I am a self confessed makeup addict, as I'm sure you are too, if you stopped by to read this. ;-) One of my biggest weaknesses is eyeshadow. If I could, I'd have every single palette out there.
I had been lusting after Charlotte Tilbury Luxury Eyeshadow Palettes for a while. To be honest, when it comes to Charlotte, it's hard to choose just one product, as her whole line is so beautiful. I was torn between Dolce Vita, Golden Goddess and Rock Chick. For what I know, these three are Charlotte's best sellers.
After playing with all of them for a while, I settled for Dolce Vita, mainly because I thought it would be perfect for Autumn and I don't have anything quite like it in my collection.
The packaging is so elegant, with rose gold details. The palettes come with a fairly large mirror, which can be really handy if you're using it on the go. They have 4 eyeshadows, which Charlotte describes as Prime (a light champagne), Enhance (maroon/reddish brown), Smoke (dark brown) and Pop (bronze glitter). All the shadows in Dolce Vita are shimmery.
The packaging is so elegant, with rose gold details. The palettes come with a fairly large mirror, which can be really handy if you're using it on the go. They have 4 eyeshadows, which Charlotte describes as Prime (a light champagne), Enhance (maroon/reddish brown), Smoke (dark brown) and Pop (bronze glitter). All the shadows in Dolce Vita are shimmery.
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| Photo taken from Charlotte Tilbury's Website |
The palettes are very versatile, with colours that give you the option to do a daytime look, a more night time appropriate one and a party look. Charlotte has an amazing tutorial on how to use this palette (here). She suggests using the shades Prime and Enhance for a daytime look, then adding Smoke for a night time look and Pop for a more glamorous finish.
I tried wearing only Prime and Enhance for daytime, but it didn't work very well on my skin tone. I looked a bit ill. But I think in girls with a more bronzed skin it would look absolutely stunning.
So for a DESK look (daytime), I prefer Prime all over the lid with just a light application of Smoke on the crease and lash line (as an eyeliner), plus a little bit of mascara and I'm out of the door. Such a fresh look, perfect for every day.
And then to spice things up for a DUSK look (evening), I'll add Enhance to the crease, more Smoke to the socket and apply a mixture of Enhance and Smoke to the lower lash line. I then smudge black kohl eyeliner on the lash line and add a bit of Prime to the tear duct.
If I'm going somewhere I wanna look more glammed up, I do the DISCO look. To achieve that I'll do the above look and add the Pop shade onto the lid. I was told it's best to apply it with fingers and that's what I do. I also add black liquid eyeliner, black kohl liner to the water line and smudge a bit of it on the lower lash line too. Unfortunately I didn't manage to capture in the photo how beautiful and sparkly the Pop shade is. But here's the finished look. :)
The eyeshadows are gorgeous, pigmented and easy to work with. My only observation is there is a little bit of fall out from all the shades, which is something I had never experienced with other palettes. I always use a tissue under my eyes when applying the shades but will still see some glitter around my eyes throughout the day. I personally don't mind it, as it's very subtle, but if you do, then maybe you should test it out before buying and make sure this palette is for you.
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| L to R: Prime, Enhance, Smoke & Pop |
Overall, Dolce Vita is incredible and in my opinion £38 for such a luxury palette is not bad at all. If you put a Mac quad together, for example, you pay £40 for the 4 eyeshadows + £6 for a palette that doesn't even come with a mirror (that'd be £46).
I'm in love with Charlotte Tilbury's products. I'm sure I'm gonna wear this palette a lot, especially for Christmas. No doubt it'll become my favourite travel / holiday friend from now on.
What do you think of Charlotte Tilbury's makeup line? Have you tried any of her products? X
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