As I spoke about in my previous post, I placed an order from the Balm from Hautelook. I have not tried many products from the brand, but I have always heard good things. I decided to take the opportunity and purchase this palette for 1/2 price.
At first glance, the packaging is beautiful. Most brands go for the sleek professional style of packaging, and I love that the Balm products are more "cartooning" and fun. I received the "naughty" version of the palette and it's much cuter.
The quality of the eyeshadows themselves is quite good. The pigmentation is very impressive and they are very soft to the touch. This palette includes 12 colors, which I think is a good number. It gives you a good range of colors, and it makes you feel like your money was worth it.
(Top to bottom: Sassy, Stubborn, Selfish,
Sophisticated, Sexy, Serious)
The top row (pictured above) ranges from light to dark. The first two shades (Sassy and Stubborn) are very light, more of highlight colors, or possibly lid colors for light skin tones. We then move to darker colors, a light taupe, shimmery grey color, a light cranberry color, and of course a black. (I'm sorry the pictures aren't great quality, it was midnight and I was excited, so I used my iPhone)
(Top to bottom: Snobby, Stand-Offish,
Sultry, Seductive, Silly, Sleek)
The second row is more "brown" which in my opinion, I can never have enough. If I would have designed this palette, I would have swapped Snobby and Stand-Offish, but great colors, but Snobby is a little darker (I like them to range from light to dark). Snobby is a nude yellow shade and Stand-Offish is a little pink, we then go into brown and then they from light to dark.
Overall, I'm very pleased. I believe this palette is $38 full price, and that is a good price in my opinion. They are a lot of "neutral" palettes from other companies, but I do feel like this one is unique.
Thanks so much!
-Kady
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