So after all the hype I decided to give in and order my first Coastal Scents palette! Typically I'm not one to order makeup off of the internet without first seeing it in person. I have enough trouble finding colors I like in the stores! I couldn't decide which palette I wanted to order for my first time. I fought between the Original 88 and the Shimmer 88. Finally I decided I probably would not use the bright greens & blues in those on a normal basis so I then began a battle between the Warm 88 & the Metal Mania. Finally I just bit the bullet and in my brain replayed all of the many Cosmopolitan articles about what makeups work best for Women in their 20's, 30's and 40's. Deciding its only a few short years until shimmery colors start setting in my wrinkled up raisin like eyelids I dove head first into the Metal mania palette head first. I chose USPS Standard Flat rate Shipping. I believe it was about $8 and change (a little hefty but well worth it) I ordered it right before leaving work on Friday. It was waiting on my doorstep today by lunch which is Monday! I was shocked it flew right up the Eastern seaboard from Florida to Long Island over the weekend. I was so excited I couldn't wait to go home to get it!
Anyway I'm not going to go into detail about the packing bubbles or the logo on the palette. Who gives a rats ass right! Just like men its not about looks its about what's inside! Thank god its not like my fiance cuz if I opened it up and saw a couch potato watching the jets game I would have blown my brains out right there on my front porch! What I do love aboot the YouTube guru reviewers though is that they have to point out the very obvious like they are holding it open and they have to tell you there's a mirror and two useless sponge applicators as if you are blind and cannot see them with your own 2 eyes. Anyway I actually believe it or not found the sponge applicators useful for highlighting the inner corner of my eye!
Anyway let's get to the product! First off the Colors are way more vivid then the picture on the website. If there's a video for the palette you buy I suggest you watch that for a more realistic depiction of the colors. A lot of the colors look similar in the pic but that is not the case at all. Since I was in my car on the way back to my boring day job I swatched a few colors on my hand. They were nice and silky smooth like a silky terrier! Good pigment as well. The thing that dissappointed me was that to me in the pics on the web the pots looked big as if each was a size of at least a quarter. That is not the case at all they are more like a penny. That made me a little upset and I felt duped but at the end of the day what did I think I was getting for $20?
Time ticked away at my boring mundane job as my vision clouded up literally (today was my first day wearing contacts to work) all I could think of was getting home & taking the cloudy contacts out of my eyes so I can play with my palette!
My drive home was like a Monet painting and to add insult to injury it was the first day of daylight savings. Finally home I got my right contact out no problem but the left one was a bitch. Finally I ran up to my room grabbed my brushes and came back to my kitchen table to go to work. The lighting in my kitchen was not so good so I ran up to my bathroom when I was done & the true beauty shined! I was actually pretty surprised what I was able to accomplish with bad lighting & a half scratched cornea.....perfectly blended brightly colored beautiful eye shadow!
I am in love all over again! And I most definitely will be ordering more palettes in the near future! The possibilities are endless! looking over the entire thing I think I will use at least 75% of the palette which is pretty good. I own other palettes that I purchased from Ulta with their line of shadows which I believe (and I'll probably be shot for this) are better then Sephora's. Reason for me hating on Sephora's eyeshadow is that I purchased their Purple Smokey eye tutorial Palette and it was probably THE WORST eyeshadow I had ever used! Those crappy eyeshadows you get for Christmas when you're 13 are better! Is that to say all of Sephora's shadows are that crappy? No I know the baked ones are good but based on that Purple Palette I purchased from there I would be scared to spend the money on another!
In conclusion, I really enjoyed the Coastal Scents 88 Metal Mania Palette & I will be buying more from them in the very near future! Next on my list from them are 2 of the Go! Palettes both Cairo & Beijing I want to try BH Cosmetics as well and see if they really are the same. According to many people they are made by the same Parent Company and are identical in quality but I must see for myself.
P.S. I forgot to mention that all these shadows were applied over URBAN DECAY PRIMER POTION!!!!
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