Anyone else have a thing for do it all face palettes? Here are two new
ones to my collection and a rundown of my thoughts on them!
I finally caved and bought my first Charlotte Tilbury products about a
month ago after seeing this palette online. I had held off buying any CT products
up until now because the prices are extortionate but I love palettes like this
as they give you the chance to try a few products from the brand in one go so I
bit the bullet and ordered it! First things first this, the palette is small,
smaller than it looks! It is split into different steps so steps 1, 2 and 3 are
for brightening, enhancing and smoking out the eye, step 4 is for bronzing,
steps 5 and 6 are for a swish and pop of blush and step 7 is highlight.
I have to say that I am disappointed by the eyeshadows – they barely
show up on my fair skin and the first two aren’t different enough in colour for
me. They are super finely milled though, blend well and don’t crease – you just
can’t see much of a contrast between the shades!
As well as this, the blushes are not as pigmented as I would like them
to be and the size of the pans is disappointing – they are the same size as the
eyeshadow pans and I would have preferred smaller eyeshadow pans if there was a
way to make the blush pans bigger. Again the formula feels lovely and they do
always say it’s easier to add than take away which is definitely something to
stick to when it comes to blush!
Onto the positives - I LOVE the bronzer and highlighter. Way more than
I thought I would! These are meant to be the same shades as the infamous Bronze
and Glow which I don’t have to compare but I do know that I absolutely love
this combo! I’ve been using the bronzer under my cheekbone to contour as well
as over the high points on my face for a bit of an all over colour and it’s so
subtle but noticeable if that makes sense? It looks very warm toned in the
swatch but on my face it looks so natural, I love it!
I’ve then been using my Morphe fan brush to very lightly highlight my
cheekbones and I love the effect, super subtle as I use a light hand but I’m
sure you could go heavy handed and still look amazing!
This is more than I would usually spend on a palette this size
considering pan size but the quality of the products is lovely. I do wish there
was more variation in the eyeshadow shades though and this palette might not be
an option for those with darker skin as you do have to build up quite a lot of
product to see a result but it does hit the natural beauty term it’s aiming for
on the head.
I ummed and ahhed for weeks before splurging and it is limited edition
so not available at the minute but who knows, it could make a reappearance in
the future – and hopefully with some new darker shades!
Stila Perfect Me, Perfect Hue in Light/Medium (£28)
Unlike the CT palette, this is one that does come with different shade
variations! The one I have is Light/Medium and you might have seen it featured
in my last wishlist post. I wasn’t actually planning on buying it, however,
Cult Beauty had a GWP (I’m a sucker for offers and the last 2 have been
amazing!) so even though basically everything I needed wanted was out of
stock I still found my basket full and this was in it!
Now I’m not a massive fan of the Stila products I have tried in the
past – the lip glazes and In the Light palette being massive disappointments
for me - but when I saw these Perfect Me/Perfect Hue palettes I got heart eye emoji’s.
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| l-r: Artistic (base), Dazzling (highlight), Ambitious (lid), Spontaneous (crease), Mischievous (liner) |
Five eyeshadows and 2 blushers for £28 seemed like a decent price point
and once I had a swatch I could feel the quality! The shadows are silky soft with
good pigmentation although again I wish there was more of a mid-tone shade
option instead of two very light shades. The shimmer colour (Ambitious) is not
as warm toned/orange in real life as the swatch and I don’t normally wear
shimmer during the day but this is nice and subtle and quite golden.
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| l-r: Charming, Angelic |
Again, this palette is smaller than I was expecting and the packaging
was plastic so it feels a bit cheap, I was expecting it to be metal for some
reason, I think because of the colour of the casing, but I can’t fault the
formulation! The blushers are lovely and pigmented too and I love that they are
both matte shades.
Overall, I really like both palettes for different reasons but I find
that with the Charlotte Tilbury palette, I am reaching for mainly the bronzer
and highlighter and passing on the eyeshadows in particular. The Stila palette
is much more affordable and I love the fact they have thought through a range
that caters to more than one skin tone.
So those are the two newest face palettes to my collection, have you
tried either? What did you think?
Danielle xx
