I bought the Buxom look All You want set during the Sephora clearance sales in January.
I was lucky to score it for $37 – it retailed for $50 regularly. unfortunately this particular palette was a limited edition configuration, however, a couple of shades in this palette are from the permanent line. I’ll also be reviewing the customizable palette concept in this post.
The set itself comes with a full size Hold the Line waterproof eyeliner in call Me (matte black) and Buxom Lash Mascara in a deluxe sample size. I’ll be giving the black liner to a friend since I don’t use black liners, and I haven’t tried the mascara yet.
This review will be focused on the star of the set: the eye shadow palette containing 6 shades:
L til r:
• Opal Opulence – cool blue white (frost)
• sequin sparkle – light pewter (shimmer)
• top shelf – deep muted plum (satin)
• Penthouse – emerald green (metallic)
• style icon – golden beige (metallic – a permanent shade)
• Gimme gorgeous – camel (matte – a permanent shade)
Each eye shadow shade is 1.4g which is slightly more than MAC’s single pans (1.3g), for a total palette product weight of 8.4g. Inside the box, the singles are housed inside a tray that allows the individual pans to be arranged.
Buxom provides a handy instruction guide – it’s pretty easy to figure out.
Even though this set comes “pre-made”, it is still housed in the customizable casing. If I wanted, I could have placed the shades in any order I wanted to inside the palette (but I followed the image on the back of the palette just because I’m a sheep). I can also swap out any of the shades if I don’t want one or two of them in this particular grouping.
My favourite of these are Gimme Gorgeous, style Icon, and surprisingly, Penthouse! I know that originally I stated I’d want to swap out Penthouse but it’s such a beautiful formula, even though I likely won’t wear it often, it deserves a mention. Both style icon and Penthouse have a metallic formula that applies smoothly and delivers high pigment. Gimme Gorgeous, the lone matte, is the perfect transition shade – I consider this the anchor shade of the whole palette. I really like the Buxom matte formula – it’s not dusty and has a little bit of “body” to help it blend out the other colours. I would be interested in trying more mattes from this range.
Sequin sparkle was a bit disappointing – from photos online, it looked really pretty and I thought it would the taupe shade for me. In real life it is too glittery and I experienced quite a bit of fall out from the chunky glitter. top shelf was also less outstanding in real life – it applies a bit patchy and was difficult to blend out. Although Opal Opulence looks like a plain white shade in the pan, it has a strong icy blue frost when applied. It can look quite stark on my skin tone but if worn lightly, it makes a lovely brow and inner eye highlight – it can also top other colours to transform them. Overall, the formula of these eye shadows are great: pigmented and easy to blend. and with a built-in primer, these last well on the lids (around 8 hours on average but I still use an eyelid primer). Out of the 6 shades included, I love 3 of them, and the rest I am lukewarm about – none of them I dislike. I call that a good day!
The included booklet does show a couple of looks with suggested colour placement. A typical look for me using this palette is applying style icon (metallic beige) on the inner 2/3 of the lid, and top shelf (plum) in the outer third, then blending them out with Gimme gorgeous (camel) in the crease. I’m wearing this look today and added Penthouse (emerald) lightly on my lower lash line in honour of St. Patrick’s Day, inspired by lipstickonthelake’s post! I do appreciate that I can get a complete eye look just using the combination of shades curated for this palette.
The mirror reads “Live Life Vividly”.
Buxom Eyeshadow Bar singles are sold individually for $15 each. To buy the palette and 6 refills separately would cost $105 but Sephora offers a completely customized filled palette for only $50, which is a great value. When I first heard about the Buxom Bar Palette, I was excited to choose my own colours but I think that by getting a pre-made one like this, I was able to get out of my normal comfort zone to try a few shades I would not normally pick. I might still swap out Penthouse for an everyday shade, and I would like a highlight colour that’s more wearable than Opal Opulence. I’m eyeing Silk Sheets (champagne) and big Spender (matte sable) – my revamped look All You want palette would look like this:
In reality, I would likely not just buy 2 shades to switch out – why pay $30 for 2 singles when I can get 6 colours plus a palette for $20 more? Here’s what I’d choose for my custom Buxom palette:
L til r:
• Silk Sheets – light champagne (frost)
• bold Bling – rose gold (metallic)
• No faux – green brown (metallic duochrome)
• Haute Couture – java (metallical)
• Inviter kun – Terracotta (matte)
• stor spender – mørk sabel (matte)
Ja, jeg omfattede en anden grøn skygge, men det er anderledes end penthouse. Jeg ville læse om ingen faux på Kazzmaries bedste i skønhed i 2015 – det er en smuk duokrom i samme vene som Mac Club / UD Lounge / Wet’n’wild Comfort Zone Definer Shade. Jeg får ikke en anden Buxom Palette nogen gang snart, men det er sjovt at vinduesbutik.
Denne palette kommer også med en dobbelt ended børste – jeg giver kredit til Buxom for at inkludere en faktisk børste snarere end svamp tippet applikator, men børsterne er så små, de er ikke anvendelige. Det handler om størrelsen på en Q-tip! Paletten er lavet af en højkvalitets plastik, der føles meget væsentlig og ville beskytte skyggerne under rejsen. Dækdesignet er ikke min favorit, men det er ikke så vigtigt for mig. Denne særlige palette er ikke længere tilgængelig – den regelmæssige tomme palette er almindelig sort med en croc-tekstur. Øjenskyggerne er lavet i USA. I Canada sælges Buxom udelukkende på Sephora.
Fordele:
• Evne til at bytte farver (eller vælge egne farver helt, hvis du starter fra bunden)
• stor værdi
• Højkvalitets øjenskygger (pigmenteret, blendable, lange slid)
• Sturdy Palette Construction
• Fuld størrelse spejl
Ulemper:
• En lille inkonsekvens mellem nuancer og finish
• Nogle falder ud med et par nuancer
Stash Worthiness: 8/10
Besøg også Ingrid’s websted for hendes gennemgang af dette sæt, som hun modtog som gave, og delvis påvirket min beslutning om at købe dette! Har du prøvet Buxom Eye Shadows eller det brugerdefinerede system? Hvilke farver vil du vælge?
Del dette:
Del
Klik for at sende en e-mail til en ven (åbner i nyt vindue)
Klik for at dele på Pinterest (åbner i nyt vindue)
Klik for at dele på Twitter (åbner i nyt vindue)
Klik for at dele på TUMBLR (åbner i nyt vindue)
Klik for at dele på Reddit (åbner i nyt vindue)
Sådan her:
Ligesom loading …
Relaterede
Første makeup træk af 2016InQuiring Minds Vil du vide! Så her er det: Sephora Clearance Section Strikes! : P Jeg gik til Sephora sidste weekend, og jeg fik: Buxom Look alle, du vil have set (REG $ 50 købt for $ 37) Jeg halvdelen skylden Ingrid for denne ene. Jeg har været nysgerrig om Buxom individuelle øjenskygger …
7. januar 2016in “Skønhed”
Affordable Drugstore Nude Palettes: Maybelline og Makeup RevolutionToday Jeg kigger på to omkostningseffektive Drugstore Eye Shadow Paletter, som jeg har prøvet i de sidste par måneder: • Maybelline Nudes Eyeshadow Palette – C $ 17.99 • Makeup Revolution Redemption Palette In Ikonisk 2 – C $ 14.99 Jeg har modtaget begge disse fra Rachael of Helpless Whist Tørring …
27. marts 2017in “Skønhed”
Megapost: Custom Palette Systemsi har haft dette indlæg brygning i flere måneder og endelig støvet det i lyset af den seneste kontrovers med Z palæ. Hvis du ikke ved det, læs om det her, her, og her. Um ja … Total Gong Show. : O Z Palette er nok den mest kendte af enhver større …
13. marts 2017in “Skønhed”