This palette was released back in
February and I told myself that I wasn’t allowed to purchase it. I allowed
myself to buy a liquid lipstick from the Valentine’s Collection, but not this
palette. I have now given in because it does look stunning and I am now into
red, orange and pink eyeshadows. I just could not pass up the opportunity to
purchase it this time because it does sell out all of the time on
BeautyBay.com!
The shade Candy Floss in my palette was
slightly imperfect when it arrived. It looked like the pressed eyeshadow was
slipping out of the pan. BeautyBay offered me a 15% refund on it and I manged
to press the eyeshadow back into its pan. It just doesn’t look as uniform as
the other shades, but the quality should be unaffected.
The packaging of the palette is quite
large, which is what initially put me off purchasing it. It is rectangular in
shape and made out of red faux leather. It mimics a Doctor’s medical bag/case.
It also looks like a video tape when it is inside the white outer sleeve/carton.
It has two clips which you lift to open the palette and reveal a mirror and the
eighteen eyeshadow pans. The eyeshadow pans are smaller than the ones in the
Beauty Killer and Androgyny Palettes, but you are getting more shades and the
price isn’t that much different. It sells for £46.00 and is available
exclusively from BeautyBay.com in the UK, but it is available on the Jeffree
Star website and in Morphe stores in the USA.
You get eighteen 1.5g eyeshadows and
pressed pigments in three luxury formulas; Matte, Metallic and Foil. The
majority of the eyeshadows have the usual JSC logo pressed into them but two of
them have something different; one has a syringe and the other has a Caduceus
(symbol of healthcare in North America) pressed into them.
GLUCOSE - bright white matte
SUGARCANE - powder pink matte
CAKE MIX - soft orange brown matte
OUCH - camel yellow brown matte
DONOR - golden bronze metallic foil
INTRAVENOUS - dark red brown matte
CANDY FLOSS - pinky lilac glitter
TONGUE POP - salmon pink matte
SWEETENER - peachy pink gold glitter
CAVITY - neon pink matte
O POSITIVE - mauve matte
ROOT CANAL - bright purple red matte
PRICK - bright red orange matte
CHERRY SODA - true red matte
FRESH MEAT - berry red matte
BLOOD SUGAR - copper red glitter
EXTRACTION - deep berry purple matte
COMA - deep eggplant matte
You should get extreme colour pay-off
and it should also blend seamlessly. The palette is also vegan and cruelty
free. There is a warning note on the white sleeve packaging that the following
shades from the palette are not intended for use around the immediate eye area;
PRICK, ROOT CANAL, CHERRY SODA, CAVITY, EXTRACTION, TONGUE POP, O POSITIVE,
SUGAR CANE, CAKE MIX, FRESH MEAT, COMA AND SWEETENER. I am guessing this
warning has something to do with the pigments that have been used to create the
brighter shades. Carmine is generally used for bright colours, but if this
ingredient was used the palette wouldn’t be vegan. Also, the brighter shades
may temporarily stain your eye area when used due to the pigments used.
I am completely in love with this
palette! The packaging is quite large, but I can look past this because of the
beautifully smooth and immensely pigmented eyeshadows. They blend like a dream
and all of the shades are wearable. The shade ‘Donor’ looks like molten bronze
when swatched and there is no need to use it wet. You get slight discolouration
around your eyes if you use the bright matte shades (Cavity and Root Canal),
but I wouldn’t say it is extremely noticeable. You can also use the lighter
shades (Candy Floss) as highlighters. My favourite shades are Donor, Prick and
Blood Sugar. I am quite disappointed in the shade Candy Floss because it doesn’t
perform like I was expecting, but I don’t know if this is because mine was
faulty when I received it. Overall this is an amazing palette and I am so glad
that I purchased it. This is definitely palette of the year! I can’t wait to
see what creation Jeffree has in store for us next.
♥ ♥ ♥
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