Hi Makeup Geeks! As you all know, every year around the holidays I go on my search for the best makeup palettes. I review each of them individually, then at the end I pick my favorite one of the year. I love this time of year not only for the season and the feeling that comes with it but it gives me a good excuse to shop! 🙂
The palette we will be looking at today is the Kat Von D “Spellbinding Eyeshadow Book”
Packaging
The packaging is a thin, sleek cardboard palette that opens like a book. The front cover is a penciled design in black and white- very Kat Von D inspired! It opens to reveal 24 shades with 12 of them being new. The left side of the inside palette has 3 eyeshadow ideas, “The Natural State”, “The After Hours”, “The Spellbinder”, each of which can be recreated with the shades in the palette. the palette is organized in pairs with each shade suppose to compliment each other. Each shade is 0.05 ounce which is the normal amount in a shadow. It does come with a plastic overlay to protect the shadows when you travel but I know for some this is more of an aggravation but it can be easily cut away. The price on this is great for the amount of shades you get. I love how easy this is to take for travel as it’s super lightweight and sleek.
Eyeshadows
Included in this palette are 24 eyeshadows ranging in several colors and finishes. There are 3 matte finish shadows, and 21 metallic/shimmer shadows. Overall this is very good quality with only a few of them being somewhat powdery. The majority of the shades were very creamy and easy to apply and adhered to the skin very well. They also blended well and had stunning pigmentation. My only downside to this palette is there should have been a few more neutral shadows to balance out all the colors- this way you don’t have to bring extra shadows if you travel with this palette.
Going L to R
- Dark Throne – Medium Matte Dark Grey
- Precious – Shimmery Soft Warm Peach
- Babe – Medium Cool Toned Purple with Iridescent Shimmer
- Piaf – Dark Grey with a Silver Metallic Sheen
- Sunset Blvd. – Gold with a Frost Finish
- 8 Bit – Metallic Teal with Gold Shimmer
- Geek – Medium Matte Peach
- Fallen – Shimmery Warm Golden Copper
- Holy Bible – Muted Metallic Silver
- Oddfellow – Black with a Teal Shimmer (One of my Favorites)
- Birdcage – Yellow Green with a Frosted Finish
- Gunner – Dark Green with Green and Silver Sparkles
- Instaglam – Light Pink with a Frosted/Metallic Finish
- Stupid Autocorrect – Warm Frosted Copper Red
- Galore – Warm Frosted Gold/Beige
- Hexagram – Olive Green with a Frosted Finish
- Smile Now – Medium Golden Peach with Pinky Sheen
- Cry Later – Medium Brown with a Pearl Finish
- Arcadia – Lilac Purple with a Frosted Sheen
- Wonderland – Deep Burgundy Sparkle
- Queen- Warm Brown with a Teal Sheen
- Bukowski – Medium Cool Blue with a Frosted Finish
- Countess – Matte Finish Light Beige
- WTF – Orange/Red with a Satin Finish
Price: $46.00
Where to Buy: (unfortunately Sephora already sold out, but you can find on Amazon)
I give this palette a big 2 thumbs up as the quality, packaging, and colors are amazing. This is one of my favorite palettes for 2013 🙂
XOXO,
Marlena
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See you soon