Bobbi Brown: Tortoise Shell Palette

Happy Friday Chickadees!

To celebrate that Friday feeling I've got a lovely Bobbi Brown Limited Edition palette to show you...

I present the Sand Tortoise Shell Eye Palette!

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The Tagline of the collection is: 


'Like a great pair of glasses, the Tortoise Shell Collection is about standout eyes.'

The packaging of this palette is stunning. I am a glasses wearer (tortoise shell ones in fact) so the advertising and design of this whole line really appealed to me. Although I wear contacts a lot more now, I still remember all those years of trying to find make up that would make my eyes stand out from behind lenses, so this collection instantly struck a chord with me.

I *love* tortoise shell as well, so the the case for this is one of my favourites - one of the make up items I own that every so often I get out and sigh over (yes, I'm that sad, at least we know I've found my true calling in writing a beauty blog ;D)

The Bobbi Brown site says:

A palette for lighter skin tones, with light to dark shadows in flattering warm neutrals. The eight shadows in this palette are designed to be layered - there's no blending required.

I wish I'd read that sooner, the amount of time I spent trying to create a blended look (it.just.didn't.work.) as really, as beautiful as these shades are, trying to blend them just makes the colour on the lids look a bit muddy :/

The palette is handy, with a sliding drawer on the bottom, so it's compact, but with a wide range of shades. There are eight in total (from top left going clockwise):

Top Layer

- Ivory (white, matte)

- Hot Stone (regular brown, matte)

 - Terracotta (lightened orange, matte) *New

- Desert Sand (bright champagne gold, metallic) *New

Bottom Layer

- Antique Rose (medium peachy rose beige colour, matte) *New

- Black Chocolate (blackened brown, matte)

- Sandy Rose (brown taupe, metallic) *New

- Gold Bar (white gold with lots of shimmer)

Left to Right: Ivory, Hot Stone, Terracotta, Desert Sand

Top to Bottom: Gold Bar, Sandy Rose, Black Chocolate,  Antique Rose

Oh Bobbi, you slay me with your neutrals, you really do. The colours for this are so, so up my street. At heart I am a brown, taupe, neutral lover, and I have to stop myself from splurging on every palette or range Bobbi brings out, as I really believe no one does flattering neutral shades as well as Bobbi Brown.

The pigmentation of these shades is lovely, not too much, just enough to give a soft flattering colour (although some of the paler matte shades could have a touch more pigmentation in my opinion).

There's a wide variety of finishes as well, which is nice considering the palette consists of quite similar shades.

Look of the day using the palette

The only downfall of this was the price. I went to the counter determined to buy this, as I had yet to buy a Bobbi Brown palette from anywhere other than a CCO, and I knew this was the one I wanted to pay full price for. 

Do you ever have that, when you see a make up collection, and you're just like, 'That one. That is the one I will part cash for. I need it.'

Nonetheless, I did choke somewhat when the SA announced it was £48. Really, I made a noise like a cat having difficulty with a hairball. All things considered though, I think this was worth it. I get a lot of use out of it, both for work and going out, and I still get a warm glowy feeling looking at the pretty packaging.

I've had a look online, and the only item available from the collection is the Sand palette on Ebay, going for £49.99. Quite disappointing, as, since looking over the collection again, I'd love to own one of the lipsticks and the tortoise shell brush set! I guess that's the pain of Limited Edition pieces T_T

Emma

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