Coastal Scents 88 Makeup Palette Swatches & Photos
Sunday, January 25th, 2009
As promised, here are swatches for Coastal Scents 88 Makeup Palette! 
3rd picture, 1-3 swatch, are there similar single shadows with that colour? I love them but I don't want to get another coastal scent palette just for those colours.
I just purchased this item. I am look forward to receiving it and creating some great looks. Thanks for the review
Hey, I hope you still read the comments! I'm about to buy the 88 palette but I can't decide which one, the original or the ultra shimmer. The swatches on this post seem just perfect: slightly shimmery, definitely not completely matte. But maybe it's just the flash light? I do want some shimmer but no glitter. Which palette would you recommend? Are the shadows on the original palette as shimmery on the lids as it seems in these pics? Thank you so much for your help!
I have only tried this palette, sorry!
Hey Christine! I know this post is pretty old but, I seriously need some help! So the 4th picture up from the very last pic is filled with purples (it's the pic in between the pic with the pink swatches & the orange & reds). I'm desperate to know what a good DUPE for that deep slightly reddened plum eyeshadow that's the 2nd one (from the left) on the 2nd row. It's ah-mazing. I have this palette, but I'd LOVE to find a dupe for that single eyeshadow! Please help! Thanks in advanced.♥
Hey Trisha, I don't have this palette any more, so I'm not sure what color you're talking about!
Oh sorry! Let me clarify. In this post, the fourth picture up with all the purple swatches. The swatch of the second eyeshadow from the left, on the second row in that picture. Does it look like any other eyeshadow from any other brand you've seen before, Christine? [: Lol, that still sounds complicated but I tried. If you still don't know, it's fiiine. Haha♥
Hm, I think UD has one. Urban Decay Crash or Last Call, I'd say...
is this the matte palette or the ultra shimmery??
The matte!
Is this the original makeup palette or the shimmery one?
there's a 120-color pallet, half shimmery and half matte. says the pallet will measure about 9"X6.5" (when closed). might be worth looking at :)
Hi, i'd like to enquire about the versatility of these colours- whether the mattes blend well with other colours of the palette including those with slight shimmer.
They blend OK, they're not terrible to work with, but some can be a little chalky.
I'm thinking about buying this palette but i have dark skin (not very dark but dark medium). Should i buy or no and if i should, should i get matte or shimmer?
I'd probably say the shimmer... but if you don't *like* shimmer, go for the matte.
is this the shimmer palette or the matte?
Matte!
Thanks for posting these swatches, Christine! I was wondering, do you think this palette would be better to start off with (compared to the Ultra Shimmer Palette) because it has more finishes to experiment with? Or not? Haha, thanks again!
Hey Lin! I think it would be, because the Ultra Shimmer Palette is kind of frost overload in a sense, especially if you don't have less intense shadows already!
I heard that the matte one are quite hard to blend.... is that true? or just slightly harder? *which's I can live with that*
I didn't notice any difference to be honest. Mattes are always a little harder to blend than shimmers, though.
Ladies.... I'm currently confused, I want to buy either this one or the shimmer version one. Could you help me which one is worth for me to buy? because both of them have the same colours right? Or is it worthed to have both this one and the shimmer one? Thanks!
I think it is worth having both, to be honest. The colors are very similar, but one has very little or no shimmer... the others are LOTS of shimmer. If you don't like shimmer shadows, I'd pass on the shimmer palette, though.
Which one do you prefer more the 88 Ultra Shimmer Palette or the normal 88 Palette?
I don't prefer one over the other, because they are quite different! It's really a matter of what you wear more or what you're lacking.
I really love this palette. I use my primer first on the eyes, then use a NYX jumbo eye crayon in milk (the white one) so the shadows stick to the lid, then put the shadows on. They work just great when I do this. This palette is a fantastic deal!
Thanks for all the tips, Liz!
Is this the matte palette or shimmer palette?
There is no matte palette, it is the makeup palette or the shimmer palette. This one is a mixture of mattes, semi-mattes, and lightly shimmered colors.
I was wondering if anyone has done a MAC dupe chart of the colours on the 88 original palette? Heh, I got that last week and have been playing. Am now waiting for the shimmer palette & may be also getting either the contouring palette or the 10 blush palette ... decisions, decisions ...
The blush palette is nice (reviewing it later), but it's not as OMG IMPRESSIVE as the shadows. They're very normal blushes? I guess, so the colors just don't stand out like the shadows did.
Have wanted one for awhile since they have been used in so many tuts . Sigh to bad l dont have a credit card will have to get the bf to buy it, would make a great valentines day gift lol.
LOL! Good idea, Sreyne!
I had the same problem as Deidra. The mattes were too chalky and the shimmers had tons of fall out. I'm not oily at all, in fact, I have dry skin so I'm not sure if it's my skin. I'm sure they're great and work well on others but I'm not using my palette at all. Oh, how I wish they worked as well on me as they do on you, Christine! =(
I'm really surprised, Chloe! It makes me sad that they worked so awfully for you!
Omg, I just bought both. A birthday present to myself ;)
Yay! Happy birthday, Candice!
Thanks! Just got both of my palettes yesterday (eeeeeeeeeee) !!!!!! I'm on my out to by some liquid glycerin, but I was wondering... Were these swatches wet or dry? Thanks, you rock.
How are you liking them, Candice? I used them dry :)
Awesome. It would've been pretty hard for me to just get one of them. ALL of these eye shadows for ~$50 is an amazing deal. It's hard to imagine why there are some unhappy reviews, these colors are great and they go on smoothly.
Phew! I always get a little nervous when someone buys what I've recommended -- I fear they'll hate it! But I am so pleased that you are liking them! Even if they were just OK quality, for $50? It's still a steal. It's even better that the majority are highly pigmented!
I'm dark, ( NW 45 ) and I admit that some of the colors are chalky on me, but I'd say only 10-20% of the shadows are. The amount of smooth, vibrant colors make the palette worth it.
hmmm, I think I'll have to try these out for sure now!
Let us know how you like it, Pavlina!
Man, I wish you'd reviewed this a few weeks ago, before I wasted 2x this amount on Lorac Full-Face Croc palette. . . the swatches on this are 100x better than Lorac's!!! I'm going to be checking out Coastal Scents now!
Can you return the Lorac palette? Aww!
You know what would be great? Figuring out which colors are dupes for Mac colors! That way people can do some of your looks for way less! LOL, I know that would take a lot of work. But, seriously, I would love to see you do a look out of these, since I know a bunch of us own it!
LOL, I could probably just name a few out of them that I can eyeball!
That would be awesome!
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