Violet Voss X Laura Lee Palette Review!
Ok so after some time away I am back with something really exciting!
There is a well known YouTuber Laura Lee who came out with a collaboration with the beauty company Violet Voss. Violet Voss has been known for their amazing glitters, and with the release of their Drenched Metal and Holy Grail eye shadow palettes they are becoming quite well known for their eye shadow palettes as well. Laura Lee is a beautiful and fun Youtuber, originally from Alabama but now in LA.
I ordered this palette during the second pre sale on June 10th, and received it June 20th. And here she is!
Please forgive my kind of dirty palette, but that just proves that I have been putting it through the ringer.
Inside view:
Ah… look at that beauty.
After viewing a few videos and many snaps from Laura, I could tell you the main goal of the palette was for it to be the one palette you could pack for traveling. And I would definitely say she succeeded. This palette features 10 mattes, and 10 shimmers. Some of the shimmers are duo chrome (larlee) and the others are just plain awesome foil shimmer. Lets talk mattes first. It’s pretty obvious that they have a great variety of mostly warm mattes to blend into your crease.Some standout colors I have found are Fried and Alabama, which add great dimension and warmth without being your typical brown. You can create almost any look with these mattes and the color payoff is there and the blendability is there. They also have a matte black which to me is always a big plus to deepen up a crease when going from day to night.
But the true stars are the shimmers. These are by far the most buttery, smooth, creamy shimmers I have ever worked with. Violet Voss clearly has a way with shimmers.
The swatches are mostly just to show color pay off. I have swatched (left to right) Bitty, Hissy Fit, and Tickled Pink. They literally look like liquid. They require not much packing at all and they stay all day with a primer underneath (I use either Mac 24 Hour extended eye base or just concealer). I just can’t say enough about the shimmer colors. Larlee is a beautiful duo chrome that appears to almost have a little green or blue reflecting in it, and is so fun as a powerful inner corner highlight.
You cannot look at this palette without eyeing what some say is the star of the show, Smashlee. It is almost a forest green that reflects gold and yellow and in some lights blue. It is the pop of something really different and fun in this palette, and the formula is just the same as the other shimmers.
I only have two complaints regarding this palette, and they are small and would NOT stop me from purchasing it. One is the packaging. It feels almost like flimsy cardboard, and I am concerned about the shadows getting smashed when I throw it in a bag to travel. I am not asking for 5 star packaging here, just something that makes these beautiful colors inside a little more protected. Two is that some of the colors specifically the shimmers Bitty and 1988 are pretty similar. It is just a bit of an odd color to have so similar. But will I use both colors? Absolutely.
Overall, this palette is very much a winner. It is really a great palette for makeup beginners looking to improve but needing one place to start. This is truly a great all in one palette, great work Violet Voss and Laura Lee!
See you soon 🙂
Tayler