STILA - *Fabulous in Fiji* Collectable Travel Palette #5

I'm going to try to make this shorter than my review on "Trendsetting in Tokyo".

This is the fifth limited edition travel palette Stila has released. Each of these adorable palettes feature a different "Stila girl" and their adventures while traveling. This one is featuring Ali, check out more about her "adventure" here. 

You'll get;

• Four .015 oz eyeshadows
• One .09oz dual lip & cheek color

This one is also still available at Sephora but will probably be gone soon, get it while you can for just $10!!

Review;

This one is my personal favorite out of the three that I own. I really love tropical, bright, unique eyeshadow. Fabulous in Fiji isn't for everyone. I'll explain why in a bit. 

The packaging;

 Like I said in my post about "Trendsetting in Tokyo" this is the perfect sized palette for traveling and on-the-go touch ups! I love how small and cute these little palettes are. This is made of sturdy cardboard and I really don't see it breaking or getting worn out for a long time! When you open the palette up, there is a mirror and a travel inspired quote... the mirror comes in handy! This closes easily with a sturdy magnet that keeps it shut.  
The outside of this palette is pretty, with pictures of palm trees and the main color being sky blue!

The Eyeshadow & Convertible Color;

These eyeshadows have great color pay off and are really smooth. They are easy to blend and all colors create a really nice look when used together! You'll need a primer or base underneath though... 

 I haven't used the convertible color yet because it doesn't match my skin tone well. I will be using this in the summer though!

Below are swatches and descriptions of all the colors

r&r, escape, palm, wave all with primer underneath

r&r, escape, palm, wave, plumeria  All eyeshadows with primer underneath

R&R - Very light icy blue with shimmer. Lovely color and awesome to highlight, for the brow bone or to use on the inner corners of your eyes! 

Escape - Sky blue with shimmer. This is a light blue color and looks great all over the lid by itself or used to highlight! 

Palm - Bright green with a little shimmer. This is my favorite in the palette! It's a beautiful color and can be used for many different looks. You can use this eyeshadow for an intense look as well as a more toned down look!

Wave - Bright navy blue. I like to pair this with Palm for a really bright, fun look. Really pretty! As you can see in the swatches below, this color can be patchy when used without a primer! 

Plumeria - Bronze. I'd probably use this as a bronzer in the summertime when I'm not so pale! I do like this color a lot but I'm not sure if it'll work for me. I don't really like it on my lips. 

flying may not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price -amelia earhart

^Quote inside the palette^

STILA - *Trendsetting in Tokyo* Collectable Travel Palette #3

I missed most out on most of these adorable "mini" palettes but I was able to get three of them, I'll be reviewing all the ones I do have.

Details;

This is the third limited edition Stila travel palette they've released.  Each of these palettes feature a different Stila girl and their adventures while traveling. This palette is featuring Zoe, you can check out so much more about her "adventure" HERE! 

This palette contains;

• Four .015 oz eyeshadows
• One .09oz dual lip & cheek color 

Availability; Sephora for just $10!

 If you're planning on buying this, I'd hurry up because it won't be available for long! 

Review;

The Packaging;

This is the perfect sized palette for traveling and on-the-go touch ups, it fits right in my hand! It's nice and slim so it'll fit perfectly in your purse! 

This is made of sturdy cardboard, not flimsy at all. It has a magnet that keeps the palette shut, that is also very sturdy. Prior to purchasing this, I thought it would look flimsy and cheap in person. That isn't the case, it looks like I paid a lot more than just $10 for this adorable palette. 

The main color on the outside is a beautiful purple shade and "Zoe" (the Stila girl) is beautiful on this palette. There is also very pretty shades of yellow, orange and pink on the outside. The whole thing is very pretty unique. On the inside is a very nice travel inspired quote and an awesome, perfect sized mirror. 

*The only thing I dislike about the packaging is that sometimes as I'm applying my eyeshadow I'll get a bit of it close to the cream convertible color and that always makes my heart jump out of my chest! Luckily, I've never actually gotten any of the eyeshadow into the convertible color itself.

The Eyeshadow;

Overall, these eyeshadows are really nice. I haven't tried any other Stila eyeshadows besides the ones in their travel palettes so I really can't compare them. I have heard people say that these aren't as pigmented as their full-sized eyeshadows. I've also heard that these smaller sized eyeshadows in the travel palettes don't have nearly as much fallout as the full-sized ones. So the travel palettes compared to the full-sized eyeshadows both have their ups and downs. I personally think that this is a great buy. 

                                            

*Below are swatches of the eyeshadows and convertible color*

        

        

SAKE - Beautiful shimmery champagne/beige. Has fallout but not very much at all. Lovely color for highlighting or for your brow bone! Getting a good swatch photo of this was difficult but it does have good color pay off  and is my favorite eyeshadow in this palette.

Sake, without primer & with primer

KAWAI - Shimmery medium pink. I love this unique pink shade, this one doesn't have much shimmer though.  I get a lot of use out of this color, I really like pairing it with "Sake". It has very good color pay off. 

Kawai, with & without primer

SHIBUYA - Deep matte blue. A very bright and vibrant color. This color is a bit patchy and more difficult to blend but with some work, this looks amazing. Again, great color pay off.

Shibuya, with & without primer

"PEACE SIGN" - Black with multi-colored glitter. This is a great black eyeshadow and it's very unique because of the glitter. There isn't any fallout either which is hard to find with eyeshadows like this one. I like to pair this with "Shibuya". Not the most intense black but it's still great and like the others, it has great color pay off. 

"Peace Sign", with & without primer

                                                     

Convertible Color;

This is a cream dual lip & cheek color. I really like wearing this on my lips and with lipgloss over it, it's really amazing. At first, I was overwhelmed by the color but once I tried it out, I found that it is very wearable on both the lips and cheeks. 

Sakura - Neutral baby pink. This is a limited edition shade. Out of the three travel palettes I own from Stila, this is my favorite convertible color. It's probably my favorite out of everything in these palettes!

things astonish us when we travel, that surprise nobody else - miriam beard

That is the very true quote on the inside of this palette.

NYX Single Eyeshadow - JAZZY PINK

ME - Wearing NYX Jazzy Pink eyeshadow using ELF eyelid primer underneath.

 NYX single eyeshadows are amazing and this particular color is my favorite.

As you get to know me, you'll see that bright, unique, intense eyeshadows are what I mostly wear. 

I'm loving hot pink eyeshadow right now and for the past couple of months, I've been using this one more than any other eyeshadow in my NYX collection. 

Description;

To me this is a matte eyeshadow with glitter in it. It's an intense, bright, hot pink color that looks great alone or blended with other colors. 

• Availability; Cherry Culture for $3.99.

I buy my NYX cosmetics at a local beauty supply store for $3.99 and sometimes, they even have certain ones on sale for only $1.99! So, shop around and you might just find a great deal. 

I did *not* see this on the NYX website for some reason...

Review;

This is my favorite eyeshadow by NYX, it's highly pigmented and very long lasting. For the price of this eyeshadow, even at full price (around $6) it's worth every single penny and more. This eyeshadow worn with a primer or base underneath is truly amazing, it doesn't crease or budge at all. I have to give this eyeshadow a 5/5. 

More Photos;

Swatches with and without a base

E.L.F Endless Eyes Pro Mini Eyeshadow Palette

My Tiny Rant;

I've seen a ton of reviews about this palette but I felt the need to give you my thoughts on it.

I feel like a lot of the other people who reviewed this didn't like the palette before they even received it. I also think a lot of them bought it for review purposes only and either didn't use it at all or barely used it before reviewing it. I've used this palette a lot so far, I wanted to test it out so I've used different primers and bases with it and played around with it a lot. So many of those other reviews are "the same". They're talking about how they knew they'd hate it before they got it or how it's only $5 so that must mean it's horrible quality. 

My First Thoughts;

When I ordered this, it was the first time I had ever even heard of ELF and I was excited to see cosmetics that beauty gurus talk about for such cheap prices. I saw this palette that was only five dollars that included 32 eyeshadows and I was super hyped to order it. When I finally got it in the mail, I was happy to see so many different color combinations and couldn't wait to play around with this and see if it was actually any good.

The Packaging;

I like the packaging a lot, It's slim and sleek. I've heard that other people had a problem with their packaging cracking or breaking but I'm very careful with my things and haven't had any issues. I love the little mirror inside as well. I don't use sponge applicators but it did come with one... I tossed it in the bin with all the rest! I think a couple of travel sized brushes should've been included. I do love the simple, clean look this palette has.

The Eyeshadows and Quality;

There is a mixture of matte and shimmery colors and a few colors with glitter. 

You can create so many looks with this palette because of the huge color selection. The colors range from neutrals to bright bold colors and even some blacks and grays. There are even a couple of awesome highlight colors. 

I cannot stress this enough... use an eyeshadow primer or at least a base!! Without a primer or base many of these eyeshadows have very little color payoff or lasting power but with one, you'll find that most of them will have good color payoff and last a pretty long time. You can even buy ELF's eyelid primer for $1! It works well, I use it. I also recommend NYX jumbo eye pencil in milk to use as a base, it works amazingly to brighten these eyeshadows and make them more vibrant. 

About half of these eyeshadows have noticeable fallout BUT not much and isn't any worst than any other eyeshadow that has fallout (which is most). 

One thing you need to know is not to press your eyeshadow brush too hard into these shadows as many of them are very soft. 

Also, to get better color payoff I pat the color on rather than swipe my brush across my lid.

The Swatches;

I'm going to show you each row of four from top to bottom. There are eight rows. These are ALL used with ELF's eyelid primer unless otherwise stated. 

Those are all the swatches, some have good color payoff and a nice texture some don't, as you can see. My favorites are the pink colors and the bright blue color that you see in the second to last row, it's the third one. 

Using NYX jumbo eye pencils work very good like I said before. Just look at how much bolder and more vibrant those eyeshadows are! I just swatched random eyeshadows from the palette over NYX jumbo eye pencil in milk. 

My Overall Opinion;

This is a limited edition item at eyeslipsface.com, I think you can also find this at target. The original price was $10 but it has been reduced to $5. I think this is a great addition to anyones collection and would also be awesome for beginners. The colors are arranged in a great way. Shades that go well together are located side by side so it's very easy to figure out how to create a nice, easy look. This will also allow you to play around with some bright colors that you might've been iffy about before. This will be great for you to learn how to combine colors that look good together. Some eyeshadows in this palette are chalky and flaky, like the very first white color but many aren't. If you want to simply add to your collection, if you're a teen or on a budget or even if you just love playing around with different eyeshadows, this is good for you. 

This is a good deal and a great palette to have. I'm rating this 2.5/5.