Good Day Everyone,
I recently celebrated my birthday (we won’t go into how old
I am for fear of raising the January blues to a whole new level ;o)) and right on
cue an email from Sephora popped into my inbox telling me that I could go and
pick up my free Sephora members birthday gift.
When I became a Sephora member in February last year I received
a welcome gift which was a Sephora own brand body lotion. I did use up the body
lotion because it was free and I don’t like to waste but it certainly wasn’t something
that I would go out and purchase myself – clearly I wasn’t impressed. So when
it came to my first birthday gift, I’ll be honest, I didn’t have high
expectations and wasn’t expecting much, in fact, I was expecting something
similar to the welcome gift but boy was I wrong!
What I received was this cute mini Sephora own brand makeup
palette and I do have to eat my words here because I am impressed with this
little freebie, and not just because it’s a freebie! This palette, which fits
into the palm of my hand, contains four eye shadows, two lip glosses and a
blush. The palette is designed to resemble a Sephora shopping bag, complete
with cute little red handles. Inside the lid there is a decent sized mirror and
a clear plastic sheet that goes over the top of the products so that they don’t transfer
on to the mirror.
I’m seriously impressed with the colours as they are all
very wearable and colours that I would choose myself. The eye shadows are
more pigmented than I was expecting and very easy to swatch, which makes me
want to checkout Sephora’s own brand eye shadow palettes once my spending ban
is up ;o) The shadows are very soft and buttery, not at all powdery and blend
really well too. The only downside would be that it is easily possible to over
blend them which makes the shadows lose some of their intensity and so I do
sometimes have to go back and pack on more colour in places. The eye shadow colours
are;
- Catherine NO3 - a satin mid tone silvery grey
- Must Have MO4 – a matte black – great as an eyeliner and for smoking things out
- Crème Caramel MO8 – a matte pale peachy beige – great for blending and brow bone highlighting
- Coffee Brown NO8 – a satin mid tone warm brown
The blush, called Exclusif (Exclusive), is a gorgeous peach
shade with no shimmer or sparkle at all. The colour compliments my warm skin tone
beautifully and I can imagine this colour suiting most skin tones as its very
natural looking. The texture of the blush is very smooth and it blends really well. The
only drawback to the blush is that the long shape of it makes it quite a
challenge to pick up the blush colour without dipping my brush into the eye
shadows and lip gloss next to it.
Blush Excusif / lip gloss Rouge Shine 05 / lip gloss Rouge Shine 30 |
The two lip gloss shades are Rouge Shine 05 which is a very pale nudey pink colour and Rouge Shine 30 which is a bright raspberry pink,
although on my lips, it is more of a soft pink and therefore a lot more
wearable than what it appears in the pan. The lip glosses are not sticky and
not particularly drying either. They feel very smooth and comfortable on my
lips and the pink colour wears off pretty evenly leaving my lips with a natural
looking pink stain like effect. You can see why I’m impressed.
Rouge Shine 30 is more of a soft, rather than bright, pink on my lips |
Rouge Shine 30 gloss wears off leaving a stain |
I can see myself getting lots of use out of this little palette
and it’ll certainly make my weekends away makeup bag a lot lighter. It has all
I need for my cheeks, lips and eyes. I often tend to wear black eye shadow as
eyeliner and so all I need is some mascara, foundation and concealer along with
a few makeup tools and I’m done.
What do you think of this little freebie? Do you find these
colours wearable for you?
Love Sheen xxx
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