Here's the review for The Vice Palette. I picked it up at Sephora Star Hill at rm199. (Not available in Sephora Klcc!)
Here is what exactly written on the box.
"A purist's homage to Eyeshadows, this gorgeously luxe palette is loaded woth twenty new, exclusive and achingly beautiful shades in our velvety, revamped formula. From the jewel inlaid, soft and touchable case, to the double-ended Good Karma brush and a lid that opens slowly for a decadent presentation, no luxurious detail has been overlooked"
Hurm... Extravaganza introduction i must said. Extremely self-flattering.
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| Still in the box |
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| The back of the box with the self-flattering intro. |
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| Out of the box. |
The case does feel soft and touchable. It's almost feel like velvet without velvet. If it makes sense. The jewel inlaid is very eye-catching and definitely put an elegant touch to the case. The only downside is "THE VICE PALETTE" etching. It's barely visible but who cares? I don't. Hehehhe...
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| The mirror still have plastic on it. |
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| The close up |
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| The vibrant colors! |
It came with a double-ended brush. Both ends are synthetic. Not picking up much product but if you don't have any eyeshadow brush, this would be decent enough. I don't use the brush though.
Here comes the swatches.
The first 10 colors: (from left)
Desperation, Muse, Jagged, Blitz, Penny Lane, Junkie, Chaos, Occupy, Unhinged and Black Market.
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| Without flash |
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| With Flash. |
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| Another one! To show you how the colors look like from far. |
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Desperation: An almost matte taupe color. It has a very fine glitter that make it looks almost glossy. Not sparkly.
Muse: A dark chocolate brown color. Rich with gold glitters. Very sparkly in the pan and on swatch. Good color pay off.
Jagged: I must say this is the worst shade in the palette. It looks like dark olive green color with black and gold glitter. It looks pretty good in the pictures above. I swatch it like 5 times to get the color. The black glitter is really loose. It falls right off when swiped. Hurm.. It suits the name though. Jagged.
Blitz: This is my favorite shade in this palette. A striking warm golden color with fine gold glitters. The color pay off is awesome. I only swiped it once and the color showed up so intense. Well, not in the pictures above coz i have tanned skin.
Penny Lane: A warm peachy shade. The texture is similar with Blitz. With fine gold glitters as well. Color pay off is as good as Blitz!
Junkie: I'm not sure how to describe this color. It's like green and blue? Maybe it's dark olive green with blue undertone. That's my best description. Lol.. Well, i call it mermaid-sort-of color. It has gold glitters and color pay off is just wow. I never like green eyeshadow. This would be the exception. (I referred to a color chat, apparently it's a sea green shade!)
Chaos: A striking matte neon blue shade!Very subtle blue on first swipe, screaming neon on 3rd swipe. Honestly, i don't know how to pull this color of on my eyelids.
Occupy: A metallic dim grey color with silver fine shimmers. Color pay off really good.
Unhinged: A very intense teal color with fine glitters in the pan. Look more like turquoise on the swatch. Color pay off is awesome!
Black Market: A metalic black color with shimmers. Well, it won't be metallic if it's without shimmers right?? Color pay off is good. Need 2 swipe for a more intense black.
The last 10 colors:
(from left) Provocateur, Rapture, Vice, Noise, Armor, Nevermind, Echo Beach, Anonymous, Freebird and Laced.
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| Without flash |
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| with flash |
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| with flash |
Provocateur: A wheat (what?) shade (I'm referring to a color chart now because i'm not good with describing color!) with a lot of silver glitters!It looks super nice on the swatch with good color pay off and shimmers, but in reality, the swatch went berserk after few minutes. What i'm trying to say is, the glitters are really loose that it went all over my hand and my hand literally look like a disco ball. The color disappeared too. It's worst with brush. Hurm. I don't know what else to say. Maybe, you can use it as body glitter?? Lol.
Rapture: According to the color chat, it is a rosy brown color and i thought it was related to purple. Lol to myself. The color pay off really good. The shimmers are good. Love this color!
Vice: I know this one. It's a dark magenta shade (I lied, i referred to color chart.) with very fine shimmers. Love the color pay off, it's great.
Noise: It looks like pink infused with red to me. But according to the pro (color chart), it's a crimson color with fine shimmers in the pan. On swatch (without flash) it looks like a deep pink shade. With flash, it's more like hot pink. Urm, i can't decide what color it is. Split personality color.
Armor: A taupe color with shimmers. Color pay off is very good. Good. Enough said.
Nevermind: A tan color with fine gold glitters in the pan. On swatch, it's more like a rusty bronzy shade (well, to me). Color pay off is great. Love it!
Echo Beach: A khaki shade with fine gold shimmers as well. Really good color pay off. The shimmers just right. Overall, good.
Anonymous: A matte blanched almond (?) shade. Really good as a base color. Great color pay off. Easy to blend.
Freebird: A peach color with loose glitters. Not as bad as Provocateur. The color stays on. Minimal glitter fall out. It's pretty good if applied with fingers. Not good with brush.
Laced: A matte sandy brown shade. Really good as a base color. As you can see on the picture (without flash), it blends right off to my skin.
Verdict: Great fun 20 colors palette.
The variety of colors is great. 2 bad colors but others just great. Overall, i love it. It's not cheap but not too expensive either. Good for those who loves to experiment with make up. Few shades are neutral enough for natural look. Other shades are va va voom. Not a good investment for those who aim for neutral tone (grab Naked or Naked 2 instead!). I love it because i'm experimental.
