Dec 21, 2015

First Impressions and Review: Lorac Mega Pro Palette 2

Packaging

Lightweight, clean and thin. There is a large mirror in the palette and it is all eye shadows in this baby, no useless brushes. Magnetic closure makes it easy to open and close. This palette is winning except for the matte packaging. Similar to the NARS packaging, it shows every stain and fleck of shimmer. It can look grubby pretty quickly. 

Size

This palette houses 32 eye shadows, so it is not going to be teeny tiny. I quite like that the shadows are on one tier, so you can see them all easily and access them quickly. I do think that the arrangement of the colours could use some help. Light to dark is standard, but purply tones grouped together, olivey tones etc. would be great for those who struggle to pair different colours together. You don't want to buy a palette like this and only use cinnamon and peony. For example, the colours could be arranged into a highlight, contour, smokey and pop of colour matrix, similar to how Charlotte Tilbury has designed her eye shadow quads. So lavender, purple, soft plum and gold leaf can occupy a column of four. next would be moonlight, cabernet, black and blue quartz, and so on.

What You Get (And Don't!)

Satin and shimmers live in this palette, with some lovely and unusual shades thrown in. Olivine is a gorgeous greeny taupey shimmer that is at once silver and golden. Tangerine is a lovely sunset burnt orange, beautiful for darker skin tones. Ash is a lovely dove grey and prosecco has a lovely shimmer, a great highlight. The textures are buttery and not too powdery, with good colour payoff. 

Repurchase?

 I would repurchase this palette as it has lots of unusual but very wearable colours and is a great addition to my kit. If you are a professional makeup artist this is a great palette to have as it can take you from bridal to editorial in a flash. Also, lots of shades for different skin tones, from pale to very deep. I think this palette definitely leans warm, so take note if you prefer cooler tones.

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