The Balm Foiled Again Red Handed Temptalia

E'er since I first saw the packaging of The Balm Cosmetic's makeup I was in love. They really go for that retro comic pop-art inspired graphic packagaing with hilarious pun names. The 'Cindy-Lou Manizer' highlight and the 'Meet Matt(east) Hughes' liquid lipsticks are only a couple of their fun and campy names.

I've read many glowing reviews over the years about their products but they are a lilliputian more pricey with most products retailing for over $35NZD for a bronzer, mascara or lipstick. Just during the Dazzler Week sale at Farmers I decided to dive in and requite the brand a endeavour!

I picked upwardly the 'Foiled Again Foil Eyeshadow Palette' an eyeshadow palette containing 8 foil shades and 4 matte shades and themed effectually a superhero stopping a bankrobber. What a theme for an eyeshadow palette!

As well stick effectually until the finish of this post to see a pick of looks I've made using this palette!

I was drawn to this palette non merely because of the amazing lady-superhero packaging but too considering the foil shades looked beautifully metallic in the pan. When I swatched them in store I knew they were a must buy. I am a sucker for all things glittery, sparkly or shiney. Also I felt that having the mix of matte and foil shadows made it very versatile.

Here are some daylight swatches of all of the colours found in the palette. I volition break them downward below in the rows of iv in which they are packaged, but you tin can run into hither how shiney the foils are and how dead flat insufficiently the matte shades are.

These first 4 make up the top row and are the shades: Commotion, Busted, Cahoots and Backside Bars.

Commotion is a lovely soft yellowish gilded shade that is perfect over the lid. Busted is a very dark rich gold shade which has a night brownish shift which gives it some beautiful depth. I idea Cahoots was originally a dark grey shade but it is really more of a soft khaki/money green shade. And finally Behind Bars is a very reflective dark grey shade.

The middle row is made upwardly of: Guilty, Scarlet-Handed, Captured and Locked Up.

Guilty is a beautiful pinky berry colour which reminds me of sunsets. Cerise-Handed is a lovely super shimmery peach color. Captured is a lite dusky pink which looks incredible over the eyelid. Locked upwardly is an icy gray with near a lavender undertone.

The bottom row is the matte shades and consists of Unmasked, Arrested, Seized and Incarcerated.

Unmasked is a lovely orangey warm brown which is a perfect transition color for warmer looks. Arrested is a very light beige and is really finally a light enough beige to lucifer my eyelids. Seized is a night chocolatey brownish which looks similar the kind of crease colours I dear. Incarcerated is a very cool medium brown and I call back is the coolest toned brown I have!

All of the shadows apply pretty well. I use my finger for any foils on the hat so that I can pack them on for maximum polish and I like to use a dense brush to use any to the crease or across and and so volition blend them out. They keep so smoothly they almost experience like cream shadows.

The matte shadows really demand to exist applied with a brush as they very solid and not at all dusty and take petty to no fall out. I found the shade Arrested to be especially strong and I had to really work my brush effectually in it to get the paint out.

Now for the looks!

This is merely an everyday matte pinup eye look. I used Arrested on the Lid and Seized blended out into the crease. I likewise used Seized under my lower lash line.

This was a fun coloured smokey eye! I love doing these on days I just tin can't be bothered. I utilise Captured on the inner one-half of my lid,Red-Handed on the outer half of my centre and blended into the crease. Finally I usedGuilty to darken upwardly the crease and shape the wing and took information technology under the eye.

This photograph was used in my Leopard Lyra review but I loved this await so I thought I'd include it here too! I used Commotion all over the lid and so Busted to darken up the crease and under they heart, you lot can really see the cute nighttime shift of the shade in this photo. I also used Unmasked to warm upward the outer edge simply I think information technology may accept gotten lost in my eyeliner.

And this is my lovely cousin, I did her makeup with this palette for a party she was going to. I tin can't remember exactly what I did merely I know I used Captured and Commotion on the lid with a fleck ofBusted and Seizedin the crease. I too pulled Seized under the eye for some shadow. I used Arrested to highlight the brow bone. I also took Captured on a larger fluffy brush (very carefully) and used it equally her highlight.

This is a very 'soft glam' look for me but I didn't listen it every bit much as I idea I would! I used Captured over the inner half of the lid and blended information technology into the pucker to a higher place, and then I took Carmine-Handed over the outer half of my lid and blended that into the crease. I actually also used Guilty nether my centre for a lilliputian more depth.

This palette usually retails for $69.99NZD hither but considering I bought it with 20% so I paid about $56NZD. I absolutely adore the shades in this palette and how most are and then easy to work with. I probably would not have paid total price for this just considering you don't become a lot. This palette contains a total of ix.six grams of eyeshadow which is only 0.8g of each individual one.

If you are looking for a palette with like shooting fish in a barrel to habiliment shades with enough range to practise some different looks then I really recommend this. As well the foils are so beautiful and buttery with an awesome shine payoff!

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