Review : theBalm Balm Jovi Rock Star Face Palette
Who doesn’t love Black Friday? Of course I
do! Even if here in Indonesia we don’t celebrate Thanksgiving nor the Black
Friday, the sale through US website are really intriguing and tempting! Last
year’s Black Friday, I managed to shop *ahem* as I only got this palette I’ve
wanted long longggg of all the sale hold. Phew!
Limited Edition Palette!
TheBalm Balm Jovi Rock Star Palette is a limited
edition palette which was released in September 2012. Just like the other
palettes by theBalm, this palette also comes in cardboard packaging which
brings retro and chic impression also with the overall design. Made of
cardboard doesn’t make this palette become less sturdy or feel so fragile at
all. It has magnetic lid closure which closes quite strong. The palette itself
is lightweight, anyway. Yay!
A medium-sized mirror is also attached in
this palette, in a heart shape—OMG that’s very cute of it! Quite big enough for
you to do your eye makeup by looking at the mirror la~
All-in-One!
This palette has 12 eye shadows, 1 blush,
1 highlighter, and 2 lip colors. For hygienic reason of powder that may fall
out on the lip colors, they divided this palette’s opening by two sections. The
upper part of this palette contains all the powder eye shadows plus the
highlighter and blush, and the other part contains only the two gorgeous lip
colors.
Moving to the eye shadows first, shall we?
Let’s take a look at those 12 gorgeous colors this palette brings! To make it
easier I will describe the eye shadows by each column, because each column has
different finish.
(P.S : I did all the swatches below without using primer underneath.)
The first column is the heavy metal-named
eye shadows.
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| (L-R) Metal-ica - Iron Maid-in - Led Zeppelin - Alice Copper |
Metal-ica is a frosted
silver shade. Its texture is super soft and tends to be powdery, but still as
smooth. Pick this color very gently unless there will be fallouts!
Iron
Maid-in is a frosted bright gold. It’s a pure, bright gold color. Almost a
great dupe for Urban Decay’s Blunt.
The texture is smooth, and less powdery than Metal-ica is.
Led
Zeppelin is a frosted olive green color with subtle green glitters. It has
minimum fallouts even though it contains glitters. The texture is soft, buttery
and smooth when applied.
Alice
Copper is a frosted burgundy red color with silver sparkles. This, too is
super buttery and has minimum issues of fallouts.
The second column contains eye shadows
with the Classical genre names!
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| Adagio - Allegro - Moderato - Presto |
Adagio is a matte beige,
pale light skin tone color. This shade is my favorite of all! It’s very opaque
and subtle in color payoff. The texture is very soft and smooth, no issues with
the fallouts too. It works great as a brow bone highlight!
Allegro is a matte medium
toned chocolate, which somehow the color payoff ain’t as good as the other shade.
Its texture is still soft, though.
Moderato is a matte dark
purple color. This shade is awesome, no fallouts issues, and has great color
payoff! Very buttery in texture too, yum~
Presto is a matte dark
brown. The color payoff is also awesome despite it is being matte, and not
powdery at all.
The last or the third row of this palette
is the shadows with Alternative Rock names!
Blink
1982 is a shimmery muted burgundy color with gold sparkles. This color is
somewhat powdery due to its soft texture.
The
Stroke is a dark navy blue color with pretty blue sparkles. The color payoff
is great, it’s subtle and super pretty in real life! It has satin finish.
Rem is a shimmery
dirty muted purple color with gold sheen. It has good pigmentation too, even is
more to the bare seen, natural side.
Third
Eye Blinded is a frosted light peach which leans more into pink but in
warmer way. It’s super pretty, soft and smooth yet buttery in texture, has
great color payoff too!
Overall the shadows are soft, smooth, and
buttery in texture even some of them have drier texture. Fallouts issues hardly
happen, but powdery sometimes may occur because of the softness of the texture.
The color payoff is great too, rich and true in colors. The most important
thing of all is, all of them are super blendable! Shall we move to the face section?
Disco
Disco Solid Gold is a luminizer, or we heard it a lot as a highlighter.
It’s exactly the same product as the famous theBalm’s Mary-lou Manizer. It’s a
light, warm gold color with beautiful sheen. This can be easily blended yet
reflects light great, and not too overwhelming that will make your face look
like a disco ball or super greasy once applied.
Pop!
Pop! Don’t You Want Me is a bright warm coral color with matte finish. This
blush is supposed to be the same with theBalm Frat Boy blush, but somehow Don’t
You Want Me is pinker.
Milly is a neutral rosy
beige color. This will make a good pair along with a bold and strong smokey
eyes! It’s creamy, not drying, and has quite great staying power.
Vanilly is a true red.
The formula is creamy and it does leave stain after eating. The staying power
is great too for such a lip color! The color payoff is opaque enough, and
buildable.
Take a look too at the lid of the lip
color part, there are some looks to be tried!
Gee it’s That Great!
Worth the money? Of course! Costing you at
$39, this palette is a must have for the colors—I think the shades are rare,
eh—and for the face section. For you who are curious about some famous
theBalm’s product like their highlighter and blush, you can try the ones in
this palette first before buying the real full-sized products. I got this for
$23, converted IDR 310,000. Really worth the money, I should say!
Score
Last
Words?
This palette is
great! The eye shadows are awesome, but never forget to use primer underneath
so the color will stay longer and the color payoff is true to the pan. The highlighter
and blush are super pretty and the lip colors are outstanding. Some colors in
the eye shadows are a liiiiiiiiiittle bit powdery and too soft in texture, so
pick it up using your brush GENTLY unless you will have some fallout issues!
7 kisses
eh bagus banget deh itu kayaknyaaaaa.. pengeeen :3
ReplyDeleteselalu suka deh lin sama review kamu <3
baguuus banget emang *ngeracun* :3
Deletemakasihhhh ki! hughug!
OMG Those shadow names reminds me of my favorite metal bands.. I used to love Iron Maiden, Metallica, Led Zeppelin and Blink 182 LOL!
ReplyDeleteI always read good reviews about theBalm products but idk, never got a chance to buy them (selalu gabisa sabar kalau ikut PO) lol! nice review btw ;D
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Love the balm! Their louminizer is my go-to!
ReplyDeletemanrik ya lin paletnyaaa..
ReplyDeletetp krn gaya2nya rock makanya aku ga belii ahhahaha xD
olin ... jadi pengen beli ini *keracunan*
ReplyDeleteWorthed to buy gak yak?Eyeshadownya baguskah?Sekelas sama UD atau dibawah?
gak sabar kalo nunggu black friday november besok LoL
beli! beli! beli!
Deletestated it above...rated it 4.5, YOU SHOULD BUY IT!!!!
Sekelas UD. UD yang mana? UD yang semacam midnight cowboy or UD di naked?
ini lebih buttery.. UD I'd say dia agak dry ya jd pick up agak kasar pun ngga bakal fall out. aku prefer yg smooth, soft, buttery kayak ini yang harus diperlakukan kaya putri raja *tsah*
pick up nya harus pelan..
LOL grab it nowwwwwwwwwwwwww, ini limited! tiap taun sale BF ngga sama loh...