Bobbi Brights Eye Palette: 35 Pops of Color
It’s been a drab couple of days in San Francisco and I could think of nothing better to brighten up my look than with colors from Bobbi Brown’s new Bobbi Brights Eye Palette.
Inspired by Bobbi’s work from Spring 2009 Fashion Week with colorful shades of pinks and lavenders as seen at the Erin Fetherston show, the Bobbi Brights Collection comes complete with this monster of an eye palette featuring a whoppin’ 35 eye colors, most of them so bold you can hardly believe that it comes from Bobbi Brown.
I spent a little time playing around with Bobbi Brights Eye Palette ($70 US), musing over the tri-fold design and the size of the mini shadows. For me, the smart packaging of 35 shades is great. The design allows this massive palette to stay compact and travel-friendly, definitely not daunting at all.
For my FOTD, I decided on a teal eye – something whimsical and fun to brighten up my mood in the middle of our wet and overcast New Year’s weekend.
From left to right, here are the colors I used: Blue Denim, Mulberry, Sea Foam, and Periwinkle.
The color payoff on these little shadows are great. I love how a little goes a long way and they’re all buildable so you can get as much or as little as you want. My only gripe is that the mini shadows are housed in tiny little circles so it’s hard to pick up the color unless you are using a smaller shadow brush. The shadows are finely milled so the power residue kind of gets everywhere if you’re not careful.
For my Bobbi Brights look, I used Blue Denim on my lids and fanned it out to the outer third. Then I applied Sea Foam to the inner lid and blended it out into the crease, highlighting with Periwinkle. Using Mulberry, I lined the upper and lower lashline and finished the eye look with Benefit’s BADgal Plum Mascara ($19 US).
On the rest of my face, I used MAC Beauty Power in Sweetness on the apples of my cheeks and topped off my lips with Bobbi Brown Pink Quartz Glitter Lip Gloss.
Overall, I’m really enjoying Bobbi Brights Eye Palette – you can create a couple of dozen different combinations with all the colors. The $70 price tag might scare some, but don’t fret, these come out to $2 per shade so it’s not too steep of a splurge. If you love bolder colors and wear them often, I’d recommend picking this baby up. I can’t tell you enough how I love the thought of so many shades housed so neatly in a travel-friendly compact!
The Bobbi Brights Collection will also feature four new shades in her awesome Creamy Lip Color formula that I LOVE, six new Lip Gloss shades, and a limited edition Makeup Kit with Brushes.
Bobbi Brights Collection is on counters at your favorite department store now. What do you think? Are you excited about Bobbi Brown taking a leap into colors? Or do you favor her simplistic color palette of neutrals?
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On January 3rd, 2009 the Muse said:
I think a little color on the cookie looks AMAZING
No more neutrals here babe! That’s 35 shades of popping brights for you to play with hehe! I really liked the palette as well! At first I was so ranty about it’s size but after a bit I was all excited how cute and tiny it is =-)
You look fabs in those shades hun!
On January 3rd, 2009 Decorative Diva said:
Very pretty!
I especially like Sea Foam and Periwinkle.
On January 3rd, 2009 Lilan said:
Hiya Muse!
I can’t wait to see your FOTDs with this palette. Hopefully BB will answer your prayers with a shimmer brights palette next year – keeping my fingers crossed for ya
How was your holiday lovie? Good I hope!
On January 3rd, 2009 Lilan said:
Hi Decorative Diva,
I always love your color combos that you do, this would probably compliment your collection nicely!
On January 3rd, 2009 Karen B said:
that blue looks amazing on you, gorgeous!
On January 4th, 2009 Lilan said:
Thanks Karen B!
Do you think you’ll be checking out this brights palette?
On January 4th, 2009 Amina said:
i got it although i was very hesitant!!
I can’t wait to play with it.
you look gorgeous with the blues
On January 4th, 2009 Lilan said:
Hi Amina,
So fun you got the palette too! What colors do you think you’ll do for your first look with Bobbi Brights?
On January 4th, 2009 Karen B said:
No Bobbi Brown I can get my hands on unfortunately. And I’m in a very small budget since last month (paying for my summer school at Guildhall and all)
On January 4th, 2009 Lilan said:
Hi Karen B,
Bobbi Brown definitely isn’t the most student-friendly. But, if you like brighter shades, have you tried out CoverGirl’s Eye Enhancers? They’re a great buy for the budget-conscious
On January 5th, 2009 Karen B said:
I don’t even think we have CoverGirl… lol
On January 5th, 2009 Karen B said:
Gah, it just submitted my commet. Tss.
Thanks for the tip though but no more make-up for some time for me. I’m going to get a new mascara though as my current one is irritating my eyes *pout*