Bought this cause I wanted Stila and I don't want to buy their lipgloss. I decided to try this pallete which cost £23.33 after tax rebate. Was contemplating if I should get the fair/light or light/medium. I wanted light eyeshadows and a natural flushed cheeks kind of colour. In the end I bought the light/medium cause I think it's better to play it safe.
The shades are pretty similar but I think the lightest blush shade will be too light on me and the base colour the same. For this one, both the blushes are quite soft but it still swatches well. It's not so pigmented when you pick it with brush. So it's good for the subtlety that I wanted. The pink one charming is a matte blush, hardly show up on my cheeks though. So I have to use the right brush to pick this product up. But on certain lighting, you can see the colour on the cheeks. It's just not obvious. The nuetral one is call angelic - a terracotta shade.
The eyeshadows are also very light. This palette is good for everyday use. To use it for night time, you just have to layer them or use your fingers. You can use the shadows wet which will intensify the colours. Only the highlighter and the lid shadows have shimmer, the rest are matte.
base - artistic
highlight - dazzling
crease - spontaneous
lid - ambitious
liner - mischievous
The shadows pigments have a lot of fallout. So it's quite annoying to apply when you are in a hurry. A wet version should be better. But in the end as long as you pad the shadows in place, there should not be a problem.
I would not purchase this if I had known. I don't regret having it but there are better palletes out there. This is just compact and no hassle of brush, highlights and bronzer which I don't really need in my palette. The gold packaging is nice, but I wish it doesn't have the leopard print on it. Oh well, doesn't matter. I will still bring this palette as an oversea-trip-all-in-one-makeup for daily use. I mean most of the time I don't bother with makeup, but you never know when you need to dress up. So it's just handy to have this.
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