Body Shop Holiday palette (#02) features a peachy pink blush, shimmery champagne highlight colour, and tones of brown. The palette is regularly priced at $26 Canadian. Swatches below. Sorry for the lighting -- that's what happens when doing this at night.
The shadows seem very smooth. I can't wait to give these a whirl. One thing I don't love is the faux velvet packaging but c'est la vie.
After the Body Shop, we popped into Shopper's Drug Mart where I saw a new display featuring Maybelline's Eye Studio line which are mineral based shadows. They had duo shadows similar to the MAC shadows which I hope to try one day. I picked up a mini-sized palette ($9.99) called Give me Gold. They had some other great colour combos in the display including some gorgeous blues. But you know me, I can't resist these types of colours.
Again, apologies for the lighting. I could have done these in the daylight but I am very excited about these shadows. The colours are very pigmented and are smooth. Shimmery but not glittery. I'll do a thorough review once I've had a chance to try it out. Swatches below.
I love the two colours in the middle the best -- gorgeous gorgeous!
And seriously, how do I stop buying the same colour families over and over?
17 comments:
looks like Maybelline is stepping up their game! i meant to check these new palettes out but completely forgot! i was at Shoppers today and was too distracted by the Quo holiday palettes...lol
both palettes' swatches look nice! they're really pigmented :) you're lucky to have hauled some great finds, i don't always picked on great things from drugstore lol!
oooh girl i got that body shop palette last friday - it's love! body shop had a 3 for $30 event :) i saw those maybelline palettes yest. and was so surprised you could actually swatch them - i want to try one :)
Ah, you're making me want that Body Shop palette! What a coincidence, though, since I just bookmarked a makeup look using that palette: http://jessicaharlow.com/index.php/2009/10/21/the-body-shop-quick-easy-neutral-smokey-eyes-for-fallwinter/
I haven't seen the Maybelline Eye Studio line in stores yet, but I like how those swatches look! And the shimmery but not glittery part has got me interested. As for the not buying the same color families part...well, I can't help you there "oTL
Love your blog, keep it up!
the shades are definitely great for daily use :)
The Body Shop shop palettes looks so pretty - almost stila-esque
Oh pretty! And LOL... I totally know what you mean. I try to control my impulse buying by asking myself if anyone will be able to tell the difference between shadows on my eyes. It... has worked ok so far? I also just purged a bunch of stuff from my drawer that I felt was too similar or that I just wasn't using enough. I am still not sure I'm going to let go of EVERYTHING quite yet, but it feels good to have less in my drawer and make room for other new things. =)
I love some of the Body Shop stuff. I haven't tried any of their makeup since high school.. I think I'm going to go and check it out during my break from work tomorrow..
BTW, shopping date soon?
We don't have Maybelline's Eye Studio line yet in the UK but I hope it will come soon because this palette is gorgeous! Thanks for the swatches!
We don't have Maybelline's Eye Studio line yet in the UK but I hope it will come soon because this palette is gorgeous! Thanks for the swatches!
I love the body shop palette! :)
OMG that Maybelline's Eye Studio ewyeshadow palettes looks AMAZING! I LOVE gold eyeshadows! I have to get my hands on one of these =D
I love body shop products! are such a good quality!
What I love the most are the softy brushes! are amazing!
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Gorgeous hun. I'm also finding it so hard to ignore all the great Christmas deals out there.
Not sure on the buying factor. Eyeshadow wise I'm drawn to every colour but with lipsticks I always seem to want to buy nude colours. My hands always reach for either the soft nudes or the bold reds. I must try to go for more lippie colours.
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Is it wrong that I like the maybelline packaging lol.. anyways body shop is often over looked for their makeup but it really is worth checking out!
Those look gorgeous!! Great swatches
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