I showed you the pictures of the Smashbox Eye Wish Look Book palette early this week and I told you I’d be back with the swatches. Tada! Here we are! 😀 Thought I’d get it out for you so you have the weekend to think over it 😉 It is rather picture heavy so do be warned. You can see more pictures of the palette itself if you click back to the previous post.
Quickly to recap. The Eye Wish Palette is a limited edition palette from Smashbox Cosmetics for Christmas 2010 and it comprises 12 powder eyeshadow, 4 cream liners, 1 mini DNA Mascara and 1 mini Primer, all for RM229. Broken down, its about RM14 per eyeshadow with free mascara and primer … if you like math 😛
Its a fairly decent price for a fairly decent palette I reckon, but only if you like the colours, which are a little more muted then I expected. I was very taken in by the vibrancy of colour in the Masquerade Eyeshadow palette, and I do love that one. This one just seems more muted to look at. Not that it doesn’t work though 😉
Also, there are blues and turquoises but where’s the green? Hmm… It isn’t quite Christmas without a touch of green 🙂 But griping aside, the eyeshadows aren’t bad, provided you use a brush. It isn’t chalky not glittery. I find it shows up better with a brush than when you use fingers, especially for the matte colours. If you like greater intensity, that’s where the lid primer comes in. The swatches below will show you the difference with and without the primer underneath. I’ve also shared some thoughts on the Smashbox Eye Wish palette vs the Urban Decay Book of Shadows III (NYC) for those wondering 🙂