Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Instant Eye Palette

I now have four of these twelve pan palettes by Charlotte Tilbury. There is also another one called the Charlotte Tilbury Instant Eye Palette, which has a neutral smoky glam colour story. I believe it was released as limited edition in 2017. It is no longer available, so I am unable to get it, but I’m not overly interested in that one anyway. It is probably available on Depop somewhere. I am happy with owning just the four and I am eagerly waiting for Charlotte to release another twelve-pan palette, so I can add it to my collection (colour story depending). I did once say I wasn’t going to buy this palette in particular as it is definitely a me colour story, but I already have the shades in other palettes. I obviously relented and I do not regret it one bit! It does kind of give me Urban Decay Naked Cherry Palette vibes, which is a palette I recently decluttered.

THE PACKAGING

The packaging is made of metallic and reflective rose gold plastic and it has a long, thin and rectangular shape. It has a starburst design across the front and a magnetic closing, which you lift up to; reveal the rectangular eyeshadow pans arranged in threes across a mirrored rose gold base. The group names are printed in dark brown font under each group of three. The shades don’t really have names, but there is a plastic insert included which labels the eyeshadows as 1 Prime, 2 Enhance or 3 Smoke. There is also a mirror on the underside of the lid.

THE EYESHADOWS & FORMULA

You get twelve 0.58g eyeshadows in Matte (M) and Metallic (ME) finishes.

 

·         Blendable

·         Buildable

·         Creamy Texture

·         Smooth Application

·         Made with real Diamond Powder

·         Limited Edition

·         Cruelty-Free

 

THE SHADES & SWATCHES

DAY

1 Prime - light warm gold (ME)

2 Enhance - light copper (ME)

3 Smoke - dusty coral (M)

 

DESK

1 Prime - medium warm peach (M)

2 Enhance - rich deep coral (M)

3 Smoke - warm dark terracotta brown (M)

 

DATE

1 Prime - light yellow brown (M)

2 Enhance - warm dark brown (M)

3 Smoke - deep red brown (M)

 

DREAM

1 Prime - medium red (ME)

2 Enhance - dark red (ME)

3 Smoke - bright pinky red (M)

 

MY THOUGHTS

·         Primer/Base - The eyeshadows are pigmented enough without a primer or base, but I would always lay one down. I used Too Faced Shadow Insurance and Too Faced Glitter Glue.

·        Pigmentation - The pigmentation is perfect; the shades are so buttery in texture!

·         Application (wet/dry) - The eyeshadows can be applied wet or dry. I always use mattes dry, unless I am applying them to my lower lash line or using them as eyeliner. I sometimes apply metallics/shimmers wet, but it depends on the formula and whether they contain glitters. Wet application can max up the pigmentation and help prevent fallout.

·         Blending - Like a dream! Extremely easy and seamless.

·         Kick-Back - Obviously, there is always going to be kick-back in your eyeshadow pans as you are disturbing powders. The kick-back was not a concern or issue for me in this particular palette.

·         Fallout - I didn’t notice any fallout, but it could be possible from the metallic shades.

 

This palette is of course beautiful! Again, I love the compact, slim and shiny packaging. The colour story is very attractive to me and the quality is just incredible. The mattes are so soft and blendable and the metallics are so buttery and molten looking. The shades really catch the light. The metallics can be applied beautifully with a stiff flat synthetic brush or your finger (I prefer finger), the Charlotte Tilbury formula is versatile. I like the ratio of formulas, I would probably have liked one or two more metallic shades, but it works for this palette. I loved every look I created with this palette and I can’t wait to continue playing with it. My favourite shades are; Day - 2 Enhance and Dream - 2 Enhance. The shade Desk - 1 Prime is the lightest matte shade and it just about shows up on my skin tone. Desk - 2 Enhance looked like a matte neutral pink in the pan to me at first, but it is a lovely salmon sort of shade on the eye. The shades Dream - 1 Prime and Dream - 2 Enhance don’t look too different from each other on the eye, so you could maybe do without one of them, but overall all shades work great for me. It is a nice natural/neutral palette with a romantic pop. I 100% recommend this palette. Do I need it? No. Do I regret it? Not a chance!

 

You can purchase the Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Instant Eye Palette for £60.00 from CharlotteTilbury.com.

 

| I purchased this palette for £40.00 from Depop.com |

 

| Swatch Stencil: Stripes 12 Pan by SwatchPerfect.co.uk |