I’ve seen so many of these palettes floating around on blogs
and Youtube but never took the plunge in buying one. I know they are really
cheap but I had low expectations of them with their extremely low price. After
much deliberation I decided to take the plunge and buy one from Ebay. I
purchased it from a UK seller so it would get to me quickly and that it
certainly did. I ordered Wednesday night and it arrived on the Friday.
Unfortunately as the shadows are quite delicate and Royal Mail aren’t a few of
the shadows smashed. I’m not too fussed though as there are loads to choose
from and a couple shadows are quite similar so I don’t feel too bad about this.
The palette cost me a whopping £6.25 and that included
delivery. This to me is absolute madness, madness I tell you! This works out at just over 7p per shadow. I don’t
even know how this is possible.
The first thing I have to say is that I am in love with this
palette. It really is truly amazing and I will be buying the others they have
also, they do some brights and shimmers etc and I will be getting all of them.
I’ve done some swatches below for you, you can see how
pigmented these are, they are really soft so there is quite a bit of fallout
but for 7p an eyeshadow can you complain?
These are just a couple I chose at random, look at that black! I find it really difficult to find a really good matt black from any brand including high end brands and this one is so good, it really is incredibly black. The other colours are beautiful too, there is a good mix of matt and shimmers. There is also plenty of highlight colours, browns, taupes and a few really nice colours thrown in. There are so many looks you can do with this palette. I have been using it for a very neutral base but quite a strong crease colour and it blends perfectly, dare I even say better than my Urban Decay which has recently been neglected due to me finding a lot more affordable brands that I find better quality. Yes, I know this may be considering swearing in the make up world but in my opinion its true :-)
You can find these palettes all over Ebay, if you type in 88 palette or 120 palette it will bring up lots of results for these.
What do you think of these palettes? Are you sceptical at the price or do you actually own one? I would love to know your thoughts!
I recently bought this same palette and I was also so impressed! It's a shame they're so soft as a lot gets wasted but as you say at 7p each you can't complain! Following now x
ReplyDeleteThank you, I know I was so shocked when I received it. x x
DeleteThe pigmentation is amazing! I actually had the same thought, that the makeup sold on ebay were horrible quality but I guess I was wrong! Might try them someday :)
ReplyDeleteI definitely recommend them, theres something for everyone, plenty of matts and shimmer, bargain! Thanks for commenting! x
DeleteIve seen these so many times on Ebay, but always put myself off purchasing one, thanks for the review :D
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I was the same, I can't count the amount of times I've found one clicked on it and then put myself off at the last minute. Definitely happy I did now. One of the shades is now my favourite everyday colour and I would have happily spent £6.00 on that alone. Following your blog now, as soon as I went on the top 3 items on the page were the three items I am dying to try right now :-) x x
DeleteWOW!!! These would make amazing Xmas presents!!! Can't believe the price either :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by my blog earlier this week too... Love kerry x
I think they would make great gifts too, I'm definitely getting my sister one x x
DeleteBeautiful colours! Great blog, new follower:)
ReplyDeleteBrittney
http://beautybybrittney02.blogspot.ca/
Thanks Brittney, love your name by the way :-) x x
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