Hokay, so, I've been kind of prepping to go to Italy for the past month or so. I basically decided that i wanted to go on an international trip when I was flying back from a family wedding in San Diego, CA. Anywho, since I have a valid passport, it was mostly a matter of finding a trip within my budget and as such I leave in a little less than two weeks. I also recently got a job at JCPenny so I get an employee discount there now, even in Sephora, so I treated myself to some high end stuff.
I wanted a set with just about everything included so I won't have to mess with umteen compacts...I was considering the Smashbox pallette, but I wasn't so sure how well the cream liners would stay creamy and I liked how this set has a mirror and removable items. Hence I went with the Sephora brand Smoky Studio 2 pallette, even though it wasn't exactly what I was planning on, tis still fun! Retails for around $32.50 I think, but as I said before, I get an employee discount so I didn't pay quite as much for mine.
This is what it looks like when taken out of the box, ...a box within the box!
The pallett itself, tis all black and shiny and says Sephora. I like the size for a travel pallet, it will fit nicely in my makeup bag.
This pallet comes with both eye shadows and lip colors, this is what you see when you open it up for the first time. You can't really see it, but there is actually a thin plastic film that tells you the "collections" they organized the eyes/lips things into.
The top trays slide apart to reveal more goodies beneath. Again, I rearranged this to my preferences.
A mini compact within the compact so you can bring touch-up stuff along when you are on the go! The colors are removable in trios. It does have a mirror, which is awesome.
Oooh, shiny, I love how big the mirror is. Hopefully you can also see that I rearranged the colors from their original configuration. All the lip stuff is now in the lower tray.
That way I can keep them from getting gunky when I use the eye shadows!
I have used the shadows a couple times and they seem to work well and last, I've used them for work. I've only tried on the the lip colors so far and it wasn't a color that was drastically different from my natural lip color so I can't speak much on those yet. I've also not been a big fan of brush-applied lip colors in the past and I don't want to be biased without giving them a fair shot.
