So 'technically' this palette is actually one of my christmas gifts but being the curious mind I am I went exploring. Yes I know 14 and still can't resist hunting for my presents! I'm a perfect example of what curiosity did to the cat, even though I'm not a cat :) Back on topic onto the review....
Sorry for the pretty terrible image, as i still don't have camera access, its stolen (oooh!) and hand cropped etc.
Above is the palette which has 20 shadows, well actually 25 because 5 of the shadows are duo pans! I'm not sure of the standard price of this palette, I know my mum got it in a sale and it was £16. Which is pretty good for 25 shadows. Plus a brush (even though its crap) a shadow line (Will explain in a minute) and interchangeable palette (Read below)
All of the shadows in this palette are set on a black plastic tablet I guess and you can take each tablet out of the main palette. Like this...
The colours are slightly washed out in this picture as it was taken on my webcam, (which I don't like to do due to the poor quality) but anyway the idea was to show you that you can take the shadows out of the palette. They can all come out like shown and then you can put them in the interchangeable palette. Like so....
Although I love the idea of this interchangeable palette, its in reality slightly disappointing. The shadow come easily out of the main palette but to get them into the smaller one, you have to literally ram them in. Trying to take them out is worse. You have to push them from underneath and they fly out, risking breaking etc. I really do not like the smaller palette, but that is just personal opinion. Below is a picture of the empty palette which can hold 4 shadows....
Now onto the thing I mentioned earlier called a shadowline. This is the shadowline....
I would agree with you totally if you were thinking, that it just looks like a bad picture of a liquid liner. But trust me its so much more. When you open the little bottle you will infact discover that the liquid inside is clear. This clever little invention can turn any eyeshadow into a liquid liner. Nope, I'm serious! You just swirl the nib into any of the eyeshadows in the palette, it merges with the clear liquids and voila! you have a liquid liner. Cool huh?
Lastly before I (finally) move onto the shadows themselves is the brush. The brush is crap! It is duo ended crap. In my opinion it was to crap to even bother with a photo. You cant get any colour of the brush and onto your eyes. They are kinda scratchy. Just crap!
Now the shadows, now normally you would think with palettes like these that the shadows would be all talc and no pigment. You could not be more wrong! These are really pigmented and have a gorgeous finish. They are really silky and smooth to the touch which is always a bonus! I'm afraid I can't tell you about their crease resistance or how long lasting they are. As I cant be wearing the colours, I shouldn't know the palette exists.
The first row of 5 shadows contains a green, to light blues, a deep blue and a silver. (As seen in below pic)
In order there is Tarn green, Bright Aqua, Azimuth (look how gorgeous!), Moondust and See the Stars.
The next row, I like to call the neutrals row.
In order there is Silver Dollar, Powder Puff, Frosted Almond (such a pretty neutral, golden tone, love it!) Pale Gold (More of a greeny gold) and Copper Coin ( This a beautiful deep shimmery brown)
The next row is the doubles row, each eyeshadow pan has two eyeshadow colours and there are some pretty awesome combos :)
In order there is Plovers egg + Nine iron, Bayou + Midnight, Peaches N Cream + Holly Berry, Limeade + Choc Ice and Magic Banana + Goose Down. They are such beautiful combinations, unfortunatley the last one will most likely remain unused, as I have never been a fan of yellow eyeshadows.
And the final row is contains the three shadows getting all the 'hype', as they are brand new! The three shadows are described in the palette as Hot Twinkle baked powder impreganted with glitter. Instead of being shimmery these are glittery.
In order there is Twinkling Grape, Black Spark, Twinkling Gold, Citronella Crush, Ginger Spice.
Isn't it such a pretty array of colours? I don;t think I mentoined this even though I should of, 13 of the shadows are baked and dome shaped, the rest are just flat. All shadows are shimmery, except the three glitters and all 5 of the double shadows.
I think I've covered everything, but if I've missed something I'll just add it in later :)
Remember your beautiful :)
Celina x