Welcome to my first beauty review in 6 months. I thought since one of my favourite makeup items is eyeshadows that I’d start with an eyeshadow palette review. Today I’m sharing my thoughts on the Jeffree Star Blood Sugar eyeshadow palette. This was my first and only Jeffree Star palette and I’ve wanted to share my experience for the longest time. I’m a huge fan of his brand in general and cannot recommend his velour liquid lipsticks enough. Jeffree Star Blood Sugar Pressed Pigment Palette Description “Introducing our iconic Blood Sugar palette! Featuring 18 striking eyeshadows and pressed-pigments. This palette is serving three luxurious formulas: matte, metallic, and foil. Luxurious red faux leather finish in a metal clasp palette. One of a kind. Extreme payoff. VEGAN. CRUELTY-FREE.” Packaging It’s no secret that Jeffree Star is rather extra and his brand speaks to his personality. He doesn’t hold back when it comes to the design of his collections. The Blood Sugar palette packaging is truly out of this world. The eyeshadows are encased in this red faux leather case that looks like an actual briefcase with two metal clasps on the front. It also has a decent size, great quality mirror. The palette itself is a bit bulky for my liking and doesn’t exactly save space but it’s still absolutely stunning. I really love the creativity of the embossing of the Jeffree Star logo on the shadows. The shades Coma (a Caduceus) and Prick (a needle), are the only two that have unique embossing. Eyeshadow and Pigmentation The palette contains 18 shadows, with three metallics, one satin, and 14 mattes. The formula of these shadows are richly pigmented and a dream to blend. I also didn’t have any issues with the dark shades applying patchy. These blended really well for darker reds and purples as these shades are notorious for being a little challenging to work with. This was my first Jeffree Star palette and I have to say that his matte formula is exceptionally well formulated. I, however, didn’t enjoy the metallic shades all that much. I felt like they lacked intensity. They felt creamy to the touch, applied well but just weren’t as shimmery as I had hoped they would be. The shade “Donor” is a hybrid pressed pigment glitter, foil, and metallic in one and was the one that really packed a punch and showed up vividly. I also have to mention that since this is a red-toned palette that the pigments are formulates with certain dyes. Brands have to put up clear “not intended for immediate eye area” warnings. You’ll find a warning on the white uni-carton. The following shades are not intended for use around the immediate eye area: Prick, Root Canal, Cherry Soda, Cavity, Extraction, Tongue Pop, O Positive, Sugar Cane, Cake Mix, Fresh Meat, Coma, and Sweetener. Shade Description Row 1: Glucose – Bright white matte Sugarcane – Powder pink matte Cake Mix – Soft orange-brown matte Ouch – Camel yellow-brown matte Donor – Golden bronze metallic/ foil Intravenous – Dark red-brown matte Row 2: Candy Floss – Pinky lilac metallic Tongue Pop – Salmon pink matte Sweetener – Peachy pink gold metallic Cavity – Neon pink matte O Positive – Mauve matte Root Canal – Bright purple-red matte Row 3: Prick – Bright red-orange matte Cherry Soda – True red matte Fresh Meat – Berry red matte Blood Sugar – Copper red satin Extraction – Deep berry purple matte Coma – Deep eggplant matte Final Thoughts This is definitely a red-themed palette. If you are not into red colour looks then this won’t be the palette for you. Being very red-tone does not mean you can’t go neutral with it though. There are several shades that you could reach for, for a more toned-down look. Even though this palette has you covered with basic transition shades, as well as deeper mattes, I did find myself missing something darker. The darkest shade in the pan is just not dark enough for me when I want to smoke out my outer corner. Not that it’s a huge issue since I can always grab a darker shadow or black shadow from another palette. So would I recommend this palette? Yes, if you’re into red shades and don’t have anything like this in your collection. But if you’re someone like me who would only reach for it on special occasions then it’s a no. I sold mine because I just wasn’t reaching for it enough. Perhaps I’m also not too fond of red looks on myself but I just didn’t love this palette as much as everyone else. Also, I felt like it needed more metallic shades and ones that packed more of a punch. Let me know if you own this palette and how you feel about the formula as well as the colour theme? XoXo Yolanda
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