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Hauling: Bobbi Brights Eye Palette

March 05, 2009

As I was browsing my usual makeup blogs on Christmas Eve, I wandered over to the Bobbi Brown site to drool all over the Artist Palette for Lips (again), which is a makeup junkie's dream but which I so cannot justify buying... (yet!)... and while I was there, I stumbled - completely accidentally - upon the Bobbi Brights eye palette, which is maybe even more lust-inducing!

First things first: The palette is little. Like 3.5 x 5 inches. A little bigger than an index card. Each shadow is a little more than 1cm in diameter - smaller than a dime.

Now, down to the nitty-gritty:


Overall: very pigmented, very soft, rich colors. All of them are very true - they definitely show up the same as they look. That said, I don't think that it's great for people who'll do brights a lot - it's better for experimentation. Or travel, which is what I'm going to use it for - so I can take loads of colors with me in very little space. If you're looking to go crazy with bold looks, the Coastal Scents palettes are probably a better deal - you get more colors and more shadow for less money.

Anyway, I'm off to lunch/dinner with a friend - Thai food! - and then a sleepover (a friend is having some issues), but I will update with looks/opinions later in the weekend. Hope this has been somewhat helpful, and thanks for reading!

posted by
Fri, 01/02/2009 - 3:58pm

wow- it is so tiny! Thanks for posting so quickly. Can't wait to see what you will create with these colors Smiling


posted by
Fri, 01/02/2009 - 4:33pm

Thanks for featuring. I was considering buying this, but was afraid the colors would be too bright for me. Now I just have to find a new eyeshadow kit to buy. Smiling


posted by
Fri, 01/02/2009 - 6:21pm

I just love BB stuff! Thanks for sharing...


posted by
Fri, 01/02/2009 - 8:18pm

Thanks, Baila! I haven't used any BB shadows, so am very interested to see the looks you create with this!


posted by
Fri, 01/02/2009 - 11:01pm

I can't believe how tiny that is. The color payoff looks completely amazing though.


posted by
Sat, 01/03/2009 - 5:49pm

WOwwwwww i REALLY REALLY like the color pay off
i might have to invest
i was going to get the coastal scents matte pallette- bc i have the shimmery one already and i wanted matte ones...so are they fairly matte?


posted by
Sun, 01/04/2009 - 4:31am

My jaanu - they are as matte as matte can be. Like, reallyyyy matte. But not chalky. And very blendable, which is yay. But it's tiny, and I know you'll be going crazy over the price. So you get the CS matte palette, and I'll play with that, and you can play with this one, and everyone wins because we have many more makeups! Laughing out loud

(Yes, people, we actually talk like this in real life. No, in many ways our friendship has not progressed beyond kindergarten. Back then we just played with Petite Miss palettes, though.)


posted by
Sun, 01/04/2009 - 9:43am

i like the blues and purples!


posted by
Mon, 01/05/2009 - 8:38pm

So fun! Looks like a great palette.


posted by
Mon, 01/12/2009 - 8:17pm

Wow!!!! Lots of colors, and nearly endless combinations!



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Chanel

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