The Palette To Keep Forever

 

A limited edition Mac palette. Every beauty lovers dream.

I was lucky enough to have the Mac Keepsakes palette given to me as one of my Christmas presents and I was so grateful. After using it for about a month now I thought it was the right time to do a review.

 

 

 

 

First off, the packaging. Wow, wow, wow. If this isn’t beautiful then I don’t know what is. Glitter, beads and a statement queens head in the centre. The glitter catches the light and sparkles like the brightest disco ball (I’ve seen many disco balls at parties when I was younger!). It may just be me, but the glittery top seems to have small purple and blue tones running through it to create a midnight sky-like effect. I love how the queen’s head in the centre is slightly raised compared to the rest of the packaging as this creates a statement throughout the whole thing, as well as the beads on the outer edge giving an extra dimension.

 

 

 

Now onto the actual palette. 8 eye shadows which certainly live up to the expectations of the packaging. I have the ‘beige eyes’ palette but you can also get a ‘smoky eyes’ and a ‘plum eyes’ to create lots of different looks. All 8 shades are highly pigmented and they are all very long lasting - even without a primer. They range from a very light colour which actually matches my skin tone to a much darker brown shade which has some black tones running through it. The palette also has a balance between matte and shimmery shades as it includes 4 of each which is great if you want a look that can go from day to night. It also comes with a double ended applicator brush which I haven’t tried yet as I prefer to use my own eye shadow brushes but if you were looking for a palette with an applicator then this ticks all the boxes.

 

 

 

 

 

The only slight downfall about this palette that I find is that the shades don’t have names. Now this will seem ridiculous to some people but personally I like to have a name to put to a shade – especially if I’m telling someone about the palette as I find it much easier to give my opinions on the different shades (and this did make it harder to swatch them haha). I swatched the shades in the same order that they appear in the palette so that you could get an idea of what they look like on skin rather than just in the palette.
 

 

 

 

My personal favourite shades are the top right and the bottom left. The top right is a shimmery brown and the bottom left is a muted matte brown and I think these will look great together or combined with other shades. I also think that the top left shade is perfect for brightening the inner corners of the eyes, especially when creating a smoky eye.

 

 

 

Overall I would 100% recommend buying this palette as the good things (everything) definitely out-way the one fault that I have with it (not having names!) as this is just a personal thing which I quickly got over after trying out all of the shades! If you are looking to buy this palette I suggest grabbing it as quick as possible as this is limited edition and won’t be available forever. I am definitely considering buying the ‘plum eyes’ palette as I love this one so much so if you have tried that palette I would love to hear what you think of it in the comments or via my social media (links below).

 

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Thanks for reading,

Katie