Sunday 6 December 2009

Inglot Blush Palette Review



A few months back I purchased this (link here) Inglot Freedom Palette. What I love about this palette system is that it's made up of magnetic layers, so you can basically add as many layers to your palette as you want. You can choose from eyeshadows, blush, concealer, brow or lip products. So far I have two 'layers' of eyeshadows, and I've been so impressed with their smoothness and pigmentation that I decided to get a layer of blushes too.

There were plenty of blush shades to choose from, although almost all were shimmery shades. Some matte options would have been nice. I ended up choosing one deep bronze colour (to use as bronzer/contour), a bright candy pink, a coral and a medium peach. I've tried swatching them, unfortunately, the pictures aren't so great, I really must get a decent camera one of these days, but you get the idea. These are really very pigmented - more than MAC, but less than NARS, if that makes sense. The colours are clean and bright. Actually I'm wondering now if they're a little too pigmented for my taste, seeing as I tend towards soft colours. They will be wonderful in summer though!

The formulation could use a little improvement as it's very powdery. Because the product is so loose, my brushes tend to pick up a lot of powder, and because it's so pigmented one needs a very light hand when applying. So I'm using a stippling brush (MAC #187) in order to avoid picking up too much product, and that seems to be working well.

Overall I think the quality is good. The price is £26, which is reasonably good value compared to high-end brands. I love the fact this fits together with my existing Inglot eye palettes - I now have a "stack" of palettes that I can add to or downsize depending on where I'm going. I do hope Inglot introduce some more matte options at some point, and maybe some highlighter shades too, but for now I'm pretty happy :-)

5 comments:

  1. wow! am gna check this out soon :)
    btw have you tried inglot liquid blush in a bottle? its fab hun!

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  2. No, I hadn't realised they did a liquid blush! I will definitely have a look next time I go in, I do have an Inglot cream blush which I really like :) Thanks for the rec.

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  3. I really love some of Inglot products [most of it really] and look forward to get some more stuff during my next trip to Westfield.x

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  4. I'm intrigued by this brand -- and now by this palette!

    Off to research to see if they ship to Canada! thanks for the review.

    Michelle (lipstickrules.com)

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  5. Michelle,
    I'm pretty sure they have Inglot stores in Canada! I hope there's one near you :-)

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