I was so very lucky to receive this for Christmas from a wonderful BRA. I was gobsmacked and so excited to try it!
The palette is very thin so fits well in my palette holder and when travelling with it not being bulky. I like it's simple packaging. It has a mirror on the inside and a secure magnetic lid.
Inside are 16 shadows. The top row are 8 matte shades, the bottom row 8 shimmery shades.
The matte shades are some of the best mattes I've ever tried, very pigmented and easy to blend. I seriously have to be careful not to dip my brush to forcefully into the shadows as it picks up so much shadow! I love the colour selection. A matte white and black are great to have and the different shades of brown are essential to a lot of my favourite eye looks.
The shimmers are gorgeous. No chunky glitters here, just a beautiful smooth sheen. I love Nude, Champagne and Lt. Bronze, they are the kind of shades I go to in a everyday eye look. I'm intrigued by Slate but have yet to come up with a look using it, it's so gorgeous though! Garnet is amazing but I have found it has crazy fall out. Pewter is a definite favourite!
I can't stress enough how crazy the pigment is! To touch the shadows feel like creamy velvety goodness!
I love this palette a lot and can see why it has so much hype. Besides a bit of fall out these shadows are phenomenal.
I love how there is equal amounts of matte to shimmer shades. For me matte is more day wear and shimmer is more evening. So having a palette that caters for all is fantastic. The pigmentation is great. I did get a little trouble with fall out. But one quick tap of the brush solves that. You can create a nude to a dark smokey eye with Lorac!