Pur Minerals Beautiful Creatures Inspired Palette*
After being really impressed by the
Pur Minerals CC Cream I was so excited when the postie handed me a parcel containing this
limited edition eyeshadow palette inspired by the film
Beautiful Creatures. As I'm sure most of you are aware, I'm incredibly fussy when it come's to eyeshadow textures and colours. I'm probably never going to step out of neutral shade territory and if pigmentation is poor, I'm not going to put in any extra effort to make it look half decent. I'm more than happy to experiment with bright colours on my lips but my lids, thats just a no-go area.
The palette contains
8 eyeshadows,
eyeshadow brush,
black eyeliner &
lipgloss. All the shadows are what I would describe as wearable shades. There's no groovy colours included (you know the ones I mean, they never get touched unless you're heading to a fancy dress party) and the colour pay off/texture is very similar to
Urban Decay.
Urban Decay is my favourite brand when it comes to eyeshadow so any shadow I'm trying out for the first time automatically gets compared to the mighty UD. I never have problems with my shadow creasing even without primer and on me the shades only faded slightly by the end of the day. Pigmentation is so strong that you wouldn't need to use primer to intensify the colour (but you could), only if you're prone to creasing.
The eyeliner
Black Magic glides onto the lid easily, there's no dragging as the formula is so soft but because of that it smudges very easily. Not great for anyone with hooded or oily lids. The lip gloss
Lust/Desire is a sheer milky pink and staying power is quite good for a gloss.
The eyeshadows are fantastic, I can't fault them. The palette is small and contains a good sized mirror so would be a great thing to keep in your bag as the shades can be used to create both day & night looks. The eyeliner was a bit of a let down and the gloss didn't blow me away but the palette itself is worth tracking down. Unfortunately this palette won't be coming to the UK. I think I'm right in saying it's only available in the US but it's times like this when Ebay is your friend.
Do you own this palette?
Which brand is your favourite in terms of eyeshadow?
*PR sample
Gorgeous shades!
ReplyDeleteMy fav brands for eyeshadows are inglot and too faced!
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I like Too Faced too :) Don't own any Inglot.
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I think the palette itself looks a little cheap but the shades look gorgeous :D
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The design isn't my cuppa tea either but it's sturdy and that's the main thing.
DeleteThe shades are gorgeous, easy to blend too.
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This brand just seem so impressive! I love the look of the 'fantasy' shade and lipgloss looks gorgeous too xx
ReplyDeleteThis is the 3rd thing I've tried from the brand. The first thing was the pressed mineral foundation which I liked but didn't love, I prefer liquid foundation but this palette and the CC Cream are fantastic!
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Such a shame it won't be sold in the UK, its lovely. x
ReplyDeleteI know! Maybe the shades are available as singles, I'll have to check. It reminds me a bit of the NAKED palettes.
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The colours in the palette are gorgeous, right up my street! xx
ReplyDeleteI love when all the shades in a palette are ones I would use. It's right up my street too.
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Never heard of this brand but the palette looks lovely. The eyeshadows do look really pigmented like you said and I thought of UD straight away! :)
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The shadows & CC Cream are incredible! As soon as I opened the palette I though UD straight away. So glad they're just as pigmented too! :)
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