Sephora’s New Holiday Eyeshadow Pallets
Sephora came out with two new eyeshadow pallets for the holidays, and I have to say, I was a big fan of both of them, but I had to actually go with the one with the toned down colors that I knew I would realistically probably wear more of. The other one, the pallet I did not buy, had a lot of very pretty mauves and purples that were shimmery and fun.
I do love mauves and purples, but I don’t wear them as often as browns, greens and greys because you simply can’t wear purples with just anything, while you can wear a lot of the muted greens, greys and browns with quite a variety of clothes and styles. The other fun thing about their new holiday pallets of eyeshadow was that they come in a sleek silver compact, and in each pallet, there are quite a few colors included. I believe it’s eight or ten.
I ended up choosing the pallet with the more earthy tones, even though they were shimmery-earthy. The tones included in my pallet are greens, a muted army green with some shimmer to it, a pale, almost white eyeshadow, two muted greys, one with shimmer, and of course my favorite color - brown. The browns were slightly different in shade, and one was a little more coppery with shimmer in it while the other was more of a warm, cocoa brown with not too much sparkle in it.
I had never purchased any Sephora brand makeup, so I wasn’t sure what to expect. As far as the stay-put factor, it was satisfactory, although not outstanding. One thing that gets on my nerves with any sparkly eye makeup is that it tends to fall off the brush and onto the hollows your eyes beneath and you end up with shimmers where you really don’t want them. This might be mitigated by using a sponge applicator instead of a brush, as I use, but I still think you might find you end up with a little extra sparkle where you don’t mean there to be.
Bottom line is I got some really fun colors that I probably wouldn’t normally buy, a very pretty slimline carrying case with a mirror, and colors that won’t go out of style (except maybe the sparkly ones). It does come with a very skinny sponge applicator that is all of useless, just to warn you. It’s stiff and too skinny, so I just pitched it. Price was $26 for the pallet. Not bad - not cheap, but not ridiculous either.
