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Smashbox Cover Shot Eye Palettes for Spring 2017

Smashbox Cover Shot Eye Palettes for Spring 2017
Smashbox Cover Shot Eye Palettes for Spring 2017

Cover Shot: Eye Palettes swipe on highly pigmented, beyond blendable color for endless eye looks. Smashbox popped in two bigger base shades so you won’t run out of basics before you’ve used all the high-impact accent colors. You’ll be obsessed with the velvety, wearable quality of these shadows—not to mention the hot new eye looks they inspire.

Spring 2017

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The Details

Cover Shot: Eye Palette, $29.00 (Limited Edition, Sephora Exclusive)

  • Golden Hour Finishes range from matte to sparkle, and the sultry, golden shades are rich and creamy
  • Ablaze Captures the warmth of the desert in a range of sun-drenched shades
  • Bold Highly-pigmented, myriad of saturated, standout shades.
  • Metallic Shades of gold, rose gold, bronze, copper, and pewter
  • Softlight Champagne and rosé-inspired colors to highlight the eyes with low-level shimmer
  • Smoky Mid-to-darker tones amp up intensity with a blend of matte, low-shimmers, and high-shimmer
  • Matte Shades in warm nudes, cool mauves, and a deep, dramatic black

Smashbox Cover Shot Eye Palettes for Spring 2017
Smashbox Cover Shot Eye Palettes for Spring 2017

Smashbox Cover Shot Eye Palettes for Spring 2017
Smashbox Cover Shot Eye Palettes for Spring 2017

Smashbox Cover Shot Eye Palettes for Spring 2017
Smashbox Cover Shot Eye Palettes for Spring 2017

Smashbox Cover Shot Eye Palettes for Spring 2017
Smashbox Cover Shot Eye Palettes for Spring 2017

Smashbox Cover Shot Eye Palettes for Spring 2017
Smashbox Cover Shot Eye Palettes for Spring 2017

Smashbox Cover Shot Eye Palettes for Spring 2017
Smashbox Cover Shot Eye Palettes for Spring 2017

Smashbox Cover Shot Eye Palettes for Spring 2017
Smashbox Cover Shot Eye Palettes for Spring 2017

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Linda Avatar

The palettes look cool and a nice departure from the ubiquitous naked-this, nude-that trend, hopefully their shadows have reformulated since the Full Exposure palettes, though – they haven’t received very good reviews.

Looking forward to your rundown Christine!

Alecto Avatar

I’m pleasantly surprised at how interesting and varied these palettes are: From bog-standard pastel and shimmery, through matte and neutral (with a combination that hits both cool and warm preferences), to primary/secondary with what looks like a blue/black duochrome, and even two palettes that look like they were designed with deeper skin tones in mind. I don’t see a prevailing “Spring” theme, but seriously, who cares? There’s a palette there for everyone!

Agona Avatar

Yeah, I agree; I like how there’s a combo to suit a wide variety of tastes. I’d much rather have several smaller palettes so I can choose the color combos that appeal to me than a large mega palette.

Julia Avatar

Whoa, new product launch avalanche! Ava-launch? Haha, there are really pretty! I love the concept with the 2 large base color pans. I have my eye on Softlight and Golden Hour if these perform well – those are really pretty color combos.

Neonails Avatar

Wow! I’m actually quite impressed with these. I think there’s a pretty nice range of options, and that price tag is more budget friendly than I was expecting. I’m curious to see how they’ll swatch/wear, because I’ve never been fond of the formula Smashbox uses for their ‘Exposure’ eyeshadow formula, but I do enjoy the traditional Photo Op eyeshadows quite a bit.

My only real complaint is that I would have liked to see one more cooler toned palette, besides the smoky one (though really that doesn’t look too cool either). But I think that’s pretty much always my complaint, so I’m willing to look past it, haha!

AJ Avatar

Still not ready to think about Spring 2017, but the price point and color combos for these are very eye catching. While I don’t need any more palettes and am aiming not to buy any in 2017, if they review well I can definitely see myself recommending them to friends who are new to makeup and need some good basic, versatile, and travel-friendly palettes that aren’t just neutrals.

Rebecca Avatar

I agree with some of the other commenters, these palettes are a pleasant surprise. LOVE the color combos in Golden Hour, Ablaze, and Matte. All three are right up my alley. Looking forward to your reviews Christine and keeping my fingers crossed…

Mary Avatar

It would have been cool to see these as quads, or even as interchangeable within the palettes, because looking at these, I only really like half the colors in the palettes!

Too many pinks/salmons for a very yellow toned girl!

That green in the smokey palette though!

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