Celina, based in Melbourne Australia is an aspiring artist. With a passion for expressing herself through makeup, beauty, fashion, cosplay & photography, she believes in living life as creatively as possible.
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Back in May I did a post on how to create labels for your MAC Palettes, if you’re curious you can read the original post here.
I’m really been having a blast creating videos for YouTube, the Book of Fables series is one of my greatest creations and I love doing them more and more each day~ I’ve got some pretty exciting ones in the works, I can’t wait to show you guys!
However I’m keen to branch out and try my hand at other types of videos, vlogs for example, and little “how to” videos. So here is my first of what will hopefully be many to come
Let me know if you have any suggestions or requests, I want to do my best to make videos you guys will actually find both entertaining and useful! Yes, I’m not just about making useful videos, I want them to be entertaining as well Why not try and make life as fun as possible, yes?
Recently whilst browsing through Priceline (as you do) I came across a bunch of new palettes released by Savvy by DB, an affordable Australian brand (it’s not just me right… what’s with the American spelling for an Aussie brand!?) that distributes solely out of Priceline.
They had a new range of eyeshadow only palettes and then this one which had both eye shadows and blush, at only $7.95AU a pop I couldn’t resist and picked up almost one of each (minus one which I knew I wouldn’t use). So expect future reviews on them! (one of the palettes was just neutral eyeshadows too! My current obsession :3)
I was pleasantly surprised by these palettes, I wasn’t expecting much given the price. In fact the last time I spent this amount on cheap eyeshadows were very powdery and just smelt of talc Admittedly whilst some of the shadows were a bit powdery when swatching with my fingers, when used with a brush they were much better. And I didn’t detect any “talc” smell, which is a big plus for me. Eye shadows that smell of talc or are too powdery are a sure sign that the product is low quality.
The shadows applied smoothly with a brush over my eyes (I almost never use the applicators provided), I think the colours had very good pigmentation, not amazing but much better than many shadows that have crossed my path and can’t imagine anyone having any real issues using them.
My only gripe would be the blushes, they are placed really very close to the eyeshadows, so when I went in with my brush to pick up some of the product it also picked up powder from the eyeshadows :/ Which I found pretty annoying, so I had to be extra careful. And a mirror, even a small one would make this palette very travel friendly.
The blushes on their own however were pretty decent, they are pretty pigmented so only just dip your brush in gently else you run the risk of picking up too much product and looking like a clown
Not going to deny that this is a pretty good buy! I’d recommend them to people wanting to build their makeup collection or want to try new colours without breaking the bank.
If I had to take one neutral palette with me on a business trip, this would be it. And given my line of work, this palette has been very much loved. I’ll be the first to admit I fell in love with the cute packaging first, but as soon as I started using it I was pleasantly surprised. For only $11US, the palette is quite the deal!
You may not get a ton of product for each eye shadow, but given the pigmentation I’m pretty sure it will take a good while before you hit the pan. However, I would recommend using brushes for application, not sure how well the sponge tip applicators really works (as I personally do not use them).
With 9 shadows you get good variety in the family of neutrals with mattes, satins and shimmers, eyes can be taken from day to night. However the packaging is cheap, and so some of the pans may not be glued in properly. Not a big issue, gluing them back in will fix that. Should note this palette is extremely travel friendly, I can fit it into the palm of my hand.
The lip colours are a bit tough to apply, I usually use my fingers and whilst that doesn’t give you a clean application it’s enough for me. The brushes work great, but you’ll need to go over your lips a few times to get the right pigmentation.
Overall, I waived between 4.5 and 5 stars for this item, whilst I don’t appreciate the flimsy packaging, it is only $11US! So I’ll leave you with that, and maybe you can give your own rating Bottom line is this is one of my favourite most versatile cheap palettes.
Note – Just letting you know that I do own the other 3 mini NYX palettes as well, and honestly they are all around the same in terms of packaging and product quality. So ultimately, the difference simply comes down to colour. I might post photos and swatches from the other 3 palettes if you like, let me know
If there is one thing you should know about me is that I have an unhealthy addiction to makeup palettes. Something about knowing I have in the palm of my hand the tools to completely transform myself.
Hmm… I sound oh so sophisticated and mysterious. Which isn’t me at all (I wish!), so I’ve narrowed it down to being that fact that I like to look at a lot of pretty colours at once.
Yes, that sounds much more like me!
So it’s no surprise I have an unhealthy amount of palettes at home, I buy each one with the hope that “this will be my travel / all purpose palette”, which never ends up being the case as proven by half my luggage space being dedicated to both skin care and makeup. Oh well, aim high right?
However, one palette I find myself turning to more often each day is NP Set’s 10 eye shadow palette. It was given to me by Sefie, and it contains some lovely neutral winter tones. What I love about this palette are the range of colours and how light the actual compact is. Great for when I’m running late and need to do my makeup in the car, which unfortunately occurs all too often.
Last week, I decided to splurge on a couple more NP Set palettes. I figured, my collection is so heavily dedicated to the international brands, I should give a little more love to the Australian brands I’ve purchased the Career and Sweater set.
I bought two, each for around $39 each. Both contain eye shadows, blush and lip product. Personally I’m not a fan on having lip products in a palette if I intend to use them everyday. So much easier to just whip out a tube of lip stick/gloss to touch up, than fiddling around with a palette, especially when one is out to dinner.
Curious to see how versatile these palettes really turn out to be!
Oh, and a word of warning. If you’re a clumsy girl like myself, I would avoid the Romance, Party and Jet set palettes. I too was drawn to the array of lovely eye shadows at hand, but trust me the packaging is so brittle and weak, the palette literally snapped in half when I opened it (Fortunately, I opened it just outside the store and was able to return it)
This won’t be your standard review, rather an overview This is the palette used for my Lookbook #5 entry. Having a bit of a collectors personality, since I already owned the 88 shimmer, matte and warm palette, when I saw metal mania appear on Coastal Scents’ website, I just knew I had to have it.
After all, the palette (and CS palettes in general) in comparison to other eyeshadows is insanely good priced! Buy 2 MAC eyeshadows can cover both the palette and postage!
This is great for a neutral autumn / winters looks (so perfect for those of us living in the Southern Hemisphere), I would definitely choose this over the Warm palette, purely for the variation. Planning to utilise this palette a lot more for future looks and everyday wear You can order them online from Coastal Scent’s website for $24.95US.
Celina, based in Melbourne Australia is an aspiring artist. With a passion for expressing herself through makeup, beauty, fashion, cosplay & photography, she believes in living life as creatively as possible.
Why not try and make life as fun as possible, yes? 
Admittedly whilst some of the shadows were a bit powdery when swatching with my fingers, when used with a brush they were much better. And I didn’t detect any “talc” smell, which is a big plus for me. Eye shadows that smell of talc or are too powdery are a sure sign that the product is low quality. 
This is the palette used for my 
