Bobbi Brown Desert Twilight Eye Palette (Swatch + Review)

Look what came in my cousin's care package from the States!! The Bobbi Brown Desert Twilight Eye Palette from their Fall 2012 collection!! This is definitely the most beautiful palette i own and i'm so in love with it. I've been using it everyday since receiving it 2 weeks ago. 

When i first opened it, i was really surprised at how small and slim it was, it's about the size of my iPhone. I love the sleek packaging too. The brassy champagne palette is very compact and perfect to slip into your makeup bag for on-the-go. It annoys me that it attracts fingerprints so easily though.

As you can see, inside the palette you'll find a full sized mirror, 8 eyeshadows and a dual ended brush. The dusty mauve-rose toned colors in the palette work beautifully and seamlessly together. The combination makes it quite foolproof because you can create an elegant and feminine eye look with minimal effort. There are 3 finishes - Eyeshadow (Matte), Metallic, Sparkle (sheer wash of glitter).

Navajo - a matte cream-colored highlighter shade

Twilight - a copper pink

Pink Dusk - a pale metallic mauve

Water Color Pink - a silvery pale pink glitter sparkle

Twilight Pink - A shimmery peach 

Cement - a matte greige/taupe

Dusk - a mauve glitter sparkle

Chocolate Mauve - a matte chocolate plum with mauve sparkle

Here they are swatched on my arm in order:

The shades vary in quality and pigmentation. I found that the matte shades (Navajo, Cement and Chocolate Mauve) were incredibly smooth and velvety. I don't really care for Navajo though because the color really doesn't do anything for me, it barely shows up on my skin. The Metallic colors were very pigmented but not quite as buttery to the touch. I find that the Sparkle eyeshadows are quite sheer and best used on top of other eyeshadow colors to add a hint of glitter. The eyeshadows were buildable, easy to work with and blend out.

Overall, i am a huge fan of this gorgeous palette. The shadows are so wearable, pretty and long lasting and I can honestly say that i've used and loved every single color. I do think that one sparkle eyeshadow would have sufficed. I wish that instead of Dusk (the worse out of the two sparkle shades in terms of pigmentation and quality), there was one more matte shade. 

This retails in the US for $60 and in Australia $130 - the difference in price is actually outrageous. 

Here are 2 FOTDs where i used the palette:

Although this palette was released for Fall in the northern hemisphere, i think the colors will still be really wearable for spring in the land down under. 

The pinks and glitters really bring a soft and muted look c:

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chloé