Charlotte Tilbury

As much as I usually enjoy making my own colour stories using different shades and brands together for different combinations every time that I wear makeup, I admit that there are days when I do want to put on 'a little something', but am too rushed or lazy to put in the brain power, and this is a perfect palette for those days; EYE BRIGHTEN (shimmering, frosted pink), EYE ENHANCE (mauve-blush shimmer), EYE SMOKE (pink-maroon matte), FACE BRONZE: (neutral honey), FACE HIGHLIGHT: (champagne gold), CHEEK SWISH: A pretty champagne pink) and CHEEK POP (rose-pink). The three warm-neutral toned eyeshadow shades, in 3 finishes. CT matte shadows are brilliant for their ease of use; the shade you get can be either built up or blended out into a lighter shade really easily and quickly, so a simple look with just that shade will appear as though you've applied 3 shades. The frosted and shimmery shades also have lovely formulas - admittedly I have other brands whose shimmery formulas I prefer as creamy molten-appearing formulas are my preference, but these are still very nice and the quality is worth the price. The way the blushes from the brand work is by 'swishing' the lighter shade over the cheek area and then 'popping' the deeper shade into the apples. Some combination of the shades will work for everyone; the swish n pop method of mixing both shades is universal, plus light & medium skintones can wear either shade individually. Deeper skintones can rock the deeper shade alone and the lighter shade makes a nice cheek highlight. The Swish shade looks lovely worn alone on fair skintones, but Pop is a bit too pigmented when worn alone, without tons of blending. The highlighter isn't as intense as I usually go for,but I do love how light and silky the formula is; the powder doesn't cling to dry patches, or empathize uneven skin. I think that this could be the start if me going for softer highlights regularly... Although the bronzer appears pretty light, through my heavy hand I found that it can be easily built up. Awesome formula; very easy to apply and it wears beautifully. I think that this shade can be built up easily for medium skintones, however I don't think that this shade of the bronzer will build up enough to be flattering on deeper skintones. All of the formulas are incredibly quick and easy to work with, as well as being beautifully colour-coordinated, which is great for this style of 'grab n go' compact. All of the different formulations are off a high quality and I think that this compact is well worth the price.

I was given this product for christmas and I have used it almost everyday since then. This product gives a beautiful glow to the skin that somehow manages to be eye catching but natural. I use it as a highlighter, mix it with foundation or even wear it alone. As someone with oily skin, I was a bit concerned this product wouldn't be all that wearable for me but I find it holds up well. I don't find this product makes my skin any shinier than it would be with any other product and it lasts quite well throughout the day. The packaging feels nice and sturdy and I enjoy the little doe foot applicator for when I want to be a bit more precise with my application. It is pricey but I do think it's worth it. I'm a bit of a highlighter fanatic and I feel this product is unlike anything else I've used, including my liquid highlights from becca and loreal glotion. For that reason, I would repurchase.

Just bought a back up of this, and grabbed one for my daughter. It might be the perfect lippie. so moisturizing. so shiny.. just the perfect amount of depth to the color to give a finished look. I love the skinnier tubes, makes it easy to apply in a quick minute. no need to be perfect. does not bleed, and I'm 63. I am fighting the urge to buy 6 more..