First of I'll just say right away that I returned this palette, and I'm getting some different makeup instead (waiting to get it in the mail hopefully soon!!) but I will still talk about it and explain my reasons for returning.
When I first saw this Palette in Sephora I was so excited, I mean look at it, it's amazing!! I bought it right away, with no regrets and wrapped it up for myself for Christmas haha! :P But when I finally got to play around with it, I realized it just wasn't worth how much I spent for it. I knew going into it that the gel liners were more like a sheer base then a liner, that never bothered me. It was more that I found the eyeshadows faded so quickly, and they always seemed to over blend into this... one color mess. As for the brow powders, i found that they were either way too dark or too light and i use a red color for mine anyways, the wax really wasn't 'waxy', and the lip glosses we're... okay, but they weren't anything special either. For those who have this palette and love it, i can totally see why! I mean don't get me wrong, it's an amazing deal if it works for you, and it probably works great for different people, it just didn't work for me, plus it was just too much money for the lack of quality.
When I first saw this Palette in Sephora I was so excited, I mean look at it, it's amazing!! I bought it right away, with no regrets and wrapped it up for myself for Christmas haha! :P But when I finally got to play around with it, I realized it just wasn't worth how much I spent for it. I knew going into it that the gel liners were more like a sheer base then a liner, that never bothered me. It was more that I found the eyeshadows faded so quickly, and they always seemed to over blend into this... one color mess. As for the brow powders, i found that they were either way too dark or too light and i use a red color for mine anyways, the wax really wasn't 'waxy', and the lip glosses we're... okay, but they weren't anything special either. For those who have this palette and love it, i can totally see why! I mean don't get me wrong, it's an amazing deal if it works for you, and it probably works great for different people, it just didn't work for me, plus it was just too much money for the lack of quality.
This is looking lovely!! Bad that it doesn't get along well:(
ReplyDeleteI've never used Smashbox, but was actually thinking of getting this palette to test it out - think I will skip it now!
ReplyDeleteI'm not much into makeup but i would love having a smash-box for occasions!
ReplyDeleteYeah :( I'm sad about it because the color selection in it was really good. Oh well. :)
ReplyDeleteElizabeth - Yes! That would be perfect, it's got everything.
ReplyDeleteWow the colours look so pretty, but I can't stand it when make-up fades that quickly... hope you manage to find the perfect alternative ;)
ReplyDeleteOooh I just looked at your post below and that holographic nail varnish is awesome!
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