i have the 5th duo consisting of lime green and brown. silky to the touch, i apply using the included brush sometimes my own brush but it didnt matter because it lacks of something. maybe i didnt use a base i dont know but somehow the attractive green never shows once on my lids. it looked flat and has zero dimension and not pigmented enough to act as the base of the duo. the brown was ok, it's soft like the green but i can easily find a brown es in my MU cabinet blindfolded so that pretty much sums up my opinion on the brown shade. however, the palette has a functional and useful dual sided brush for touch up on the go, cant remember if it had a mirror tho but all in all, this palette still leaves me hopeful that my next duo would do better in terms of pigment. i m taking off 2 lippies for the weak green shade.