Bobbi Brown Chrome Collection 2009

Bobbi Brown is quickly becoming one of my favorite makeup brands, which is surprising because I thought I’d always be all Chanel, Chanel, Chanel.  Not to say that my love for Chanel has died, but I’m glad I’m branching out to so many of the other lovely brands out there.  :)

Anyway, this limited edition set is to die for.  One of the first things I noticed when using this palette was that the color payoff is amazing.  When using Bobbi’s eyeshadows, I have to really pack the color onto the brush to make the color appear on my lids.  However, with the Chrome palette, the color pigmentation is wonderful, there’s really no fallout, and it sparkles beautifully on the skin without looking overdone.

So, you’ll have to excuse the quality of the pictures; I was too lazy to go to my little studio and take the pictures, so I just laid them out on my bed and took it with my point-and-shoot camera, haha.

Anyway, out of the set, I tried the Chrome palette (as you can see), along with the metallic lipstick in New Chrome, (which I adored).  I only purchased the palette though, since they’d already sold out of the lipstick.  I must say, though – the lipstick is incredibly cool.  I have cool undertones, so I guess it worked better with me, but it made my lips look icy, yet nude, if that makes any sense?  As soon as I put it on, the girl at Bobbi Brown and I were like, ooooooh, that is HOT, hahaha.

Now, the pricing of the palette, in my opinion, is very fair.  At $75, you get ten eyeshadows, four lip glosses, and two mini brushes (lip + shadow).  The design of it is also very compact, so it’s easy to carry along with you.  It’s the perfect set for giving you that nice ice princess look… I think it’s truly become one of my favorite, must-have palettes, which I think I’ll be using quite often now.

I guess my final thought is, warm undertones, beware!  If blue/grey/charcoal colors tend to clash with your skin tone, you’re obviously not going to like this set.  But if you’ve got cool undertones like me (I’m cool/blue), you’re going to look phenomenal in these colors.  So, go check it out, everyone, and tell me what you think!