My Smokey Classics is a lovely palette. It actually is far prettier at home in good lighting and on my face, than I thought it was when I saw it in the store. (I had wanted to see these in person before I bought any. While in the store, I purchased My Sultry Blues, then ordered this one and My Fierce Violets online, taking advantage of F&F, all from Sephora.)
You can buy this set at Sephora for $37.
Here is Lauren Luke applying My Smokey Classics:
There is an annoying ad at the beginning, sorry!
The kit includes:
- 2 blendable primers – Nude Slip Dark & Nude Slip Light [the same shades in each kit]
- 3 flattering eye shadows – Antique Pewter, Twilight Ash & Cashmere Cream
- 1 defining eyeliner – Raven Black
- 1 contouring blush – Peach Glow
- 2 luscious lip shades – Plumberry & Cranberry Stain
- 1 My Glossy Lips lip gloss in Sheer [the same with each kit -- I like it a lot; one is now in my purse.]
Here’s my look today:
I was very pleased with how this turned out. Some dark colors are too dark for me, and almost impossible to blend as my skin is both light and easily hurt if too much blending is needed. But this worked perfectly, and the mid-tone shade of brown is just beautiful. The entire palette had looked dark to me in the store, but it is nicely vibrant when on.
This makes it look as if my shadows are uneven, but in RL they look perfect. It is the lighting from the camera. You can see how deep and smokey it is.
Primer: I blended the two shades together, and the color exactly matched my eyelids. I have tried each color alone at other times.
Lids: Antique Pewter – this is a gorgeous brown
Crease and dry lined: Twilight Ash, this is sparkly and very black, similar to a MAC that I have, but very nice to have all in one place for this look
Tightlined: Black liner from palette.
As you can see, the colors work very well together. I was surprised at how pretty the blush is, because it looked too deep for me in the palette. It was perfect on. Just the right balance to the eyes and lips. This is the lighter of the two lip colors, with the Sheer gloss on top. Later today I will show a LOTD with the other color.
Learning to work with her kits
Her kits are heavily pigmented, which I consider a good thing. Once you figure out how much to use, they are very easy to work with.
The easy coordination of colors: A complete look
I like that all the colors are together, for a complete look. And they really do work together, unlike many palettes offered by other companies that generally have some throw-away colors.
It is also easy to use other blush or lippies, so the kits have multiple uses.
Have you tried this palette? or any of her other palettes?
Do you have a favorite?
If you are looking for an easy smokey look, coordinated perfectly, this is for you. I rate it a 5 out of 5.
You can see my earlier posts:
My Sultry Blues Look 1
Look 2
Look 3
LOTD
My Fierce Violets
General information about her palettes can be found here.
Karin
www.savvythinker.com
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