Friday, November 21, 2008

Smashbox Value Set Review

Master's Class Vol. 3 Complexion Perfection - Fair
(176$ Value)
Price-59$

Comes With:

--High Definition Healthy Fx Foundation SPF 15 in Light L1 (1oz)
--Hybrid 2-in-1 Luminizing Primer in Flash (0.98 oz)
--Pressed Powder/Bronze Lights Duo in Fair/Light (0.42 oz)
--Camera Ready Full Coverage Concealer in 2.0 (0.08 oz)
--Photo Op Under Eye Brightener (0.24 oz)
--Baby Buki Brush
--Travel Foundation Brush
--Instructional DVD

Review:

--Overall- Many people seem to like this kit. The average rating on sephora is 4/5 stars. And these are the stats on makeupalley.com. Less people seem to like it on makeup alley. I would have to agree with makeup alley. I would give it an overall 3.5 out of 5. I do like a couple products in here a lot, but the inconsistency with these colors and products makes me not like the kit.

Overall rating 3.6
Number of reviews 9
Would buy this product again 66%
Package Quality 4.3
Price 2.7


--High Definition Healthy Fx Foundation SPF 15 in Light L1 (1oz)
This color doesn't match my skin tone at all. It is way too orangey, which is odd to me because I purchased the lightest color. It has a really nice texture, but it fades within 4 or 5 hours. It leaves my face a little oily, but then again, it doesn't say that it is mattifying. It has seperation in the bottle, so that shows that the formula might not be top notch. I like the application though. 3/5






--Hybrid 2-in-1 Luminizing Primer in Flash (0.98 oz)
I LOVE this product. I dont really know what hybrid 2 in 1 means, but it definately is luminizing. It leaves me face silky and soft. It feels like velvet when I apply it onto my face. It takes about one to two minutes to dry. It also makes your mineral foundation application really easy. I like to use this without my other smashbox products sometimes. 4.5/5



--Pressed Powder/Bronze Lights Duo in Fair/Light (0.42 oz)
I probably like the darker side to this better than the lighter side. The darker side makes good use for contouring, and its really blendable. The pressed powder side however, isn't my favorite. It looks really nice when I first apply it, but after a couple hours, I feel like all the reasons to apply powder on in the first place are broken. Shine comes through, and the powder fades after a couple hours. 4/5 only because of the contouring side.




--Camera Ready Full Coverage Concealer in 2.0 (0.08 oz)
Really good for touch ups, and its so easy to carry around. If you apply it before or after foundation in the morning, you will need to touch up. The color looks good on me. 4/5





--Photo Op Under Eye Brightener (0.24 oz)
This is another good product out of this kit. I feel like its the only product that actually does what it says it will, and it actually stays on. This would be worth buying seperate from the kit. Its so versatile and can be used on the cupids bow, cheekbones, bridge of nose or undereyes. 4.5/5




--Baby Buki Brush
Blehh, this isnt soft at all ]: it almost hurts. I dont like the size, and I dont like the coverage. It seems like the just whipped together a cheap brush to add to this kit. Although I do occasionally use this because I have no other travel sized buki besides the mini mini bare minerals one.
3/5





--Travel Foundation Brush
In fact, I do really like this brush. I alternate this brush with my ecotools bursh, and we all know I love my ecotools brush. It provides flawless coverage and the size is so cute, and it gets into hard to reach places. The only thing in the kit that I give 5/5






flychic3312000, I hope this review was helpful, and sorry it took me so long to get to your request.

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