Smashbox Shades of Fame Pallet

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SmashBox Shades of Fame Pallet and Brush

$48.00 US at Sephora

This pallet is just in time for spring. The color selection is very neutral, with just a few colors to brighten it up and make it fun. It comes with nine shadows, two cream liners, and a double-ended brush with a flat, fluffy blending brush and a flat liner brush. Out of the nine shadows all are warm toned except Pacific, which looks to be cool toned. Most of the colors show true from pan to swatch and some just don't have the same effect swatched as it does in the pan.

Bliss ~ Is a Matte, pale peach with a silky texture. It's not very pigmented and tended to disappear into my skin. It is similar to Orb by MAC but it is much less pigmented and a little bit more of a pale peach.

Honey ~  Is a duotone shade that in the light shows an iridescent pink shimmer and from an angle shows up as a matte yellow with the tiniest bit of sparkle. It's an interesting pretty color but doesn't have much pigmentation to it. 

Sandstone ~ Is a shimmery, satin beige. It has a silky texture and it's pigmentation is okay and is a fairly sheer shade.

Nude ~ Is a matte, light taupe with a yellow undertone. It's pigmentation is okay and buildable but will never be opaque dry.

Sherbert ~ Has a bright, matte coral base with a smattering of gold sparkle. This has good pigmented and leans towards the orange side of corals. It's texture is a little rougher then the other colors but is still pretty smooth. It looks much more sparkly in the pan than on the skin. This is a unique shade and will probably sell this pallet. 

Safari ~ Safari is a dark forest green with a gold sparkle sheen to it. In the light it has a gorgeous gold sheen to it. Texture is similar to Sherbert. The pigmentation is good in this one and at an angle can look to have a dark matte base with a smattering of gold sparkle.

Pacific ~ Is a cool, shimmery teal with a satin silver shimmer. This is a very pretty color but it's not as pigmented as I thought it would be but it's pigmentation is still good and buildable to opaque. It has a silky texture to it too.

Praline ~ Is a shimmery bronze with a gold sheen. It's texture is super silky and it's pigmentation is pretty good. If you were to mix UD's Half Baked and Smog you'd get Praline as their offspring! 

Mocha ~ Is a dark brown matte base with a smattering of gold. Mocha is okay on pigmentation and the gold sparkle doesn't show up well in any light or angle other than while still in the pan.

Gold Liner ~ Is a slippery cream liner. It's a true shimmery gold with pretty good pigmentation.

Bronze Liner ~ Is a good, pigmented dark antique bronze with a slight gold undertone. This is cream liner is a little thicker than the Gold Liner.

Both liners blend out well but loose their pigmentation and boldness and definitely need to be set with shadow. Praline and Mocha are great matches.

 

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All in all this pallet is okay. It's got a couple unique colors that make the pallet interesting but probably not worth buying the entire pallet. Many of the colors can be duped with shades already out there by other lines. The colors are easy to work with. This pallet is pretty sheer with a couple colors that achieve an opaque finish. The colors are bendable and the pallet has a good range of mattes, shimmers, satins, and a good color range. All of the shades are softly packed and create a lot of fall out. You defiantly need to knock the brush before applying to avoid fallout EVERYWHERE! The most unique shades in this pallet are Honey and Sherbert but only Sherbert really packs a punch. The pallet construction is well made with a mirror inside. With the amount of product sold in the pallet you get your money's worth but if you’re going for great pigmentation you might want to pass it up.

The brush it comes with is pretty good for me. I don't use liner brushes at all but I can see myself using this one with the cream lines in the pallet for my waterline. It is made very well. The flat fluffy blending brush is pretty good too. Well rounded tapered and not too fluffy.
(review corrected, changed, and better pictures added 4/17/12)

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