You get 10 eyeshadows, 4 matte and 6 shimmery ones. The colour selection is really good, you get a couple of highlighter shades, and as well as lots of neutrals, you also get grey and black, so you can create a nice smoky eye as well. All of them swatched nicely, and I'm sporting a look today I did with 3 of the matte eyeshadows and they applied and blended easily and their colour payoff is very good too. You also get a smudgestick included which I'm also wearing and it has stayed put on my waterline for hours now (6 hours and counting). It's a plumy colour, so less harsh than black, but still dark enough. You also have a small booklet with ideas for looks included which is a nice idea.
My only complaint about this palette is that you don't get a mirror in the lid, instead you have some quote from someone I don't know that I quite frankly could do without. I feel that at this price and considering that this palette is supposed to be a portable, contain all you need for your neutral looks, it really really should have a mirror.
Other than that I am really happy with it and I think it's a nice alternative to Urban Decay's Naked Palette. It's also quite a bit smaller, so should be easier to carry with you, if only it had a mirror too... The palette cost £25 and you get 14 g eyeshadows and 0.28 g eyeliner.
See lots more pictures including swatches after the jump!
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| Top row: Bare, Kitten, Bliss, Sunset, Sandstone Bottom row: Champagne, Gilded Gold, Luster, Night Sky, Ebony Smudge Stick Waterproof Eyeliner in Damsel |
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| Top row: Bare, Kitten, Bliss, Sunset, Sandstone Bottom row: Champagne, Gilded Gold, Luster, Night Sky, Ebony Smudge Stick Waterproof Eyeliner in Damsel |
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| Smudge Stick Waterproof Eyeliner in Damsel |
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| On top: Smudge Stick Waterproof Eyeliner in Damsel Below: Bare, Kitten, Bliss, Sunset, Sandstone Taken with flash |
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| On top: Smudge Stick Waterproof Eyeliner in Damsel Below: Champagne, Gilded Gold, Luster, Night Sky, Ebony Taken with flash |
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| On top: Smudge Stick Waterproof Eyeliner in Damsel Below: Bare, Kitten, Bliss, Sunset, Sandstone Taken without fash in natural daylight |
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| On top: Smudge Stick Waterproof Eyeliner in Damsel Below: Champagne, Gilded Gold, Luster, Night Sky, Ebony Taken without flash in natural daylight |
this palette i have been eyeing for ages. its so gorgeous! and i love that it has so many more matte shades than most of the palettes out there! especially a dark matte shade. so pretty!
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