I was so happy with the Elf Elsa Snow and Ice Eyeshadow Palette I picked up at Walgreens last week, I wanted to go back and try more! So I bought this Icicle Face Palette for $6.99...it contains a highlighter, blush and bronzer in one. Let's take a look!
This palette comes in one shade choice and has three fairly large pans of product inside.
All three shades are shimmery, so no mattes here. The bronzer is a lighter, more golden shade that works well with fair skin tones. I'm happy about that, because so many bronzers are too dark or too orange for my pale, cool-toned skin. The blush is a peachy pink with a hint of shimmer and the highlighter is a frosty off-white shade.
The bronzer and highlighter were very pigmented, but sadly, the blush was very faint and sheer. It barely showed up on my skin, so I think those with darker skin tones won't see it at all.
This little palette reminded me quite a bit of the Naked Flushed palette from Urban Decay and the Makeup Revolution Ultra Sculpt and Contour Kit, so I wanted to swatch them all side by side and do some comparisons.
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Urban Decay Flushed, Elf Elsa, Makeup Revolution Sculpt and Contour |
The Elf blush is definitely disappointing...it's a very sheer, shimmery peachy pink. The Urban Decay blush actually appears matte, while the Makeup Revolution is a pink with gold shimmer.
Even the highlighters are very different shades...the Elf shade looks super white next to the others, while the Urban Decay looks like a golden bronze and the Makeup Revolution is a champagne color.
Needless to say, this palette isn't a dupe for either palette like I thought it might be. It's the same idea, but the shades are all very different. Overall, it's a nice palette for the price...but I wish the blush was more pigmented.
What do you think, have you tried this palette? Or are you thinking about buying it?
Thanks for the review. I was interested in picking this up, but now I know I should spend that money on something else.
ReplyDeleteAgreed! I was really excited about this palette but it wasn't what I thought it would be.
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