The next weekend I went on a date and experimented with the palette some more. I still played it safe but I added Henna into the mix, blended it into my crease and enjoyed the result more than I enjoyed the date. By this point I was getting semi-alright at applying and blending so I took going for dinner with my family as a chance to properly experiment - because if that isn’t an entirely safe space then I don’t know what is.

I’d seen people on Instagram use the pink shades, and one of my friends pulls a pink eye off like nobody else, so of course I wanted to try it, too. So I did.

I applied Maneater all over my lid, taking it slightly upwards and winging it out, then I brought it under my lower lash line before adding a touch of Doll Face in the outer corners. I finished with a dab of Rose Gold right in the centre of my lid, and guess what? I loved it so much I added a matching lipstick and went outside into the big wide world, got a compliment from the waitress serving us and the next day I posted another selfie. Who’d have thought?

“The eyeshadow palette that made me fall in love with make-up”