ablaze
Saturday, 17 March 2018
In today’s blog post
we are talking makeup, specifically the Smashbox Cover Shot Eye Palette in the
shade Ablaze. My boyfriend gifted
this to me at Christmas time, and boy oh boy was I proud of him because a. he
bought makeup for the first time in his life and b. he bought my new favourite
palette.
This palette has a
gorgeous shade range of fire-y colours (hence the name, Ablaze). It has 3 matte shades, 1 semi-matte shade and 4 shimmery
shades, of which all are super warm-toned. The eyeshadows themselves are super
pigmented, so pigmented I panicked the first time I used them because I had
never tried anything so pigmented. The panic didn’t last long however, because
as soon as I got my blending brush out I realised how blend-able they all are.
At first, I thought
this would be a ‘fancy’ palette. You know, the eyeshadow palettes you reserve
for those makeup days or nights where you want a full glam and bold eye look. I
was right, but also wrong because this palette is both. The matte red looks
gorgeous when blended out into the crease and left like that but looks amazing
when layering with other colours. My only slight miss with this palette was
there was no matte warm toned brown. However, I feel like that’s in every
palette now, plus you can just use your bronzer, so that isn’t really a big
downside for me, however if you like everything in one palette, you might not
like it.
It’s also so small I
can carry it everywhere, to work? yep. Travelling? Yep. Popping to the shops?
Yes. Which is hard to find with the ever-growing size of eyeshadow palettes
lately.
This palette is a
whole lot of yes. So yes, you should go and buy it and enjoy its warmth (pun
intended).
Love always,
Britt
