The Obssession Palette Review
I'd never tried or even heard of Obsession until I saw a stand in Boots. I had a lil browse and was pleasantly surprised at what I saw. I flicked through the various eyeshadow palettes and was pretty impressed with the pigmentation, especially because of the low price. The boyf remembered I'd liked the look of the palettes and bought me one for Chrimbo. I've now put it to test for a few weeks, so thought I'd write a review.
Packaging
The packaging was what initially drew me to looking at the eyeshadow palettes. It's pretty simple, pink with silver raised lettering, but it works and stands out in my makeup collection. What I particularly like though is the magnetic close and huge mirror. It makes it perfect for taking on holiday with you. I also love that the shades have names which is pretty rare for a cheaper eyeshadow palette.
Eyeshadows
Price
For the price (£10), you really can't go wrong. They're not as creamy or buttery as some of my other more high-end palettes but for 10 quid, I can't complain. I'm definitely going to give some of the other variations a whirl.
For the price (£10), you really can't go wrong. They're not as creamy or buttery as some of my other more high-end palettes but for 10 quid, I can't complain. I'm definitely going to give some of the other variations a whirl.
Have you tried any Obsession makeup?
The Tarte Haul
Tarte recently had a deal where you could choose 7 full size products from 7 categories and create your own custom kit for £56 - which was worth something ridicuolous like £190. I thought there must be a catch here but after going through all the stages i realised there really wasn't and proceeded to gleefully add to basket and fill in my card details *whilst doing a lil happy dance*. Then after two weeks (held up also due to Covid) my parcel arived and i could finally try out my new goodies. Here's what i got:
First category was foundation and seeing as i wasn't paying normal prices i thought i'd try something different and i opted for the Amazonian Clay Airbrush Powder Foundation. I don't have any powder foundations in my collection and have actually never tried one so thought it would be the perfect opportunity!
Next up was a face product, and since there wasn't any options for a bronzer (i love bronzer) i chose the Amazonian Clay 12 Hour Blush in Exposed - a product i've wanted to try for a while and a shade reviewed by many as 'universal'.
Third category i believe was eyes and this one was a no-brainer - the Tarteist Pro To Go Palette - the only palette option and the most expensive product in the category. Gotta get your money's worth, right??
Fourth choice was a mascara. I've heard a lot about Lights, Camera, Lashes so thought i'd give it a whirl and on first impressions i very much like!
Next was lips, and i'm always gonna go for a liquid lipstick, or in Tarte's words, a lip paint. Now this is the only product i'm a tad disappointed in. I chose the shade salty, which was described as a pinky nude. I've been after 'the perfect pink nude' shade for a while, something that's not too dissimilar to my lips. From the swatches online it looked pretty much bang on but on my lips it's much more of a peachy pale nude. I hated it when i first applied but as the colour dried i definitely warmed to it more - although it's still not pinky!
The 6th category was labelled body (i think) and included a lot of body shimmers etc. I chose the only brush option, the Rainforest of the Sea Highlighting Fan Brush, which can i say is gorggg and is worth £29 alone! I've never actually owned a fan brush but i'm definitely a fan (no pun intended).
The final option was a bag to fit all these new products in - these sort of deals always have this kind of 'cop out' option. But i'm really not complaining, the rest of this deal was so good and i actually like the makeup bag - plain black with pink zipper tassles that surprisingly fits a hell of a lot in.
So all in all, a great marketing campaign from Tarte. I'm one happy customer who told several friends about this who in-turn told their friends. I've gone from being a Tarte virgin to a Tarte convert. I also slipped in a cheeky order for their Shape Tate concealer at the same time (30% off!) - i know i'm very late to the game with this one. I just love my Collection lasting perfection concealer and didn't see the point in purchasing something much more expensive. Now i know what the hype is all about!
Next up was a face product, and since there wasn't any options for a bronzer (i love bronzer) i chose the Amazonian Clay 12 Hour Blush in Exposed - a product i've wanted to try for a while and a shade reviewed by many as 'universal'.
Third category i believe was eyes and this one was a no-brainer - the Tarteist Pro To Go Palette - the only palette option and the most expensive product in the category. Gotta get your money's worth, right??
Fourth choice was a mascara. I've heard a lot about Lights, Camera, Lashes so thought i'd give it a whirl and on first impressions i very much like!
Next was lips, and i'm always gonna go for a liquid lipstick, or in Tarte's words, a lip paint. Now this is the only product i'm a tad disappointed in. I chose the shade salty, which was described as a pinky nude. I've been after 'the perfect pink nude' shade for a while, something that's not too dissimilar to my lips. From the swatches online it looked pretty much bang on but on my lips it's much more of a peachy pale nude. I hated it when i first applied but as the colour dried i definitely warmed to it more - although it's still not pinky!
The 6th category was labelled body (i think) and included a lot of body shimmers etc. I chose the only brush option, the Rainforest of the Sea Highlighting Fan Brush, which can i say is gorggg and is worth £29 alone! I've never actually owned a fan brush but i'm definitely a fan (no pun intended).
The final option was a bag to fit all these new products in - these sort of deals always have this kind of 'cop out' option. But i'm really not complaining, the rest of this deal was so good and i actually like the makeup bag - plain black with pink zipper tassles that surprisingly fits a hell of a lot in.
So all in all, a great marketing campaign from Tarte. I'm one happy customer who told several friends about this who in-turn told their friends. I've gone from being a Tarte virgin to a Tarte convert. I also slipped in a cheeky order for their Shape Tate concealer at the same time (30% off!) - i know i'm very late to the game with this one. I just love my Collection lasting perfection concealer and didn't see the point in purchasing something much more expensive. Now i know what the hype is all about!
Did you see this deal? What did you think?
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