I really liked Kat Von D shadows before but this set of palettes is on another level! I picked up the Monarch palette from Sephora a while ago for review and loved it almost instantly. The buttery shadow texture had me sold. These colors are easy to blend and the color payoff is excellent. It’s the warmer palette of the two and thats why I got it first. I tend to love warmer eye looks.

From Sephora.com:

What it is:
An alluring, warm-toned eyeshadow palette with a stunning composition of colors—three large base shades and nine transformative accent hues—for a spectrum of stunning eye looks. 

What it does:
From delicate to daring, experience a rebirth of color and explore endless eye looks with the Monarch Eyeshadow Palette. Featuring warm-toned shades in an ingenious arrangement that gives you the biggest basics and the most accent hues, now you’ll have the freedom to create your heart out without running out of the go-to colors. Relish in the luxurious texture of triple-milled powder, which picks up instantly and lays down with a one-sweep, full-coverage application. The patented Power Last™, long-wearing formula gives you buildable, from dawn-to-dusk drama, while an infusion of antioxidants including rose extract and vitamins A, C, and E all work to keep your eyelids hydrated and protected. 

This set contains:
- 3 x 0.095 oz Eye Shadow in Entomology (matte cream), Telepathy (pearl gold), Tiny Death (glitter cream) 
- 3 x 0.095 oz Eye Shadow in Wrath (deep pearl orange), Papilio (pearl chocolate), Summerfly (glitter gold), Killing Jar (pearl copper), Delaney (pearl silver), Vanish (matte taupe), Disintegration (pearl brown), Shadow Box (matte chocolate), Deadhead (matte black) 

Here are some pictures of the Monarch eyeshadow palette! Please excuse the lighting for the swatches. It was a cloudy but sometimes sunny day outside so my swatches look crazy. Every time I went outside with a different set of swatches the sun was either out in full force or not out at all. It was crazy!

Entomology, Wrath, Papilio, and Summerfly

Telepathy, Killing Jar, Delaney, and Vanish

Tiny Death, Disintegration, Shadow Box, and Deadhead

I really have enjoyed using the Monarch palette over the last several weeks. There is only one color that I don’t like! The shadow shade Tiny Death is a glittery trouble maker. Oh well not liking one shade is not a problem at all! If you tend to favor doing warmer shadow looks I highly recommend this palette.

So weeks later I went to Sephora and saw the Chrysalis palette in person. I ordered the Monarch online without even seeing it or swatching it. But after a few swatches in store I had to get the Chrysalis palette also. Here is the info on the cooler toned beauty from Kat Von D.

From Sephora.com: 

What it is:
A captivating, cool-toned eyeshadow palette with a savvy composition of colors—three large base shades and nine transformative accent hues—for a spectrum of stunning eye looks. 

What it does:
From subtle to sultry, experience a rebirth of color and explore endless eye looks with the Chrysalis Eyeshadow Palette. Featuring cool-toned shades in an ingenious arrangement that gives you the biggest basics and the most accent hues, now you’ll have the freedom to create your heart out without running out of the go-to colors. Relish in the luxurious texture of triple-milled powder, which picks up instantly and lays down with a one-sweep, full-coverage application. The patented Power Last™, long-wearing formula gives you buildable, from dawn-to-dusk drama, while an infusion of antioxidants including rose extract and vitamins A, C, and E all work to keep your eyelids hydrated and protected. 

This set contains:
- 3 x 0.095 oz Eye Shadow in Lifelike (matte cream), Lunar Lights (pearl gray), Lucid (sparkle rose) 
- 9 x 0.049 oz Eye Shadow in Hybrid Moments (matte deep purple), Mezzanine (sparkle violet), Transition (pearl mauve), Glasswing (matte caramel), Melancholia (pearl silver), Black Milk (matte gray), Graphic Nature (pearl charcoal), Entombed (pearl blue), Tornay (matte navy) 

Lifelike, Hybrid Moments, Mezzanine, and Transition

Lunar Lights, Glasswing, Melancholia, and Black Milk

Lucid, Graphic Nature, Entombed, and Tornay

I have less experience with this palette but I can already tell you that the purples are good. I had to use those first! Lucid seems to be a glitter fallout trouble maker just like Tiny Death from the Monarch palette. It swatches just like Tiny Death does.

Check both of these palettes out at Sephora on your next visit. They are there exclusively for $46 each. If you already have one or both of these palettes please let us all know your thoughts on them!