Smashbox On The Rocks Be Legendary Lipstick Trio ♡ Primrose, Fig, Legendary Review & Swatches

Smashbox On The Rocks Be Legendary Lipstick Trio

Smashbox On The Rocks Be Legendary Lipstick Trio

My hands are itchy and my brain is giving me the signals that I need all the holiday sets that is available on the market right now; but my heart is telling me that I should save and not splurge on things that I don't need.

So I am following my heart and saving this year, which means I have no new makeup sets to show off, instead I will share some thoughts on last year's holiday collections and other makeup products that I have not reviewed yet.

Today I want to share my thoughts on the Smashbox On The Rocks Be Legendary Lipstick Trio, this is a Limited Edition set from the holiday 2014 collections and I purchased the set from onceit when they were on sale.

Smashbox On The Rocks Be Legendary Lipstick Trio

Smashbox On The Rocks Be Legendary Lipstick Trio

Smashbox On The Rocks Be Legendary Lipstick Trio

As described by Smashbox, the On The Rocks Be Legendary Lipstick Trio includes three of their best-selling, ultra-luxe lipsticks: Legendary (true red), Fig (red grape) and Primrose (mauve pink).

Smashbox claims the formula glides on for show-stopping, saturated color every time; just one swipe and you will see this is the stuff beauty legends are made of. These lipsticks are travel sized, they looked very tiny, but you do get a lot of product in each lipstick. These has a lustrous finish, the formula includes shea butter for lasting moisturization and Vitamins C & E to protect.

Smashbox On The Rocks Be Legendary Lipstick Trio - Primrose Lipstick

Smashbox On The Rocks Be Legendary Lipstick Trio - Primrose Lipstick

Smashbox On The Rocks Be Legendary Lipstick Trio - Fig Lipstick

Smashbox On The Rocks Be Legendary Lipstick Trio - Fig Lipstick

Smashbox On The Rocks Be Legendary Lipstick Trio - Legendary Lipstick

Smashbox On The Rocks Be Legendary Lipstick Trio - Legendary Lipstick

Smashbox On The Rocks Be Legendary Lipstick Trio is a Limited Edition set, but the lipsticks included are from their permanent line. Each lipstick retails for NZD $45.00, available online at Smashbox NZ or in-stores in most Westfield malls.

The Legendary Lipsticks are truely what Smashbox claimed, they applies smoothly without pulling on the lips, they glides on like a dream with full opaque coverage, they are moisturizing during wear and these mostly worn for six hours on me. Both darker shades, Fig and Legendary leaves a stain after removing with makeup remover.

Primrose is my absolute favourite as I have always been the nude-ish, pink-ish or mauvey pink kind of girl, I love the everyday wear shades. Fig reminds me of a lighter version of MAC Rebel and Legendary is my second favourite from the set. Although I hardly, or let's say, never wear red lips, Legendary is beautiful! I love that it makes my lips looks extra pouty.

Smashbox On The Rocks Be Legendary Lipstick Trio

Smashbox On The Rocks Be Legendary Lipstick Trio

 THINGS I LOVE: I adore its diamond designed packaging, it was what made me decide to buy the set in the first place. I love the shades of the lipsticks, as mentioned above, Primrose is my absolute favourite as I love the everyday wearable shades and I also enjoy wearing Legendary, even though I don't wear red lips at all. I love that these formula is so creamy, yet not messy at all while applying, it does transfer but does not smear nor bleed. 

 THINGS I DISLIKE: Not going to deny it, I was a little disappointed at the size when I opened the box. I knew that it's travel size, but I really didn't expect the lipsticks to be so tiny! 

what are your thoughts on 

Smashbox Legendary Lipstick?

Best Of 2014 ♡ EYE SHADOWS

Some of these eye shadows mentioned in this post I have only purchased them recently, and I feel that they deserve a mention in my Best of 2014 series because their qualities are amazing! I don't wear eye shadows on a daily basis and/or weekly basis, it's only when I decided to practice my makeup skill or when I create MOTD for Instagram and other social medias, these are probably the only time I take out my eye shadows palettes for a show-off.

Below are a few products that I have been loving and they definitely deserves a shout-out. Even thou I don't wear eye shadows that often, I do own quite a few individual eye shadows and eye shadows palettes including NARS and the Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palette (just got that recently). It wasn't hard to choose my eye shadows favourites in a situation where I can choose more than one, but I think it would be so difficult if I had to choose just one!

Anyway, curious to know which eye shadow palettes and/or individuals I have been loving this year?...

URBAN DECAY NAKED3 PALETTE
Limit and Nooner are the only shades I use from this palette, not that the other shades aren't good, cause they are! The whole palette is beautiful inside out and the pigmentation and the quality is amazing!

I have previously tried the Urban Decay Naked Palette and I didn't enjoy it as much as everyone else did, and when Urban Decay announced the release of the Naked3 palette, I was super excited! This palette comes with a range of colors from shimmery pinky shades to deep dark black with red micro-glitter. The texture of the eye shadows are soft and velvety, they blend easy and nicely; and the staying power amazeball!

The only negative thing I have to say about this palette is the packaging, I love the rose-gold color and the wavy texture, but the case is not sturdy enough. When I first received this palette, one of the eye shadow pan has already fell out, so if you aren't careful enough and you drop the palette, the eye shadow pans would easily come off, you'd be lucky if the eye shadows don't shatter all over.

SMASHBOX FULL EXPOSURE TRAVEL PALETTE
I've only had this palette for two months and each time I use this palette, it just left me with a great impression! This is my first time trying out a Smashbox product and I love that their product quality is amazing! The eye shadows are very pigmented, even the four shimmery ones; the texture is velvety which makes application easy! Each eye shadow applies smoothly without being powdery.

As much as I adore these eye shadows, I am not a fan of the packaging! I get that it's a travel size, so it's suppose to be as thin and small as possible; but the palette falls apart when I accidentally dropped it, I wasn't expecting that cause I dropped it on the carpet! The case is very VERY thin, small and handy, it's as big as my palm and it just feels very cheap.

MAC HER COCOA EYESHADOW QUAD
This is a Limited Edition eye shadow quad from the RiRi Hearts MAC collection, I have been wanting to write a full review on this, but every single time better things has came up so till now I still haven't done any reviews or first impression on this eye shadow quad.

I chose this as one of my 2014 favourites because it's one of those products that I could go months without using it, then one day I decided to create a look with this eye shadow quad and I just fell in love all over again! The eye shadows doesn't have individual names, but the quad itself is called "Her Cocoa". These four eye shadows comes in different finish, each texture feels different and overall they are all great qualities!

My favourite shade from this palette is definitely "Her Cocoa #1", it is described as a "bright bronzed gold with a Lustre finish".

LE METIER DE BEAUTE TRUE COLOR EYE SHADOW - PEACHY KEEN
Le Metier de Beaute 'True Color' Eye Shadow is described as a "weightless, true-to-color pigmented eye shadow that is adjustable in coverage and transparency". There are 31 shades available from the LMDB True Color Eye Shadow line with different formulas ranging from matte, satin and shimmers.

People always says first impression is important and it is VERY important! I came across some little problems when I did my first Le Metier De Beaute order through BeautyBay and it wasn't even LMDB's fault, but the company did all they could to turn a customer's frown upside down and that is very impressive. Not that I am a difficult person to sort out! Haha!

LMDB's customer service is top notch, so are their products! Totally good quality highly pigmented eye shadows! I have the shade Peachy Keen, it is described as a pale peach with a matte finish. I use Peachy Keen as an eye shadow base, the texture is creamy and soft, it's matte but it's not chalky.

So... Tell me, what eye shadow palettes have you been loving this year? 

SMASHBOX ♡ Full Exposure Travel Palette // First Impression + Swatches

Smashbox Full Exposure Travel Palette

Smashbox Full Exposure Palette is one of the most talked about eye shadow palettes, along with Lorac Pro and the Too Faced Chocolate Bar palette (still haven't got my hands on both, I don't need them, already have enough eye shadow palettes to last me a life time! But... but they are all sooo pretty ~ Hmm should I?!). 

I was so tempted to get my hands on the full size Smashbox Full Exposure Palette, but then as I was scrolling through Sephora "window shopping", I spot the travel size one for half the price of the full size one. So of course, I jumped straight into ordering it as I assume it is only a little bit smaller than the full size. Well I assume wrong! I can't say I am disappointed at the size of the palette, pretty sure the size is stated clearly on Sephora, I just didn't read carefully and plus, I shouldn't have such high expectation. 

Anyway, size does matter, but it isn't as important as the product itself. These are some super gorgeous and very pigmented, high quality eye shadows; even if the size of the palette kind of disappointed me a little, I still can't complain! I have put the Smashbox Full Exposure Travel Palette to test over the weekend and I absolutely love it! So today I will be writing a First Impression, not a full review since I haven't had it for long enough and products tends to change in my liking levels after awhile; also a few people have asked for swatches of this palette, so this post is for those of you who wondered about the quality, pigmentation and color selection.

Smashbox Full Exposure Travel Palette

Smashbox Full Exposure Travel Palette

Smashbox Full Exposure Travel Palette

♡ PACKAGING:
This is a very "TRAVEL SIZE" travel size palette, it is small enough to carry in a small makeup purse and convenient enough to carry it anywhere with you! Even if you were partying in town one night and you have a habit of doing a touch-up during the night, but you weren't planning to carry a purse with you; this can be easily slip into your bra and/or it is lightweight enough to get your boyfriend / guy friend to carry it for you in their pockets, even if they are a skinny jeans type of guy. Okay ~ My point is, this palette is so thin and small!

The quality of the packaging is... not impressive >.< The palette is made of cheap plastics that feels like they will snap any time soon, I struggle to open the case every single time and once it's opened, the case seems like it's not sturdy. Overall the packaging gives me that cheap $2 shop pretend makeup sets feel.

Smashbox Full Exposure Travel Palette

Smashbox Full Exposure Travel Palette

♡ PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS:
Information found on Sephora

A travel-size palette of eight, universal neutral shadows. From nudes to blacks, these crease-resistant, long-wear shimmers and velvety smooth mattes are organized with shimmers on top and mattes on the bottom so that they are easy to use.

Smashbox Full Exposure Travel Palette

4 x 0.026 oz Matte Eye shades in:
♥ Warm Chocolate Brown // M1
♥ Soft Matte Mid-tone Tan // M3
♥ Creamy Matte Beige // M4
♥ Ashy Dark Brown // M6

I have never tried Smashbox eye shadows until now, and I am very glad to say their products quality is very impressive. I have tried numerous matte eye shadows from other brands and most of the time matte eye shadows tends to be chalky and powdery. This one is a little powdery when I dip my makeup brushes in the eye shadow pan, but it's not chalky nor powdery once it goes on my skin. The matte eye shadows applies smoothly and blends well.

M1 (Warm Chocolate Brown) and M6 (Ashy Dark Brown) are very pigmented, a little products goes a long way; but M3 (Soft Matte Mid-tone Tan) is okay, I use it as a base color and M4 (Creamy Matte Beige) hardly shows up on my skin, I have tried using it on my brow bone but it doesn't really show unless if I pack a lot of products on.

Smashbox Full Exposure Travel Palette

4 x 0.026 oz Shimmer Eye shades in:
♥ Chocolate Brown with Golden Pearl // S1
♥ Soft Gold with Silver Pearl // S3
♥ Light Tan with Golden Silver Pearl // S4
♥ Mid-tone Slate with Silver Pearl // S6

Smashbox's shimmer eye shadows are just as impressive as their matte eye shadows. These are powdery when I dip my makeup brushes in the pan, but it doesn't appears as powdery, chalky and/or messy with glitter / shimmer falling outs once apply on the eyes. The shimmer eye shadows also applies smoothly and blends well, these aren't just shimmer, I would say they are more glittery than shimmers (in person).

All four shimmer shades from this palette are very pigmented and full of glitter, you can create a subtle shimmer look or can build up for a more sparkly look.

Smashbox Full Exposure Travel Palette

Smashbox Full Exposure Travel Palette

I have only worn the eye shadows for approximately four hours (both matte and shimmer shades), during the four hours no fades nor creasing (I have used Benefit's Stay Don't Stray eye shadow primer prior to the eye shadows). My favourite part of the wearing time was, the shades, especially the shimmer ones, looks so beautiful in the sun!

WHERE TO BUY?: 
Sephora - USD $22 // Have to use YouShop or other mail forwarding companies.

Do you own the Smashbox Full Exposure Palette? Or the travel size? Which do you prefer?