I was lucky enough to get this from the BR beauty vault <3. It is, however, a set I would never go out and buy because of the price.
The set itself is soooo pretty!
The clutch is very girl, glittery and glam. Not my taste, so I have given it to my 8yo daughter.
The palette is a visually stunning mirror gold. There are 4 shadows, a tan, dark brown, blue and pink. I love the tan (Glisten) colour. But not really keen on the other three. It also has a blush (sunblush) and a shimmer (Nude shimmer). The nude shimmer is my favourite thing in this palette. its a translucent, pretty (yet not OTT) sparkle and I use it on it's own when I can't be bothered with shadow; or on top of shadow for an extra pop. The applicator is redundant.
The lip gloss is in Rose creme. It is a sheer light pink gloss and it smells aaaamaaazing! Like caramel chocolate (a pitty it doesn't taste like that LOL) The gloss doesn't really give my lips any hint of colour which I don't mind and it is slightly sticky, but I'm still happy with it.
The two lippys - Amethyst 23 and Peony 20. Both are really nourishing formulas, they go on smooth and don't dry out my lips. They don't seem to last very long but I don't mind that. The Amethyst is close to my own lip colour, I don't like it as much as I like the Peony. It is a pretty rosey pink colour with a slight gold shimmer. Of all the products I got, this lippy is my fave.
Red door Mini 5ml perfume. Firstly, I absolutely DISLIKE Red door perfume (bad childhood memories, but that's another story LOL!), so I was ready to dislike this perfume. But either the formula has changed, orrrr it smells different on me than it does on old mean grandmothers? Because I actually LIKE how this smells on me. It isn't heavy or overpowering, it smells totally different to me, fresh and clean. Whatever it is, I really like it!
I got this via the vault as I love Elizabeth Arden products and knew I could always re-gift anything that didn't work for me I will describe everything in detail piece by piece:
The set comes in a sparkly evening purse which is cute but too sparkly for my tastes so has been donated to the sallies as I have heaps of these types of bags about the place.
The Kabuki brush is cute, glamourously gold and the angled bristles are super soft and it has become my fave powder brush already.
The Mascara which is travel sized and from the beautiful colour line is quite your standard type of mascara wand/formula - great for my handbag.
The Taupe lipliner is a nice deep neutral cool toned brown-nude, too dark for my skintone so I have re-gifted but it is a lovely texture/long wearing pencil of good quality.
The two ceramide lipsticks (in gorgeous metal 1950s style gold cases ultra glam) are beautiful a bright cool toned pink which is definitely not my colouring (has been regifted) but the shade Amethyst (which is surprisingly a gorgeous plum toned nude brown) is fabulous and a lovely sheer lipstick which looks lovely with the gloss (rose creme) that comes with the set - lovely formula again, a great super pale nude pink with no shimmer which I love and great vanilla fragrance.
Palette - comes with 4 eyeshadows I like all of them except the pink which is terrible for my colouring but the mediterranean is a beautiful deep sultry navy/teal blue and the cinnamon is my new fave mid-tone bronzy brown, all have great pigmentation and are a tad more shimmery than I usually like but they wear really well. The blush 'sunblush' is a fave of mine from way back and is a great neutral nude/peachy rose tone which I would describe as a 'rosewood' shade and has wonderful pigmentation its mostly matte but with a few gold glitters through it but they are not noticeable when applied. Not a fan of the shimmer powder - it is full of chunky glitter which is just not me but it is velvety smooth and well pigmented none-theless.
The last product is a wee bottle of Red Door aura which is a new fave which I would probably not have discovered if not for this scent - it is slightly reminiscent of the original (which I am a fan of) but with lots of fresh raspberry and musky sandalwood notes - strong but divine and I will repurchase in a full size!
Definitely a great value set chocka with classic beauty products which would suit a wide range of skin-tones!