I bought the Buxom look All You want set during the Sephora clearance sales in January.
I was lucky to score it for $37 – it retailed for $50 regularly. unfortunately this particular palette was a limited edition configuration, however, a couple of shades in this palette are from the permanent line. I’ll also be reviewing the customizable palette concept in this post.
The set itself comes with a full size Hold the Line waterproof eyeliner in call Me (matte black) and Buxom Lash Mascara in a deluxe sample size. I’ll be giving the black liner to a friend since I don’t use black liners, and I haven’t tried the mascara yet.
This review will be focused on the star of the set: the eye shadow palette containing 6 shades:
L a r:
• Opal Opulence – cool blue white (frost)
• sequin sparkle – light pewter (shimmer)
• top shelf – deep muted plum (satin)
• Penthouse – emerald green (metallic)
• style icon – golden beige (metallic – a permanent shade)
• Gimme gorgeous – camel (matte – a permanent shade)
Each eye shadow shade is 1.4g which is slightly more than MAC’s single pans (1.3g), for a total palette product weight of 8.4g. Inside the box, the singles are housed inside a tray that allows the individual pans to be arranged.
Buxom provides a handy instruction guide – it’s pretty easy to figure out.
Even though this set comes “pre-made”, it is still housed in the customizable casing. If I wanted, I could have placed the shades in any order I wanted to inside the palette (but I followed the image on the back of the palette just because I’m a sheep). I can also swap out any of the shades if I don’t want one or two of them in this particular grouping.
My favourite of these are Gimme Gorgeous, style Icon, and surprisingly, Penthouse! I know that originally I stated I’d want to swap out Penthouse but it’s such a beautiful formula, even though I likely won’t wear it often, it deserves a mention. Both style icon and Penthouse have a metallic formula that applies smoothly and delivers high pigment. Gimme Gorgeous, the lone matte, is the perfect transition shade – I consider this the anchor shade of the whole palette. I really like the Buxom matte formula – it’s not dusty and has a little bit of “body” to help it blend out the other colours. I would be interested in trying more mattes from this range.
Sequin sparkle was a bit disappointing – from photos online, it looked really pretty and I thought it would the taupe shade for me. In real life it is too glittery and I experienced quite a bit of fall out from the chunky glitter. top shelf was also less outstanding in real life – it applies a bit patchy and was difficult to blend out. Although Opal Opulence looks like a plain white shade in the pan, it has a strong icy blue frost when applied. It can look quite stark on my skin tone but if worn lightly, it makes a lovely brow and inner eye highlight – it can also top other colours to transform them. Overall, the formula of these eye shadows are great: pigmented and easy to blend. and with a built-in primer, these last well on the lids (around 8 hours on average but I still use an eyelid primer). Out of the 6 shades included, I love 3 of them, and the rest I am lukewarm about – none of them I dislike. I call that a good day!
The included booklet does show a couple of looks with suggested colour placement. A typical look for me using this palette is applying style icon (metallic beige) on the inner 2/3 of the lid, and top shelf (plum) in the outer third, then blending them out with Gimme gorgeous (camel) in the crease. I’m wearing this look today and added Penthouse (emerald) lightly on my lower lash line in honour of St. Patrick’s Day, inspired by lipstickonthelake’s post! I do appreciate that I can get a complete eye look just using the combination of shades curated for this palette.
The mirror reads “Live Life Vividly”.
Buxom Eyeshadow Bar singles are sold individually for $15 each. To buy the palette and 6 refills separately would cost $105 but Sephora offers a completely customized filled palette for only $50, which is a great value. When I first heard about the Buxom Bar Palette, I was excited to choose my own colours but I think that by getting a pre-made one like this, I was able to get out of my normal comfort zone to try a few shades I would not normally pick. I might still swap out Penthouse for an everyday shade, and I would like a highlight colour that’s more wearable than Opal Opulence. I’m eyeing Silk Sheets (champagne) and big Spender (matte sable) – my revamped look All You want palette would look like this:
In reality, I would likely not just buy 2 shades to switch out – why pay $30 for 2 singles when I can get 6 colours plus a palette for $20 more? Here’s what I’d choose for my custom Buxom palette:
L a r:
• Silk Sheets – light champagne (frost)
• bold Bling – rose gold (metallic)
• No faux – green brown (metallic duochrome)
• Haute Couture – java (metalic
• Invitar solamente – Terracotta (mate)
• Big Spender – Sable oscuro (mate)
Sí, incluyí otra sombra verde, pero es diferente a Penthouse. Leería acerca de no Faux en la mejor belleza de Kazzmarie para 2015: es un hermoso duochrome en la misma vena que Mac Club / UD Lounge / Wet’n’wild Comfort Zone Dife. No estoy obteniendo otra paleta de Buxom en cualquier momento, pero es divertido hacer una tienda de ventanas.
Esta paleta también viene con un cepillo de doble extremo: le doy crédito a Buxom por incluir un cepillo real en lugar de aplicador de esponjas, pero los cepillos son tan pequeños, no son utilizables. ¡Se trata del tamaño de una punta Q! La paleta está hecha de un plástico de alta calidad que se siente muy sustancial y protegería las sombras durante los viajes. El diseño de la portada no es mi favorito, pero no es tan importante para mí. Esta paleta en particular ya no está disponible: la paleta vacía regular es negra clara con una textura de Croc. Las sombras de ojos se hacen en los Estados Unidos. En Canadá, Buxom se vende exclusivamente en Sephora.
Pros:
• Capacidad para intercambiar colores (o elegir los colores propios por completo si comienza desde cero)
• gran valor
• Sombras de ojos de alta calidad (pigmentadas, elegantes, de larga duración)
• Construcción de paletas robustas
• espejo de tamaño completo
Contras:
• Ligura inconsistencia entre tonos y acabados.
• Algunos se caen con unas pocas sombras.
STASH WORSIDAD: 8/10
¡Por favor, también visite el sitio de Ingrid para su revisión de este set, que recibió como regalo, y en parte influenció mi decisión de comprar esto! ¿Has probado las sombras de ojos Buxom o el sistema personalizable? ¿Qué colores elegirías?
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