Lancôme Colour Design: 5 Shadow and Liner Palette Review

Hello my wonderful readers! How are you? Today is a product review day, and I chose one of my most favorite palettes to date. The full name of the product is the Lancôme Paris Colour Design: Eye Brightening All-In-One 5 Shadow and Liner Palette. Phew! Other than being known for exquisite cosmetics, Lancôme is also known for the long names of their products. All cheesy jokes aside, keep scrolling down to read my full review on this product. Well, onto today’s post!

This palette first caught my eye when I was browsing around the makeup counters at one of The Bay department stores. It was a few minutes to closing, and I saw this palette and loved how the colours looked. You do not find many people wearing teal-green shadows anymore, but I believe that more people would change their mind about those colours if they took a look at the palette. I only recently saw a few other cosmetic brands posting advertisements with teal and blue eye shadows, which made me feel happy to see them. These modern shades of teal are perfect for transitioning from winter to spring (or if you live somewhere cold like me, winter to even more winter!). I am a big fan of Lancôme, as their products never fail to impress. This palette has a lot to offer, and I hope you all feel the same way after reading my review. 

The first feature that deserves attention is how they give you a lot of eyeshadow to experiment with. I have two other Lancôme palettes, and both of them are only half-finished, as they give you a fair amount of product. This palette is different from the other two, as this one numbers each of the eyeshadow steps, with a number.

 As soon as you open the box, you will find a folded instructions booklet. One side shows you how to achieve a wearable “day” look. The reverse side will show you how to achieve a “night” look. This is a very useful resource for those who are just starting out with makeup.

The instructions and numbered steps is not why I had bought the palette. It was purchased because of the beautiful colours, and how they look flattering on a lot of skintones. I was a bit worried that the colours would not look very flattering on my skintone, but as soon as I applied the bright teal shade to my lids, I loved the way it looked. Here are the swatches for all the colours below:

For some unknown reason, this photo keeps uploading so that it rests sideways.

Another great feature of the palette is that every shade is numbered 1-5, so you know which one to apply. Another thing I would like to compliment is how the shades (like always) are smooth, and not chalky, and do not crease on me. Also, they are all perfectly pigmented, not too bright, and not too subtle. You can easily amplify the brightness with another layer of colour for a more dramatic effect, but I believe the colours make the right amount of impact as it is.

 

I would definitely recommend buying this palette, especially during the winter season, as you will get a lot of chances to experiment with the colours, as they just scream winter glamour. Pictures will go up; I just have to keep studying, for the time being. So go to your nearest Lancôme counter and try out the palette for yourself!  Well, there you go! Thank you for reading this post, and enjoy the rest of your day.

Happy Studying

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Body Shop Spiced Vanilla Gift Set Review (PART 2)

Hello my wonderful readers! How was New Years? My New Years celebrations went quite well, and I hope you all had an awesome time, as well. In case you did not read my previous post, this is a review for the Body Shop Spiced Vanilla Shower Scrub & Moisture Collection, gift set. Just click this link to get to part 1, if you would like to read that one first. Well, onto today’s post!

If you read part one already, you know that the other two parts in the gift set I have to review, are the body scrub and the fragrant bar of soap. Let’s start off with the scrub first.

As you can see in the picture, it has tiny granules, which I believe are walnut shells, in the mixture. This makes a great exfoliant, as the shells will gently slough away dead skin, leaving your skin wonderfully smooth. It has a great smell, that is not overpowering, and there is a good amount of product in the jar, which should last about 3 weeks or more.

The last product to review from the set is the bar of soap. This product lathered easily, and again, smells absolutely delicious. My skin felt really smooth, as if I was washing my skin with a moisturizer is stead of soap. They give you a pretty good sized bar, so again, may last 3 weeks, if you use it everyday.

Overall, I really enjoyed using this gift set, so if you can still find it in the Body Shop, I would tell you to buy it before they run out! I hope you liked my review, and thank you for reading.

**WARNING- This product does contain nut ingredients, so if you are allergic, please use your own discretion. I just want you all to be safe, ALWAYS read the label.**

Happy Holidays 

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Body Shop Spiced Vanilla Gift Set Review (PART 1)

Hello all you joyous readers! How are you? Today is going to be a review day, and I have a great gift set that I would like to rave about, below. I received this gift set for Christmas from a family member, and boy, I love it so far! I have been alternating each of the products, by using one product and then using the next one. So far I have only used two of them, but keep reading to find out my thoughts. Well, onto today’s post!

The Body Shop is a favorite of mine, as I am always buying products from there. Actually, one of the brushes in my makeup tutorial posts is from the Body Shop. As soon as I saw this wonderful gift set, I was itching to use the products. I believe that this set is limited edition, so it may not be available year round. The full name of the gift set, is the Body Shop Spiced Vanilla Shower Scrub & Moisture Collection. It comes in a gold octagonal clear-lidded tin. 

Inside the tin, you will find four products:

Spiced Vanilla Shower Gel 250 ml

Spiced Vanilla Soap 100g

Spiced Vanilla Body Butter 50 ml

Spiced Vanilla Body Scrub 50 ml

In my opinion, the spiced vanilla scent of the products, embodies the whole spirit of Chirstmas and the winter season. It makes you think of gingerbread houses, the fluffy snow of the first snowfall, and even sleeping in during a snow storm.

The first product I tried, was the shower gel. It gives you a very thick and rich lather, and moisturized my skin very nicely. They give you a good amount of shower gel, which should last about a few months or so, depending on whether you use it every day, or swap it out for a bar of soap once in a while. It did not irritate my skin, as a lot of body washes do, and it left my skin feeling soft and lightly scented.

The second product I had tried, was the body butter. I have not tried a body butter until now, and I have to say that it was a very good first impression. It’s very creamy and smooth, and does have that “buttery consistency”, until you gently apply it on your skin. Again, it smells very wonderful, and moisturized my skin exceptionally well. I felt as if the body butter outdid my regular body moisturizers, which it sure did. I might consider switching over to the Body Shop’s body butters from now on! My skin felt baby soft, and did not get irritated by the scent at all.

Though I have yet to try the remaining two products in the set, I will put an updated post, with my thoughts on the other products in the set. Overall, I would definitely recommend these products to anyone, as I have sensitive skin, and did not have any negative skin reactions to the products. Well, there you go! I hope this partial product review helped some of you readers out! Look out for the second part of this product review. Thank you for reading.

**WARNING- This product does contain nut ingredients, so if you are allergic, please use your own discretion. I just want you all to be safe, ALWAYS read the label.**

Happy Holidays

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