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Home » Eyes » Eyeshadow » Review: Makeup: Beautilicious Smokey Eye palette

Review: Makeup: Beautilicious Smokey Eye palette

October 20, 2008 Paris B 10 Comments

Beautilicious Smokey Eye Palette
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Beautilicious calls their Smokey Eye palette – Smoke Gets in Your Eyes. Hands up anyone who can sing the song… or at least that one line! LOL… Cheesey songs aside, I must say that this smokey eye palette is very commendable.

Like the Stila Smokey Eye Palette, this one too comes with instructions. The difference is that where Stila’s talks to you, the Beautilicious one lets you read the instructions yourself (but Stila has paper instructions too). Other than that, there isn’t much else that’s different!

Packaging

The Beautilicious Smokey Eye palette comes in a cardboard palette with 1 concealer, 1 beige shadow, 1 grey shadow and 1 black shadow and a sponge-brush applicator. The palette is slim and compact and resembles Benefit’s Big Beautiful Eyes palette. I like the slimness of the palette and the large mirror on the inside, although I’m not too enamoured with the picture on it. I’d rather see graphics than images, but that’s me. Also, I’d rather it did not come in a cardboard sleeve because that’s redundant packaging since the palette is shrink-wrapped anyway.

Beautilicious Smokey Eye palette
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Performance

The concealer in the palette comes in just one shade. I honestly thought it might be too dark for me, but to my surprise, it was not. I reckon it will suit those with fair to medium skintones but if you have very tanned or dark skin, it will not be for you. The concealer is also surprisingly really nice for something that comes in a palette and something I was not expecting to rave about. The texture is smooth and creamy it covers dark circles decently and best of all, isn’t oily and does not settle into fine lines!

Just pat a little concealer around the undereye area, pat some loose powder over it and you are good to go! I’ve even started using it as a daily concealer in place of my MUFE Lift Concealer which is saying a lot! I hope Beautilicious releases this concealer on its own soon in a range of shades. The concealer can also be used on the eyelids to prep and prime the lids to hold the shadow better and help it last longer.

Beautilicious Smoke gets in your eyes
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The eyeshadows that form the smokey eye trio in this Smokey Eye Palette are medium pigmented, except the black which is VERY pigmented.

This is a swatch of the 3 colours on my hand. The beige colour blends into my skin, but there is shimmer so I use it to highlight the inner corners of the eyes which helps the eye look larger. The black and grey are on the matte side. The texture whilst not super fine is pigmented.

I use the black colour closest to my lashline and smudged upwards and out, and the grey all over. Then, I use the beige to highlight the inner corner of the eye and brow bone, and to soften the look. The eventual result is a soft smokey eye look. You can of course up the ante by using more black.

As for the applicator, I usually use my own brushes or fingers for eyeshadow so I did not test the applicator. Looking at it, I reckon it can be used in a pinch, but in a pinch, I’d be using my fingers too.

Beautilicious Smokey Eye
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Here of course, is the regulatory picture to show an idea of how I used the Smokey Eye Palette. I’m looking rather cross-eyed in this picture aren’t I? Haha… I have been experimenting with lining the lower lashline so you can see that I have used the grey for this purpose. I find using black too harsh. I also forgot mascara on that day so zero lashes.

Price

The palette retails at RM59.90 at Beautilicious counters at selected Watsons’ and some Jusco stores.

PB’s Verdict

Honestly, I was not expecting much from this Beautilicious Smokey Eye palette, but it has surprised me. If you are new to doing a smokey eye or just want to experiment with the look to see if it suits you, then, its a pretty good place to start. If you already have a smokey eye palette or have colours to create a smokey eye then you may not think it useful. However, if you travel a lot, I can see this palette doing double duty and since its relatively affordable, you won’t tear out your hair if it goes missing.

Since the Eye Opener Kit looks pretty similar, I’m going out on a limb to say that it too would be a decent place to start looking for a neutral eyeshadow palette. I know that palette looks similar to the one from Benefit Cosmetics but as I’ve never tried either, I can’t tell you which is better but I can tell you that Benefit’s is double the price 😉

Pros: Nice concealer, Compact palette, Good combination of shades, Affordable

Cons: Redundant packaging sleeve

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Paris B is a 40-something beauty and skincare enthusiast with a practical and very critical view of beauty products and the world of beauty. Her mission on My Women Stuff is to deliver clear, honest reviews and facilitate discussions about beauty trends and life, tempered with a healthy dose of humour. Let the buyer's remorse be ours not yours! When not testing the newest skincare creams and lotions, or playing with makeup, find her testing her culinary skills in the kitchen at Chez PB. Read more about us here or leave a comment below or connect with us on social media at Instagram, Facebook and Twitter!

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  1. Smiley says

    October 20, 2008 at 10:31 am

    Good review !

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  2. Monstro says

    October 20, 2008 at 1:21 pm

    Hey this looks really promising! Pity the shadows aren’t shimmery though.
    I like how you applied it on your eyes-so subtle and pretty 🙂

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  3. Tine says

    October 20, 2008 at 2:17 pm

    Hey nice one. Hmm I might change my mind about Beautilicious after all 🙂

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  4. ParisB says

    October 20, 2008 at 2:56 pm

    @Smiley : Thanks.

    @Monstro:Aww thank you! Its not shimmery but the beige colour does make up for it.

    @Tine: There are some hits as well as misses 😉

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  5. geekchic says

    October 20, 2008 at 3:55 pm

    Hey PB, I’m salivating over your flawless skin!!!! Share? 🙁

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  6. Jooj says

    October 20, 2008 at 5:59 pm

    i actually considered getting this for a friend’s bday… but ended up getting her something else hehe. i actually kinda like beautilicious, i have a couple of their individual pan eyeshadows that are smooth, pigmented, and don’t crease! for rm15 whats not to love eh.

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  7. ParisB says

    October 20, 2008 at 6:48 pm

    @geekchic : Hey, thanks but it isn’t flawless though. Probably the foundation? or powder? 🙂

    @Jooj: You are right, they aren’t too bad.

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  8. Nikki says

    October 20, 2008 at 8:41 pm

    I love the smokey eyes you did! so pretty!

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  9. ParisB says

    October 21, 2008 at 10:09 am

    @Nikki : Aww, thank you Nikki! 🙂

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  10. June says

    February 19, 2009 at 2:03 pm

    girl.
    i have the Eye-Opener Kit
    but then i lost the instructions before even using it.
    can you scan the instructions for me?
    pretty please?
    i really need them 🙁
    thanks alot

    Reply

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