Review, Swatches | NYX x Barbie The Movie Turn Up the Ken-ergy Palette

Out of every collaboration that came out for the Barbie movie, this is my favourite thing. NYX’s collection, overall, was very good, but this palette in particular, this little item, is the best thing of all. The colour story screams Barbie, the packaging looks like a toy, and the mini gloss keycharm brings me back to the nineties faster than a dial-up internet connection.

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Review, Swatches | Flower Knows Strawberry Rococo Eyeshadow Palette in 03 Blackcurrant Cold Brew

How beautiful are these pans? Flower Knows sometimes walks that fine line between elaborately feminine and childishly tacky, but these jewel shaped pans are just dreamy. The Strawberry Rococo palettes have some really interesting colour stories, but I heard rave reviews about the shimmery eyeshadow in the Blackcurrant Cold Brew palette, so that’s the one I got.

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Review, Swatches | Roén Beauty Disco Eye & 75º Warm Eyeshadow Palette

It’s not easy to come up with something no one has done before. I’ve been a makeup fiend for 14 years, I’ve seen just about everything, so finding a new product that’s so different I can’t figure out where to put it in my storage (along with the glitters? eyeshadows? cream bases?) and actually performs well is something to be purchased until I exhaust the entire line celebrated.

Let me introduce you to Roén Beauty and their “glitter for grown-ups”.

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Review, Swatches | Byredo 5 Colours Eyeshadow Palette in Syren

Byredo is a luxury fragrance brand that came out with a makeup line not too long ago. And unlike their generic perfume bottles, the makeup packaging does feel worthy of carrying that “luxury” tag. Their 5 pan eyeshadow palettes look like they are encased inside a golden oyster. That alone made me want to try them.

I love it when a brand gives me an excuse to spend money.

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