GUEST POST - Charlotte Tilbury's Vintage Vamp Luxury Palette
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post from Vancouver Eyeshadow Addict:
Pretty much all things Charlotte Tilbury are overpriced, but SO worth it
How I feel when I’m doing my makeup with Charlotte Tilbury products
This summer, I tried my first Charlotte Tilbury product, a
cream eyeshadow called Bette.
I blinked, and a month and half later, my makeup storage is becoming a problem,
my bank account hates me, and I love her stuff SO MUCH. I now have 18 pieces.
But we won’t talk about that.
Today I’d just like to tell you about my
very favourite piece from Charlotte’s collection, the Vintage
Vamp Luxury Palette, and all its gloriousness. Like all of Charlotte’s
palettes, it’s a colour-coded quad that you can take “from desk to dusk”
depending on how many of the shades you wear. (I explain this in more detail in
my review of her Dolce
Vita Luxury Palette.) Note, though, that I never follow the rules: I slap
on the prime, enhance, smoke and pop
shades for a day at the office, because why not? There’s so much beauty in this
little palette, and I want to enjoy all
of it.
I’ve been reaching for this and my other
Charlotte Tilbury pieces pretty much non-stop for the last month. I’m in love.
But let’s be real for a second: Her palettes are not a bargain. For about the
price of one of the Naked palettes, you get four
eyeshadows. But my lovelies, they are so
chic and so beautiful. They make my
heart go ba-boom, ba-boom. And when something speaks to you like that, it’s
worth the $64 Canadian. Am I right?
Here’s what you get (clockwise from the top
left, below):
·
Prime shade: A pale, shimmery,
creamy lavender
·
Enhance shade: A satiny wine-burgundy
·
Smoke shade: A satiny eggplant
·
Pop shade: A metallic, glittery
gold
Caption: Charlotte Tilbury Vintage Vamp
Luxury Palette.
Caption: Vintage Vamp swatches, bottom to
top: Prime, Enhance, Pop, and Smoke.
You should know that I found there was a
bit of a learning curve with these. The shadows aren’t quite what you might
expect, so I have a few tips:
1) Don’t expect full opacity
in one swipe.
I’m perfectly
content with the fact that these shadows aren’t the most pigmented on the
market. I find the bit of sheerness makes them easier to blend, and it gives me
more options: I can sheer the colours out or build them up.
2) Do use the prime shade to
prime.
You’re meant to
start by applying the prime shade all over your lid from lash line to brow
bone. When you do this, the shadows pretty much blend themselves.
3) Do use your finger to
apply the pop shade, and build.
You’ll be
frustrated if you try to apply the glittery pop shade with a brush and achieve
full opacity. You’re meant to push it over another colour with your finger for
some sparkle—much like Bobbi Brown’s glitter shadows. With a little patience,
you can get some good intensity. I love it.
4) The brush matters! Keep
trying until you find one that works.
Initially, when
I started with my standard MAC 239 and 217, I was frustrated with the amount of
fallout I experienced with these shadows. Somehow, the brushes either picked up
too much product or didn’t hold on to it properly. (Tapping or patting the
brushes off helped a little, but I still wasn’t satisfied.) So I went in search
of a better tool: a brush that resembled Charlotte’s blending brush (which she
uses for these shadows) but didn’t cost $40. I landed on the Sephora Pro Tapered
Crease Brush 19, and it’s perfection! It’s softer and denser than my MAC
brushes, which I think makes the difference. I use the brush slightly
differently for each step, and I can work out a whole look with it—without
fallout. (The glitter shade is an exception, but that’s to be expected. Do your
concealer after your eyeshadow.) I sometimes need to go in with a clean blending
brush at the end just to blend it all together, but that’s it! Let this be a
lesson: The right tools are key.
Here’s a look I came up with:
Here’s the rest of what I’m wearing for
this look (brace yourselves; it’s a long list):
·
MAC Face and Body Foundation
(N1 and White) mixed with Pro Longwear Concealer (NW20)
·
Anastasia Brow Wiz in Dark
Brown
·
Prestige Brow Perfection
Revitalizing Clear Brow Gel
·
NARS Loose Powder in Flesh
(everywhere but under eyes)
·
Charlotte Tilbury Filmstar
Bronze and Glow
·
Charlotte Tilbury Chic to Cheek
Blusher in Love is the Drug
·
Charlotte Tilbury The Classic
Eye Powder Pencil in Audrey (Note: In a previous review, I said I didn’t like this product. I’ve
changed my tune: Sharpening it before use makes all the difference.)
·
MAC in In Extreme Dimension 3D
Black Lash Mascara
·
Clinique Lash Power Mascara
·
Make Up For Ever Artist
Plexi-Gloss in 208P
What
do you think of this look? Have you tried any of Charlotte’s products? Do you
think they’re worth the splurge? Let me know in the comments!
Let's be friends!
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