look great, espicially that rose!
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The rose gold sure is pretty and the champagne shade makes a nice inner corner highlight.
Oh wow, what pretty packaging- I love the embossing of the product, sooo pretty! In the pan and swatched I didn’t think these shadows were anything special but on your eyes, wow they look gorgeous! xxx
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I was surprised that they showed up so well on my eyes, too, Laura. I did a quick video, and boy, do they show up on the video! A surprising pretty little palette!
Love your eyeshadow review with this Isreal based company!! Love the satin feel shadows and love rose gold shade!!! Love your makeup look!
Ursula aka Blueridge Beauty
Thank you so much, Ursula. This little trio was a great find and a lovely surprise. And the shades look to be on the sheer side, but they really pop!
Hi I like your eyeshadow and surely use this in coming party.thanks john
Thanks, John. It’s a very nice travel palette!
i love cosmetics i made an excelent choice….i would recomend cosmetics to my friends.