Hello there lovelies! Hope you are all well. Today i have a review of the Balm Voyage! eye and lip palette which i purchased with my Birchbox points! It felt so great to save the points up to the point where i could completely buy something from the higher price range with out using any of my own money on top. The Balm is a brand i have had my eye on for sometime as all of their products have great reviews and super cute packaging!
How wonderful is this packaging?! The palette is based on traveling the world, hence the name Bon Voyage. On the front a variety of well known countries are mentioned featuring little photos of what those places are famous for. On the back all of the shades are displayed with their names underneath. At the top all of the women who are on the front of the palette packaging are featured inside a plane, traveling to their destinations!
When opening the palette up your eyes are treated to a beautiful array of colours for eyes and lips. The lid features a large oval mirror on top of a photo, set out to look like a passport. This mirror is such a great size as it makes it easy to create looks on the run, weather it be on a plane, in a car or on a train!
Playing on the travel theme all of the eyeshadows are numbered like seats on a plane, cool right?!
(Swatches are in same order as palette.)
Into the eyeshadows! The first two rows are more of the everyday shades that can be used to create a subtle everyday look to the classic smokey eye. All are shimmery apart from B3 & C3, which i find used lightly can be great base shades but are perfect built up in the crease and blended out too.
A firm favourite of mine has been D3 as a base colour, as its not too dark and can be built up from day to night. It also works really well with a pop of colour blended into it now we're into the Spring season!
A3 is a gorgeous high shimmer sliver shade which is perfect to use as highlight for the inner corners of my eyes.
The next two rows are my favourite for sure! They're such beautiful pigmented shades that offer so many possibilities. I've already gone a little crazy with this bottom part of the palette creating looks inspired by mermaids and unicorns for my everyday life to nights out on the town!
B1 & C1 are another two shades in the palette that can be used for everyday looks easily, with one of the slightly darker shades in the crease and blended into the bottom lash line.
My all time favourites are A2, B2 & C2, they're the perfect shades to create magical looks. I mean i can't really express how freaking beautiful A2 is as my words will not give it the justice it deserves. For starters its a shimmery purple shade but the thing that throws it to the top of the favourite pile is that it features shimmery specks of blue!! It looks gorgeous all over the lid or simply blended in to my lash line and crease. I find it really complements my blue eyes too.
B2 & C2 look beautiful together or used with other colours. I'm not going to go into too much depth about them as i will have another look post up soon featuring the two shades!
Finally in the palette there are three cheek and lip tints in the shades Second Office, First Office & Captain. I was a bit unsure of using these at first as i felt a certain need to keep them looking fresh and untouched as one would with any new palette but i got passed this. They are very pigmented so only a soft sweep in each colour is needed to create a red, orange or pink tinted lip or cheek.
I find a couple of sweeps is the perfect amount to create a very bold, classic lip look. All are very moisturizing too so they are great for long wear.
Overall i think it was Birchbox points well spent! I can see this palette lasting me a long time as there is so much product to be used. I will definitely purchase more products from The Balm in the future as i suspect they are all great quality and i'd love to try more out!
I hope you've enjoyed this little review, leave me a comment with your favourite The Balm products, i'd love to know!
Thanks for reading, have a lovely day!
Much love,
Kim Xo
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