I was crossing fingers for an amazing May box, especially after feeling a little bleh about the previous two, and here it is! This month Vault VIP members received a hefty 18-pan Sexy Eye Palette, which I’m pretty sure is the same as this Galore palette, currently available as a GWP. After taking a closer look at the shades, I am certain that it’s the same palette, sold under a different name.
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Here’s what Mikey Castillo, the Makeup Director at Le Métier de Beauté, has to say about our May offering:
“The Palette is an inspirational homage to my experience at Spring Fashion Week. I selected colors to impact the vision of the season, as well as working in some of mine (and your) favorite hues that I cannot endure without! Over the last several fashion seasons, there have been certain shades that have made indelible impressions during their limited edition introductions. In response, this year’s Spring Collection will briefly welcome back some of those beloved colors in a sleek, elongated compact where every single shade is beautiful and intoxicating. The pigments can be blended, smoked, and layered to breathtaking complexity, or worn simply to show off their flat-out good looks.”
The palette certainly features a wide range of colors and finishes: neutrals and brights, mattes and metallics. It’s a very versatile selection that will definitely help achieve a multitude of looks, which by the way I appreciate. As much as I like palettes that follow a certain theme [nude palette, bright palette, all shimmers etc], I think given the chance most of us would go for variety.
You already heard me sing praises about LMdB’s fantastic eye shadow formula, they are among very few luxury brands that I can trust with my eye makeup. However, some of the pans in the palette were a bit disappointing and not on par with my expectations, which were set pretty high, considering my previous experience. I could go on describing the poor chalky texture and uneven coverage, but I’ll let the swatches do the talking. I think the order is pretty straightforward – top to bottom in groups of three.
Swatch reference: My skin tone is between MAC NC15 and NW15 with neutral undertones. Sometimes I can wear NW20 in the Summer. I thought this would be useful to know, since all screens show colors differently, and I also don’t have a studio setup with consistent lighting. Hope that helps!
By the way, another thing I wasn’t crazy about is the sponge applicators included with the palette: they seemed cheap and not very useful. I don’t think anyone really uses these, but even Memebox includes better applicators in their budget makeup palettes.
THE VERDICT: Even though I enjoyed this month, I firmly decided to skip this next year of Vault VIP program. Unlike year one, I found myself not reaching for many of the products very often after the initial unboxing, so even though the value was definitely there, I still feel like I wasted my money on things I don’t use. Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure there are plenty of people out there who absolutely loved everything LMdB sent us this year, so it’s just a matter of how much you’re willing to experiment with the products you get. Anyhow, I look forward to the remaining two months I have left, and hopefully we will get some skin care or beauty tools in one of those upcoming boxes 🙂 If you wish to subscribe for 2015-2016 program, I posted the link above.
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