my wales eyeshadow palette review.

so i was over joyed to find my little package in the mail yesterday.

the palette shipped in perfect condition, none of the shadows were broken or even cracked.

bravo to the seller and the careful packaging, 2 layers of bubble wrap.

the package of the shadow palette itself is functional. just a huge square that flips open. now where the eyeshadows rest is another story, it's just a soft plastic plate kind of thing with pots to hold the shadows. yes, the shadows are at least in their own metal tin.

i purchased the 72 shade palette. the size of the shadows is kind of a let down. they look huge on camera, but in reality, they are about the size of a penny. the pigmentation is, to say the least, just okay. when applied to the brush, it looks so vibrant, but as soon it is applied to your actual lid the color is just..again..okay, kind of powdery in fact. note that this is when i applied it with a primer and foundation. i'm going to experiment and see how these shades stick and show on a white shadow stick base.

blendability was HORRIBLE. i couldn't get them to blend very well at all! i even went as far as rubbing the shadows with my finger!

the palette cost me about 3 dollars, and for that price, it's pretty good actually. unfortunately i ordered from over seas so shipping was about 15 dollars.

i'm going to reccomend this palette for the makeup novice, just gaining their ground in the art. it's also perfect for the person just beginning their makeup collection or wanting to experiment with different colors, but not wanting to waste their high end products.

also, this is for the person who doesn't want to use more than 2 shades at a time. as mentioned earlier, blending these shadows is almost impossible without losing integrity of the pigments on the lid.

all in all, 2 and a half stars out of 5 for the wales palette.

i ended up calling this my hooker look. it consisted of a hot pink all over the lid, and a bright purple on the other half of the lid. you can't really see the difference between them though. on top of that i had a darker purple kind of blue that really brought my hooker look together, and to be a classy hooker, i highlighted my brow bone in vanilla mac pigment.

oh, and don't mind my skin. i think i mentioned in previous posts that it's going crazy.

and here's a picture of the actual palette.

buggers look huge, don't they!?

my next review? those revlon 12 hour color stay shadow quads.