Soft & Smokey Eye Shadow & Mascara Party-Ready Palette
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Web ID: 5151974Smart Compact Eye Essential Day or Night Elegance
This smart compact eye essential, day or night makes me a pro! This trio eye shadow I just love for its rich pigment that glides on after I've applied Bobbi Brown eye repair or eye hydration cream. Using the two sided brush for perfect shadow and or eye linger application is a breeze. Moistened or not the brush and get a great line close to top and bottom lashes. Mascara is great too! Great Value!
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Customer review from bobbibrowncosmetics.com
Subtle daytime smoky eye kit to-go
The shadows are a matte finish. The light color is very translucent and has a soft hand, making it a good base and blender. Apply the light color to your entire eyelid before applying the mid brown or it will be hard to apply smoothly. The mid brown is good for the crease and blending onto the lid, darker brown perfect for lining. The tones are completely neutral (no gold, pink, violet or grey cast) and look about the same as on my screen. I'm not a brush snob and part of why I got this kit is it's hard to find eye palettes that include a brush. This one is very soft and works well, the fluffy end blends smoothly and the liner end lines cleanly. Too much product comes out on the mascara brush, so it goes on clumpy. I have sparse eyelashes, this may not be a problem for those of you blessed with a thick lash line. To transition this look into the evening I'll bring along a black eyeliner to put underneath the shadow liner and a blush with some sparkle or shimmer to glam up the lid a bit. The palette dimensions are approximately 2 1/2" x 4" x 1" tall, which seems chunky to me, but it has the mascara in there. I'd give this kit 5 stars if the light color were slightly less sheer and if the colors were a satin finish rather than matte, satin is easier for me to apply.
Disappointed
I'm a Bobbi Brown fan but admittedly have very little experience with their eye shadow. My "go to" eye shadow look is to sweep an off white shade on the entire lid (including under the brow to highlight) and a light/medium neutral shade in the crease for contour. Espresso is a great color for filling in my brows and the smokey mascara is fantastic. What's not to like? Well, first of all the "Cream" is so unbelievably sheer and powdery that I was tempted to contact the company and ask if there could possibly be something wrong with the formulation. The brush doesn't even seem to be able to "hold" the color at all. When you brush it over the surface of the shadow you can see that you are removing some of the powder (as it falls onto various areas of the palette), but it seems as though the brush is not collecting anything at all. Indeed, no matter how much I try I am unable to transfer any substantial amount of this shadow onto my skin. If you run your finger over the surface of the shadow you can see that it is so extremely sheer as to be almost invisible. While the "Espresso great for filling in brows, I find "Birch" to be almost as equally unimpressive as "Cream". I think it's possible that while I love Bobbi Brown cosmetics, it may be that there shadows just aren't my thing. They seem to be lacking in pigment intensity. In fact, when I think of it, that may be why I like using them for my brows. While "Espresso" looks very dark in the palette, it's not too dark for doing brows. I'll be returning this palette and sticking to other brands (MAC and Urban Decay) when it comes to shadow purchases going forward.
Excellent pigment
Excellent pigment and coverage. Bobbi Brown never fails with her products. Fast shipping and superior product.
Love the look
Perfect smokey shades. Blendable but can also be made more intense. Smart purchase.
Compact, high performance
Good basic colors that you can glam up or tone down. It’s a throw-and-go travel essential with the sleek case and mini brush. Love it!
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Customer review from bloomingdales.com
Great color palette
I'm relatively new to Bobbi Brown makeup. I started with their skin products, then their foundation and now I've ventured into their eyes shadows! And they're beautiful! The colors are what you see is what you get! I feel natural looking with these colors...thank you BB