I know it’s the style but it’s just not something I would personally reach for when doing my makeup. They would end up just being collector’s items on the shelf that never get grabbed just due to the fact that the palette is so bulky. Overall, I like the palette but like the Wizardry and Witchcraft Storybook Palette I would probably never end up using it after the review (if it were mine, again this is my sister’s that she lets me borrow). And screwing up a metallic shade is very hard to do. And the metallic shades were gorgeous… but I also apply those with my finger so they look just like the swatches.
As for the glitter shades I felt those more looked like pearl shades as compared to glitter on the eyes. I did have some fall out but it was very minimum. The mattes in this palette did have quite a bit of kick back but I didn’t notice them sticking to a specific spot or have trouble blending them out.
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But if you want vibrant, make sure you use a white primer to get their full payout. Not that the subtle colors bother me as I love the look I created using this palette. I tried to use every color I could even if they don’t all translate or stand out. It ends up being more subtle without that pure white base as you’ll see from my photos of the look I created using this palette. I didn’t find the bright colors transfer from swatch to eye very well if you don’t use a very pure white base. Violet Beauregarde (berry violet matte w/ glitter).Everlasting Gobstopper (bubblegum pink matte).Veruca Salt (vanilla saltwater taffy matte).Fizzy Lifting Drink (golden bubbly matte w/ glitter).Willy Wonka (purple crushed velvet metallic).Augustus Gloop (milk chocolate river matte).Charlie Bucket (marshmallow fluff frost).
Unlike the previous palette this one is also gluten and paraben free. The palette also has a very subtle chocolate scent. You have a mixture of matte, metallic, frost, and glitter finishes. The Storybook Cosmetics x Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Storybook Palette features a delicious, patent pending, storybook style palette complete with gold and purple foil details and full-sized mirror. In this palette you get 12 shadows inspired by the colorful, Whipple-Scrumptious candies each with 0.043 oz product for $55. And they give 10% of all Roald Dahl income from this palette to their charity partners. The next storybook palette from Storybook Cosmetics that I’m trying out is the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Storybook Palette which is an official collaboration with the Roald Dahl Literary Estate.