The beautiful box it came in.
The palette itself is very simple and stylish, completely black.
The ten shades and the eyeshadow brush which came with the palette - yes, the brush can actually be used. All of the shadows are very nice, some are matte, others are shimmery. You get a nice highlight, nice brown shades, and a great crease colour - my favourites include Iris Blue (the blue-grey shadow in the lower rack, second from the left) and Warm Taupe (upper rack, the second from the right). Iris Blue is the perfect colour for deepening your crease and outer corners, while Warm Taupe is this gorgeous mossy-green-goldish shade. So pretty.
The brush, which is dense and flat enough for layering on lid colours, but also fluffy enough for crease colours and blending.
Swatches, same order as in the palette itself. As you can see, the lighter ones are on the top, and the darker, more pigmented ones are on the bottom. The palette is actually organized in a duo-sort of way - the duos go in a vertical way. That being said, I also think that they play beautifully together diagonally... or just any way you like.
Same swatches, but here you can see the shimmer better (enlarge the picture). The left row is the upper rack in the palette, the right one is the lower one.
Again, sorry for posting this so late! I hope you can still get this though, it was released with Smashbox's spring collection.
Love,
Miss Diorista
I'm so jealous, I saw this not so long ago in a magazine but I couldn't get my hands on it :(
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@Phillie Parsons - I'm so sorry :( Maybe you can try Makeup Alley?
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