EM Michelle Phan The Life Palette by EM Cosmetics, Kits / Sets Review

4

Love Michelle Phan but was expecting more.....

This palette is so unique and versatile. I love how it offers a lot of different things like blush, eyeshadow, and lipgloss all in one. But if you look on her website, a lot of reviewers agree that the lipgloss shouldn't be so close by to the eyeshadow and blushes because they will end up getting a lot of the fallouts in it. I love the travel palette it comes with--although be warned: it is quite ...read moreheavy. My purse ended up like 5 pounds heavier. I can just pop out the colors I want on-the-go without having to be stuck with the same colors. I was actually lucky enough to get this palette for only $55 when it was her Black Friday sale because there was no way I was paying $75 for this palette when I didn't know the quality of it yet. The quality of the blushes and eyeshadows weren't as good as I thought it was going to be especially since she priced this palette more expensive than top brands like the Naked or Lorac palette. It doesn't have the same pigmentation as those brands but I do have to hand it to her that it has a little bit more pigmentation than the NYX palette I got or Maybelline eyeshadows in my opinion. The dark colors are very pigmented but tends to fade throughout the day while the lighter colors could use some more pigmentation. I also find these eyeshadows hard to blend for some reason, leaving me extremely frustrated! I also don't like how this palette offers more shimmer colors than matte colors. I swear there was only 3 matte colors out of all the different eyeshadows. Every time I try to blend them, they end up looking blotchy. I don't have this happen when I'm using my Lorac Pro Palette. The sheer lipgloss are extremely nice and I love the colors. They leave my lips feeling hydrated and the perfect amount of color. I, however, don't really like the matte lipgloss. They are very dry and the colors don't seem to work well. It's either too dark or too barbie pink. They're not a wearable color in public. If I really wanted to wear them, I would have to apply the sheer lipgloss on top of it to neutralize the color a bit more. All in all, this is a beautiful unique palette but I wouldn't repurchase. She also needs more eyeshadow colors in her palettes instead of neutrals. I find these palettes to have too much neutrals and too little colors.

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