I
mentioned in my try not to buy haul on Monday that I would have a full review
of the Lorac PRO palette today so
here it is! I know these have been done to death but I can’t help myself, I
absolutely love it and I want to talk about it!
I have
wanted this palette for years – I used to see it all the time on Youtube and
blogs with The Anna Edit and Estee Lalonde being my main enablers. I always remember
how much trouble Estee had getting this palette because it was always out of
stock so when my friend was in America on holiday recently and asked if there
was anything I wanted back I said this palette and told her not to go out of
her way to find an ULTA. She found one though with a fully stocked Lorac stand
and I could not be happier!
This palette
had become my go to and I haven’t put it down in the three weeks I’ve had it!
The packaging is super slim line and matte black and is definitely looking a
little grubby already but I couldn’t care less! Inside are 16 beautifully
pigmented neural eyeshadows with 8 mattes along the top row and 8 shimmers (1
sparkle to be precise) along the bottom.
The
mattes do have a bit of fallout and you only need to lightly dip your eye brush
in to get amazing payoff! If I’m going for a matte eye I love using Light Pink
to set my eye as its really brightening then I usually go for Taupe or Mauve
through the crease and I’ll build up my outer corner with Sable and Espresso before
using Cream in my inner corner and halfway across my lid and then I'll use Black
to line my upper lid.
If I’m
doing something a little more special, I’ll use basically the same combination
but instead of Cream, I’ll pop Pewter or Light Bronze over my lid. I will pluck
up the courage to try out Garnet one of these days too! As usual my swatches do no justice to how pigmented and smooth these eyeshadows really are!
With
the palette also came a mini Behind the Scenes eye primer which I have been
enjoying using. It dries matte quickly and brightens up my eyelid but I do find
oils start to peak through during the day. I have oily lids and most primers
start to fail on me after half a day’s wear so I don’t hold that against it. It’s
fine for daytime use but I still something like the NARS one if I’m going out
as it lasts a little longer.
Overall,
if you can’t already tell, I am in love with this palette and it has very
quickly climbed to the top of my favourite palette list! The quality of the shadows
is amazing and though I probably would have liked to have seen another mid
toned matte brown on the top row instead of the stark white I really don’t have
anything bad to say about it at all! I feel like this is what I wanted the
Smashbox Full Exposure palette to be but the bottom row shimmers in that
palette are awful and I never reach for it even though I love the mattes. The
mattes in the Lorac palette remind me of the Kat Von D Shade and Light eye palette
which I also love but I do think the Lorac is more versatile as it has the
shimmers too! 10 out of 10!
What do you
think of this palette? What’s on you eyeshadow palette wishlist?
Danielle xx
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