Thursday 29 September 2011

Urban Decay Primer Potion - new packaging


Before I bought my first Urban Decay Primer Potion I didn't know I needed an eyelid primer. But everyone was raving about it so I gave it a try and now I never do my make-up without it. You can imagine how happy I was to hear that Urban Decay'd decided to change the pretty, but unsuccessful packaging into a simple sqeezy tube. They say the formula remained unchanged, though I'm not absolutely sure. The thing is that some kind of oily substance seems to precipitate and comes out separately, the beige stuff in the centre and the greasy liquid around the nozzle. I guess a good shake would do the trick, but it's kind of hard to do with the product in a tube, isn't it? The consequence is that the potion itself becomes quite greasy, it's marvellously easy to apply, but doesn't prevent the shadows from creasing. Mine creased after 7 hours, whereas with the previous potion they could go on without limits (I have very oily lids, mind you, without a primer the shadows wouldn't last an hour).
Maybe I got the bad batch, but although I still love the product, it's not my holy grail any more. I guess I'm ready now to try Too Faced Shadow Insurance!
Disclaimer: I bought the product myself for my personal use and I am not affiliated with any company. I am not paid to do this review and everything I said here is my genuine opinion.

Peggy Sage Emolient Manicure Bath



Peggy Sage Emolient Manicure Bath is something I can't do my mani without. I drop this tablet into water and receive a fizzy bath for my hands. It smells lovely and refreshing, moisturises cuticles thanks to the emolient content and guarantees effortless cuticle care (just push them back et voila!). I soak my hands in the Peggy Sage bath once a week and this is enough to prevent the cuticles from growing and make my hands look nice. The tablets are sold separately and cost around £1.20, the kind of sum always you always havein your pocket and can devote to the little pleasure of having a spa at home.

Disclaimer: I bought the product myself for my personal use and I am not affiliated with any company. I am not paid to do this review and everything I said here is my genuine opinion.    

Essie nailpolish in Carry On


For some reason unknown I believed Carry On to be a blackened cherry or dark burgundy shade, but it turned out to be a very dark brown creme with red undertones. Very nice colour, actually. Application was very easy, with 2 coats giving full coverage. Nice vampy polish for autumn.


Disclaimer: I bought the product myself for my personal use and I am not affiliated with any company. I am not paid to do this review and everything I said here is my genuine opinion.

Orly nailpolish in Golden Maharaja (review + swatches)

Orly nailpolish in Golden Maharaja (indoors)


I got Golden Maharaja as a bargin, during a sale. The application seemed at first quite difficult with the polish being on the thicker side and clumping if I didn't pick enough product to distribute it smoothly. But the second coat evened out all imperfections leaving opaque reddish-toned chocolate brown colour with lovely shimmer. It matches my autumnal mood perfectly.

Orly nailpolish in Golden Maharaja (sunlight)

Disclaimer: I bought the product myself for my personal use and I am not affiliated with any company. I am not paid to do this review and everything I said here is my genuine opinion.

OPI nailpolish in Road House Blues + Orly Royal Velvet (review + swatches)

OPI Road House Blues


Road House Blues is the second polish from OPI's Touring America collection which caught my attention. It's dark blue creme polish, leaning towards purple in certain lighting conditions. Obviously such a dark shade looks best outdoors, in the sunlight, but I like the way it looks also at nighttime, almost black, but not as dark as real black. If I had to use one adjective to describe the polish I would say classy is the one.
As always with OPI the application was a dream. Reached full opacity in 2 coats.
OPI Road House Blues (outdoors)

Then I thought I'd experiment a bit with the polish. I added one coat of Orly Royal Velvet, which is a magical dark blue/purple shimmery duochrome. Et voila! The result is gorgeous! Cool toned dark blue/ teal/purple  metallic hues - all depending on light. I'm gonna wear this combo a lot, especially to refresh the faded look of Roadhouse Blues after a few days' wear.
OPI Road House Blues + one coat of Orly Velvet Rope

OPI Road House Blues + one coat of Orly Velvet Rope
Disclaimer: I bought the product myself for my personal use and I am not affiliated with any company. I am not paid to do this review and everything I said here is my genuine opinion.

Monday 26 September 2011

Adam's dictionary


mama
tata
papa = be bye or digger
wu = dummy
dzi= crane
ciu ciu = train
traba or trara = tram or bus
ta = there
tut tut = horn signal
buty = shoes or socks
nia nia = drink
ryra ryra = biscuit
kika = dog

Wednesday 21 September 2011

Butter London nailpolish in Marrow compared to Orly in Wild Wisteria (review + swatches)


Butter London nailpolish in Marrow
 This is the second time I've bought a purple polish which looks darker on the nails than in the bottle. The other one was Orly Wild Wisteria. The colours are actually almost dupes with Marrow being a tad lighter and contains micro-shimmer (which actually is visible only in the bottle). In the daylight Marrow looks more purple than Wild Wisteria, which needs plenty of light to make the colour show. In other lighting conditions they both look just dark, almost black.

Orly nailpolish in Wild Wisteria
In both pictures the polish looks a bit darker than it does in direct sunlight. Orly was photographed indoors, while Butter London in the sunlight. What else can I say? Both shades look would be absolutely perfect if they looked the same as they do in the bottle. Both of them are opaque, easy to apply. I guess I like Marrow better just because it's slightly lighter.
EDIT: Went outside, with my son in the stroller, glanced at my hands from time to time and I must say I underestimated Marrow. It truly Is a stunner. I'm so glad I got it!
Disclaimer: I bought the product myself for my personal use and I am not affiliated with any company. I am not paid to do this review and everything I said here is my genuine opinion.

Butter London nailpolish in Big Smoke

I couldn't resist a polish which is manufactured by a company called Butter London, could I? Even more tempting was the varnish name Big Smoke, which refers to the dense atmosphere of an English pub (this unfortunately belongs to the pub, although the smell of cigarettes and spilt beer sometimes still lingers on.
So Big Smoke is a dark blue of denim kind with a lot of shimmer. Not that unique I guess, but this is the kind of blue I was looking for, not too bright, not too turquoise or too aquatic.
The application was fairly easy with the brush being the right size and the consistency being neither too thick or too thin. The first coat seemed sheered, but 2 coats gave surprisingly decent coverage. I added one more coat, just in case.

When writing a review I need to mention the lovely bottle with this cute little sticker on the side. It appeals to my taste soooo much! I do realise this is marketing ploy, but I'm consciously allowing myself to be lured. It's such a pleasure!


Disclaimer: I bought the product myself for my personal use and I am not affiliated with any company. I am not paid to do this review and everything I said here is my genuine opinion.

Monday 19 September 2011

China Glaze City Siren

China Glaze in City Siren (indoors)

I was unsure about this colour when I first saw it, that's why I crossed it out from my first order of the Metro collection. On second thoughts I thought I might like to give it a try and I'm glad I did. It's a wonderful dark red jelly with no shimmer.  Very classy. This shade never becomes bold and bright, even in direct sunlight. So appropriate for autumn.
China Glaze polishes generally apply very well, and this one is no exception. 2 coats offered complete coverage and the polish withstood the small redecoration we were having over the weekend ( I removed it because it was all smeared with wall paint, not because it chipped or anything).
City Siren definitely makes one of my favoutite polishes.

China Glaze in City Siren (direct sunlight)

Disclaimer: I bought the product myself for my personal use and I am not affiliated with any company. I am not paid to do this review and everything I said here is my genuine opinion.

Essie nail polish in Lady Like (review + swatches)


Essie Fall 2011 collection of minis 

I bought this polish as a part of 4-piece fall collection, I definitely wouldn't have bought it otherwise. Nonetheless, I deciced to give it a go. And all I can say about the colour is that the name is surprisingly appropriate if you perceive ladies as victins of conventionalized life, improsoned within the boundaries of social appropriateness. The colour is a cool dusty beige rose, almost nude, my hubby even managed to notice similarity to dead corpse nails (heh), but I'm sure he said out of spite. It's not beige/ivory enough for a classic nude, but it definitely belongs to the category of safe colours which will be acceptable on office environment. I used a matte top coat on one hand and I seem to like this option better, as it gets sort of more interesting.

Essie nail polish in Lady Like + Nail Tek Quicken + Nail Tek 10-speed (bubbled horribly)
flashlight


Essie nail polish in Lady Like + Nail Tek Quicken + Nail Tek 10-speed
daylight
 The application wasn't bad overall, but I find Essie polishes on the thick side, compared with other polishes. My first impression was that this wasn't a varnish but wall enamel, was just as creamy and the brush left similar streaks. The second coat, however, evened the surface out and applied really nicely round the cuticle. Thick polish gives you much more control than the runny one if you know how to handle it.


Essie nail polish in Lady Like + Inglot Matte Top Coat
flashlight


Essie nail polish in Lady Like + Inglot Matte Top Coat
daylight
 Overall:
Qualitywise the polish is fine, but the colour is a "no" for me. Perhaps my mum will like it?

Disclaimer: I bought the product myself for my personal use and I am not affiliated with any company. I am not paid to do this review and everything I said here is my genuine opinion.

Friday 16 September 2011

Essie nailpolish in Power Clutch



Essie Power Clutch represents the military camouflage trend, so much "in" this season. It's gray with green tones or the other way round, I think there's an equal measure of both colours in the polish. It's creme with no shimmer, which looks pretty nice on the nails. I'm not certain his is the most flattering and feminine of colours, but I'm gonna wear it to match the gloom of the weather in October or November.
The polish applies fairly well, though the consistency is on the thick side. Two coats give fully opaque colour. The brush is a bit too narrow, but not unmanageablee.
My polish is a part of 4-piece box of minis.




Disclaimer: I bought the product myself for my personal use and I am not affiliated with any company. I am not paid to do this review and everything I said here is my genuine opinion.

Essie nailpolish in Very Structured

Essie nailpolish in Very Structured


I absolutely love this colour! It's exactly what I was looking for! Milky chocolate creme with no shimmer! Makes me crave for a huge bar of chocolate with whole nuts. I definitely need to get one today or I'll start biting my nails ( which I've never done before).
As for the application I must say I've got this problem with Essie that the formula seems too thick, especially when you switch from other, more runny polishes. Once you get used to it, it's fine, usually the second coat works out better.
Overall: one of my favourite polishes for the coming aututmn.


My polish is a part of 4-piece box of minis.



Disclaimer: I bought the product myself for my personal use and I am not affiliated with any company. I am not paid to do this review and everything I said here is my genuine opinion.

Nail Tek Renew (cuticle oil)

 
Nail Tek Renew
 I'm half way through the bottle, so I guess I'm ready to write a reliable review of the cuticle oil Renew by Nail Tek. First of all I must say that my cuticles are not an issue for me, no cracking, no flaking, no dryness. I bought this product not because my fingers needed it badly, but rather to soften the cuticles and prevent them from growing. So my opinion is that it actually does nothing to the cuticles, I haven't noticed any particular softness or elasticity. Neither does it strengthen the nails, there was no improvement in the nail condition whatsoever. It does help to prevent the cuticles from growing in the same way every other oil would(baby oil for example, 250 ml being a quarter of the price of 15 ml of Renew). It simply works because every night before going to sleep I massage my cuticles and push them back, so they stopped growing. This is more of a mechanical thing than any growth preventing qualities of the substance.
The verdict is: yes, I'll continue massaging my cuticles with my son's baby oil, but I'll never spend any money on cuticle oil again.


Disclaimer: I bought the product myself for my personal use and I am not affiliated with any company. I am not paid to do this review and everything I said here is my genuine opinion.

Thursday 15 September 2011

China Glaze nailpolish in Street Chic

China Glaze nailpolish in Street Chic
When looking at swatches of this polish I got the impression it would look different. More brown, perhaps? Actually it's this kind of taupe creme I don't really like, and its almost a dupe of my Inglot O2M in 648. So that's it for the colour.
Qualitywise, China Glaze does not disappoint. Easy to apply, fully opaque in 2 coats and long-lasting. The only issue is the wrong choice of colour, but these things always happen when you order your goodies online.  

Disclaimer: I bought the product myself for my personal use and I am not affiliated with any company. I am not paid to do this review and everything I said here is my genuine opinion.

Tuesday 13 September 2011

OPI Are we there yet?

 OPI Are we there yet is one two polishes from the Touring America collection that attracted my attention. It's surprisingly siutable for the coming autumn. At first it seems much too bright to match the gloomy weather we're about to experience in the coming months, but actually the colour is quite muted coral orange. What I love most about this shade is so full of contradictions that it escapes any classification. Apparently bright, but rather muted; milky creme, but with tiny, hardly visible shimmer; coral - orange, but sometines looks pink, bold but girlish, ah I could go on!
As for the quality of the polish, it's pretty long-lasting, opaque in 2 coats, applies nicely and easily thanks to its wonderful brush.
Disclaimer: I bought the product myself for my personal use and I am not affiliated with any company. I am not paid to do this review and everything I said here is my genuine opinion.

ZOYA nailpolish in Tamsen (review + swatches)

Zoya nailpolish in Tamsen

I must disagree with the reviews of Zoya nailpolish in Tamsen I've read saying it's just red with nothing unusual about it. To me it  is a very unique kind of red, I actually find it difficult to describe it (my hubby, an architect, who who's trained about colours, also couldn't really name it). Tamsen is red creme with no shimmer which leans slightly towards orange. I do associate it a bit with tomato red, but it's a muted, dusty shade, more like tomato concentrate, but much lighter. This varnish is a part of Zoya summer holiday collection, but to me it seems more appropriate for the coming autumn. This shade definitely is a valuable acquisition in my ever growing collection of reds.
Formulawise Tamsen is opaque enough in 2 coats, but I really can't learn to use the small brushes, like the one in Zoya polish. They refuse to fan out, as a result the polish around the cuticle looks as if I was trying to draw a staircase there and didn't succeed. I know I'm not a master of nail art, but with good tools I manage to do it properly.
Nonetheless, the brush issues can't spoil my good impression . I adore Zoya Tamsen.
Zoya nailpolish in Tamsen (flashlight)
Both pictures do not reflect true beauty of Tamsen. It looks much too bright in the pics!

Disclaimer: I bought the product myself for my personal use and I am not affiliated with any company. I am not paid to do this review and everything I said here is my genuine opinion.

Orly nailpolish in Wild Wisteria + OPI The Colour to Watch (review + swatches)



Orly nailpolish in Wild Wisteria
  I have mixed feelings about the product. First of all the colour. For the first time I've seen a polish which would be darker on the nail than in the bottle in one coat! In the bottle it's this gorgeous milky plum creme, whereas on the nails it leans towards blackened plum. Or even black with purplish hue (my hubby actually thought it was black).
Secondly the formula is extremely runny. One careless move and I had wells of polish around my cuticle. It took me hours to clear away the mess.
But on the other hand, the pigmentation and the opacity of this polish is truly amazing. One coat offers complete coverage with no nails peeping through.
All in all I think I would really love the polish if the colour resembled that of the bottle more.

Orly Wild Wisteria + OPI The Colour to Watch


Then I thought I could experiment with this polish cause it's such a nice one-coater, so I added a coat of OPI The Colour to Watch and that was it. Worn on its own The Colour to Watch is an extremely sheer light purple/taupe duochrome with shimmer, whereas the combo resulted in this gorgeous periwinkle/cornflower blue with metallic sheen. In the picture it looks a bit messy, but that's because I didn't care too much about the application. And excuse my crooked fingers, it's the colour that counts!  All in all, this is the combo I'm gonna wear a lot this autumn!

Disclaimer: I bought the product myself for my personal use and I am not affiliated with any company. I am not paid to do this review and everything I said here is my genuine opinion.

Sunday 11 September 2011

Lana Del Rey


I'm fot a fan of female singers, American music, 50s, 60s, 70s, Hollywood looks, but somehow this girl got me hooked. There's poetry in her voice and it's mesmerising.

Thursday 8 September 2011

Back to work

I'm going back to work after 2-year maternity gap. Having spent so much time imprisoned at home I seem unemployable. To give myself a bit of push, a little encouragement I got myself some new stuff for autumn.



I love the H&M bag, which is soooo big it'll hold all my books and other stuff. Zara ankle boots are so different from anything I've got! And the scarf (Tchibo) matches my blue and purple make-up and nails perfectly!

What is more I've learnt today that I'm gonna work 7.30-11 on most days and 7.30-13 twice a week! This means we'll manage to take care of Adam without hiring a baby sitter! Yay! And I'll have some time only for myself! Seems everything's gonna work out fine.

Wednesday 7 September 2011

Orly nailpolish in Witch's Blue

Orly nailpolish in Witch's Blue
Well, what can I say, not my favourite shade of blue. Looked darker in the bottle. In fact it's a rather vibrant shade resting somewhere inbetween cobalt, royal blue and aquamarine with shimmer. I hoped it to be navy blue with shimmer. It's not bad though. My personal stylist (my son Mikolaj) likes it.

Formulawise this is an excellent polish. Fully opaque in one coat ( I did two to avoid any possible sheerer areas on my nails, but I'm not sure this was necessary). Applied so evenly that even the narrow brush stopped being a nuisance. All in all this is an excellent nail polish if you like the colour.

Orly nailpolish in Witch's Blue (sunlight)




Disclaimer: I bought the product myself for my personal use and I am not affiliated with any company. I am not paid to do this review and everything I said here is my genuine opinion.

Tuesday 6 September 2011

MAC eyeshadow in Yogurt


MAC eyeshadow in Yogurt (centre) against Brule (left) and Gesso (right)
 Yogurt is a matte eyeshadow in very light beigy-milky pink. I use it mainly as a discreet highlight on my brow bone. It's almost invisible on my skin, so its function is more to even out the tone than to highlight. Looks very nice when used to tone down a shimmery and more prominent highlighter (eg. MAC Phloof! or Sleek eyeshadows). It absolutely wouldn't work as an eyeshadow for me. As I've said, the shade melts into my skin like the nudest of nudes. What is more the texture is very hard and powdery and consequently colour pay off is very poor (this is the case with all MAC matte shadows I've got). It's hard to talk about lasting power cause I hardly see this shadow anyway.
MAC Yogurt - heavily swatched



Disclaimer: I bought the product myself for my personal use and I am not affiliated with any company. I am not paid to do this review and everything I said here is my genuine opinion.

Sleek I-divine pallettes in the Original, Storm and Bad Girl (review + swatches)

Sleek palette in Storm
Tempted by good reviews of Sleek palettes I decided to try them out. I checked out the swatches and selected the Original, Storm and Bad Girl as the most suitable for me. To my surprise the palettes were much smaller than I imagined them to be. I thought they would be the same size as MAC palettes, but they are substantially smaller. It's not a disadvantage for me, just they are different than I expected.



Sleek Bad Girl vs MAC Deep Truth
What disappointed me much more is that these eyeshadows are made in China, just like ELF products are. I know this helps reduce the cost, nonetheless I can't help feeling distrust towards this sort of outsourcing. Fortunately, the quality of the packaging and the quality of most of the shadows is so amazing that I feel ashamed of my biased behaviour. Each palette contains 12 shadows decorated with a grid pattern, which disapperas once you've started using the product. The 3 palettes I've got contain almost completely different set of shadows each, I've found only 2-3 dupes within 36-shadow range. The shadows are packed in a very nice-looking, sturdy black case with Sleek logo, which opens and closes easily and tightly so I guess you can travel with these safely. Each palette is equipped with a mirror and a sponge applicator, though it's much better to use a brush. Most of the shadows (they will be described in detail later) are incredibly pigmented and creamy. While the colour pay-off is excellent, their creamy consistency makes them rather hard to blend. I don't mind, my make-up doesn't depend on blending that much!

MAC and Sleek palettes






THE ORIGINAL



I started my sampling with the Original palette, as it caught my attention as the most diversified one, though this one I wasn't sure about, finally I got it on the spur of the moment. Ironically it's the Original, which seemed so bright and so "not me" became my favourite. The packaging didn't contain any names of the shadows, so I'll just number them horizontally from 1 to 12:

Sleek i-divine palette in the Original


 TOP ROW, left to right

1. matte black, when swatched this seemed sheerer and drier than the other 2 blacks from other palettes. However, when applied it's opaque, deep, dark black with creamy finish.
2. vivid, bright purple with shimmer. I was scared to use it on its own, but it blends nicely when used on top of darker colours eg. dark violet or even black.
3. gorgeous dark slate blue with shimmer, I have nothing similar in my collection. Reminds me of Nars Underworld, which I had the pleasure to swatch, but I don't own, so it might not be an exact dupe.
4.bright turquoise, shimmer, same tones as MAC Deep Water or MUFE Intense Blue cream shadow. 
5. lovely teal with shimmer, first teal in my collection.
6. pea green with shimmer, much nicer on the eye than I could expect.

BOTTOM ROW, left to right

7. light yellow shimmer is the colour I won't rather use.
8. quite unusual muted, mauvey pink with shimmer, not my favourite shade. 
9. kind of mauve with shimmer, depending on light sometimes looks fairly similar to shade 8, just a tad darker, sometimes there's a brownish hue to it. This shade has its dupe on Storm palette, shade no.5
10. golden brown or copper with shimmer.
11. antique gold with the most shimmery (not glittery) finish of all, lovely over matte black.
12. nice olive green with shimmer.


While I absolutely adore the the top row, I find it hard to find any use for the 2 pinks, which are definitely too pigmented to be used as highlighters, I applied no.8 on my brow bone and I looked as if someone tried to give me a black eye and I used no.9 to blend out the sharp edges of my shadows and again the effect was quite similar. I think women of colour would look fab in these shades, but definitely not me. Nonetheless, the palette is absolutely stunning as far as quality and colour range is concerned.
Sleek i-divine palette in the Original - swatches
 BAD GIRL
  

Sleek i-divine palette in Bad Girl
 I couldn't resist a palette bearing such a name, could I? When I swatched the shades from the palette I was highly disappointed at first. As you can see on the picture below a number of them turned out to be dry, crumbly and shearer than others. Also the colour range can hardly be called diversified. While I changed my mind about the quality of the eyeshadows (the crumbly ones turned out to be opaque and creamy once applied with a brush), my opinion about the colour range only got worse. The colours may look a tad different in the palette, the differences between them become indiscernible when applied. There are 2 almost identical blacks, navy blues and silvers. This would be all right if they differed in finish, I would highly appreciate a matte gray instead of yet another silver or a matte navy blue and a shimmery one instead of two matte ones. This palette is also hard to define in terms of finish cause some shadows which in the palette are evidently shimmery apply absolutely matte and I'll classify them as such in my detailed description below. This time the producer provided names of the shadows for reference.
TOP ROW


1. white shimmer, nice highlighter and shadow
2. light beige, shimmer, also good as highlighter and shadow
3. nice light silver
4. darker silver
5. anthracite shimmer
6. matte black


BOTTOM ROW
7. very dark green with shimmer, similar to no.9, Storm palette
8. to me this looks exactly the same as no.5
9. looks like dark indigo blue, when applied its navy blue proper
10. extremely powdery, cooler than no.9 (avoid this shadow like hell, produces clouds of highly pigmented dust)
11. blackened grape purple with shimmer, very nice shade actually
12. reddish plum purple


All in all this is the least diversified palette of all 3. In theory you've got 12 shadows at your disposal, but in practice there are only 8 different colours in the pan. Most of them are easily dupable. The only thing I like about the palette is that there are so many matte shadows, and in this sense Bad Girl has definitely enriched my collection.


Sleek i-divine palette in Bad Girl - swatches

STORM




Sleek palette in Storm

I don't know what I had in mind when I ordered the Storm palette. I guess the name and the bottom row appealed to me so much. I also wanted to have a nice collection of highlights and this palette seemed a good opportunity to get a lot of them cheaply. However, it turned out to be a nude palette, very much in the vein of Urban Decay Naked (I'm not saying it's a dupe). The thing is I don't really wear nudes and there's only one shade that could work as a highlighter, though too shimmery for everyday purposes.


TOP ROW, left to right
1. dark gold
2. shimery beige, will do as a highlight on festive occassions, though MAC shadows are irreplaceable for the purpose
3. matte ochre, seemed sheerer than others when swatched, in actual use turned out to be nicely soft and pigmented. One of my favourites in the palette. Helps to smooth out the sharp edges wonderfully, excellent when making brown smoky eyes. Has no reddish hues, which is an asset.
4. yellowish gold, pretty similar to no.1, but lighter
5. sort of mauve pink with shimmer, the same as no.9 in the Original palette
6. shimmery reddish, mauvey brown with cool undertones

BOTTOM ROW, left to right

7. shimmery brown with warm undertones
8. dark silver, a dupe of Bad Girl shade no.4 (just a tiny bit darker)
9. dark, blackened green with shimmer, quite similar to MAC Dark Indulgence, though more creamy and opaque
10. dark blue with purple/indigo hues, I love this shade, it's quite uncommon
11. matte brown with no reddish undertones, I actually quite like it. You can make a nice smoky eye with it.
12. matte black, the same as in two other palettes.

 


Sleek palette in Storm - swatches



BOTTOM LINE

PROS:
- these 3 palettes provide an enormous variety of different shades, hardly any of the shadows being dupes of each other, which leaves you with something like 30 different eyeshadows 
- amazing pigmentation
- creamy like no other shadows
- good quality packaging
- long lasting


CONS:
- impossible to blend, you may layer up the shadows for very nice colouristic effects, but they simply don't blend. Too creamy and opaque for that
- these palettes are not foolproof, it takes time to learn how to use them
- use a good primer, otherwise the shadows'll run. Panda eyes guaranteed
- Storm and Bad Girl palettes are not diversified enough, colours dupe one another within one palette
- too many shimmery shades
- some shades are really bad quality which makes them impossibie to use

 


Disclaimer: I bought the product myself for my personal use and I am not affiliated with any company. I am not paid to do this review and everything I said here is my genuine opinion.