Beauty

[Fluke67]

You know, I have the it cosmetics naturally pretty palette (the first it es palette), and thought my eyelids looked dry and chalky with the mattes. I pulled out some laura mercier sateen shadow and bobbi brown shimmer wash, and thought my eyes looked much better. The sheen seemed to blur the crepey texture. Fwiw, I use BB sparkle shadow only for evening/special occasions, and just press a bit on the ball of my eyelid with a slightly damp natural hair eyeshadow brush. Application of bb sparkle is tricky and you can end up looking like a disco ball If you try to apply like a regular shadow. Most of her recent palettes have included at least one sparkle, and I agree that's just not necessary.

[Luv pets]

I have stopped buying palettes of any eye shadows as I rarely use all of the shades, and that can be expensive. I do like shimmer wash as a finish. I too find mattes shades to make my lids look older. Clinique has excellent shades that never let me down. I buy shades I will wear and hit pan! I do of course have tons of palettes I have purchased in the past! Many of them are BB.

[winamac1]

Her colors are gorgeous in the pans!

There is no pigment. They are hard to build upon and get color on the actual eye.

[blankette]

It's kind of like this, when she got really BIG, her products starting getting smaller and going downhill. It sure happens every time. I remember some of my first things from her were gigantic compared to now, same for Guerlain, the Meteorites are completely ruined now by greedy corporate riff rafe.

[glmama]

I used to get really s&cked in by BB palettes and I have a bunch. The colors are so gorgeous and the groupings of colors always look so beautiful. However, I agree with others that the color payoff is not great. And they are not long-lasting, at least IME.

[shoekitty]

I quit using pressed powder shadows. I agree her shadows in this form are not something I personally like. I find the colors are not true to the sample, or what they look like in the compact. They maybe a little glittery. I have found shadow "collections" are a waste of my money. I never wear half of the shadows they include. I used to buy the collections because they looked so darn good and pretty. If you get 6 or 8 different colors and you use only two like I did, it is a waste. JMHO

I love BB long lasting shadow in the pot. I wear Stone, which is a cream shadow without any shine of glitter, and IT LASTS! I love it. Have been wearing it for 5 years. Just a few dabs, spread and done.

[TuesdayTaylor]

On 3/8/2015 shoekitty said:

I quit using pressed powder shadows. I agree her shadows in this form are not something I personally like. I find the colors are not true to the sample, or what they look like in the compact. They maybe a little glittery. I have found shadow "collections" are a waste of my money. I never wear half of the shadows they include. I used to buy the collections because they looked so darn good and pretty. If you get 6 or 8 different colors and you use only two like I did, it is a waste. JMHO

I love BB long lasting shadow in the pot. I wear Stone, which is a cream shadow without any shine of glitter, and IT LASTS! I love it. Have been wearing it for 5 years. Just a few dabs, spread and done.

I totally agree about the "collections" - they're so pretty grouped together in the pan but I usually only end up using one or two colors. I never buy collections or palettes anymore.

[rac71]

I make my own Bobbi pallets out of the shadows I prefer. I am very fair and very pink. Orange/brown shades accentuate the redness on my eyelid. I prefer cool tones: grey, cement, slate, shell, ivory, etc. I started with a 3-pan refillable pallet and have moved my way up to the 6-pan pallet and added a blush. I go to my local counter. That way I can try before buying. I hate glittery cosmetics. Skin should look like skin, not a child's craft project.

[TuesdayTaylor]

On 3/8/2015 rac71 said: I make my own Bobbi pallets out of the shadows I prefer. I am very fair and very pink. Orange/brown shades accentuate the redness on my eyelid. I prefer cool tones: grey, cement, slate, shell, ivory, etc. I started with a 3-pan refillable pallet and have moved my way up to the 6-pan pallet and added a blush. I go to my local counter. That way I can try before buying. I hate glittery cosmetics. Skin should look like skin, not a child's craft project.

rac, I have similar coloring to you and I pretty much always wear shadows in browns and creams, light pink blush and light pink lips. But I like the sound of your greys and slates, I think I could pull that off. It can be something different for spring.

[beach-mom]

About 10-15 years ago I got one of the original "Surf and Sand" summer eyeshadow palettes. Before that, I loved all things Bobbi. I had her books and her makeup was my favorite line. Back then, the mua's stressed, and I read many articles about, the fact that Bobbi would NEVER use shimmer or glitter. She wanted the natural look - pretty skin and natural looking eyes and lips. So I was skeptical about buying shimmer bricks, but they worked and I ended up loving them.

OK to the spring when I bought the Surf and Sand palette - I fell in love with the colors and the names, and even though it was glittery the mua worked her magic and I went home feeling like a beach baby. Once I really started to wear it at home I realized that any of the different shades I put on all looked like silver shimmer. ALL of them. At the time we didn't have a Bobbi Brown counter near us, so I had to wait until I could get to one. When I finally did and took my palette in, the mua told me that was the look for summer, and it wasn't glittery on me at all. Yes it was. I went home with my palette, but ended up giving it to DD to "play" with. I haven't been tempted by Bobbi Brown eyeshadows since, and although I might get one of her gel liners from time to time, for the most part I've moved on.