Look at this palette. Look at its absolute beauty. Gorgeous isn't it! It's like a pink toned rubic cube of prettiness.
But sadly the colours have left me cold and disappointed.
You see, looking at the swatches below I would totally buy this palette if I was reading this blog post. Maybe it was bad lighting or a bad skin week, but when I tried them last week I just felt blah in all of them.
Well I guess not all of them-I really liked the top row of the palette. Especially the colour top left.
The middle row made me look like death warmed up-they are very pastel toned and the middle row far right was so lilac toned I felt like Nicki Minaj and the colour just felt very unnatural on me.
Bottom row left was also ok on me but overall I can't help feeling disappointed with most of the shades.
Wear time was good and I found the shades weren't drying but really seemed to cling to any dry skin on your lips.
I wear every lipstick colour under the sun so I am quite surprised that I didn't absolutely adore this palette but something is just not doing it for me.
It is a hybrid palette and can be used on lips and cheeks but for me, cheek application would be a little bit too fiddly as each individual colour is quite small.
Maybe I was just having a blah week (I was having 'post birthday, hard week in Cairo blues' I think. Maybe I will give it another go otherwise it'll be in my next blog sale.
Sorry some of the lip swatches are a little wonky-I have been trying to blog on my Microsoft Surface Pro rather than my MacBook Pro and I am still getting to grips with the photo storage system and windows again!
What do you think?
This is a limited edition palette, I bought mine from Sephora in Dubai but I found it on the Harrods
website for £44.50 and Barneys in the US for $67.
Hello lovely. Well I think that that idea would be great for an MUA and is hygienic too because you can only really use a brush with it but for me it's just too much faff #blogsale xx
ReplyDeleteOh sorry you're not in love with this one. I passed on it because I knew I wouldn't use it much since I'm not a fan of cream palettes but have you tried mixing the colors? There are so many possibilities with these. :)
ReplyDeleteHello gorgeous! I always do a blog sale when I am coming back to the UK-so there'll be one in June-have been getting bits together. I just need to thin my make up out!! (To make room for new stuff....) xxx
ReplyDeleteI think that youre right Clare, its just a little cool toned xxx
ReplyDeleteThe first one is gorgeous!!! Xxx
ReplyDeleteHi Josie, such a shame as its a beautiful palette xx
ReplyDeleteHaha yes there is so much make up-seems to be my mission to try it all lol!! Xx
ReplyDeleteI like the swatches just not the colour on my overall face!! Love that top left tho xxx
ReplyDeleteAww what a shame you didn't love this, it's so pretty to look at!
ReplyDeletePs. when you next have a blog sale, I want at least all of it please :D xx
I love the look of it in the palette but I get the feeling the majority would not suit me, too cool and too pink if you know what I mean. What a shame you are not loving it :(
ReplyDeleteAh, sorry this was a disappointment! I can see that many of the shades are quite similar and not as pigmented, but you're right- that first shade is absolutely stunning :)
ReplyDeleteStacey, from the lip swatches I would totally buy this palette too :) The top three look the best of the lot.
ReplyDeleteHey Stacey, sorry to hear you're not loving this! I can't wear the lighter shades on my lips, but on my cheeks they're more than fine! That way, I can use almost all the shades. But don't worry about it. There is so much makeup, and you can't love all of it equally!
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