Smashbox Shades of fame palette

This palette has been waiting to be reviewed since late August... :/

I have to thank one of my dearest and closest friends - Jovana <3 for being such a sweetheart and bringing me this lovely present from the US. She knows me oh soooo well...! :) <3

Ova divna paleta ceka svoju recenziju jos od Avgusta, kada sam je dobila od svoje drage prijateljice i kume, koja je bila pravo srce i iznenadila me ovako lepim poklonom. Ona zna koliki sam makeup freak tako da je ovako nesto pun pogodak u mom slucaju. :) <3

Let's start with a short description of the packaging. It's made out of a sturdy cardboard, size of a little clutch bag. It has a magnetic closing. The print of the palette itself and the box is covered with pictures from the photoshoot for the very same palette and it matches the name perfectly - Shades of Fame.
On the inside of the lid you can find a mirror, covering approximately half of the whole lid space.
Unfortunately, mine broke during transport but who cares about that anyway? :) I never use the mirror that comes with palettes like this.
Also, there is a Get-the-look guide with 3 looks you can achieve using this palette.

Pocecemo sa kratkim opisom pakovanja. Napravljeno je od cvrstog kartona, velicine je jedne manje clutch torbice. Ima magnetsko zatvaranje. Print/dezen palete i kutije sadrzi slike sa oficijelnog promo slikanja za samu paletu i apsolutno odgovara nazivu iste - Boje/nijanse slave.
Sa unutrasnje strane poklopca se nalazi ogledalo, koje otprilike zauzima polovinu cele povrsine. Nazalost, moje je napuklo tokom transporta ali to mi zaista nije bitno jer realno retko, skoro nikad, ne koristim ogledala koja dolaze sa paletama ove velicine.
Takodje, dobijate i uputstvo za 3 look-a koja mozete postici koriscenjem ove palete.

Now, products you will find inside are:
- Mini Photo Finish lid primer (which is not in the palette itself but it is in the packaging)
- 9 gorgeous eyeshadows (both matte and shimmery)
- 2 gel eyeliners
- Eyeshadow/eyeliner duo brush

U pakovanju dolaze sledeci proizvodi:- Mini Photo finish prajmer za oci (koji se na nalazi u samoj paleti vec iznad nje, na samom vrhu kutije)
- 9 prelepih senki (mat i sedefastih)
- 2 gel eyeliner-a
- Duo cetkica koja sa jedne strane ima cetkicu za senku, a sa druge cetkicu za eyeliner

Let's move on to the most important part of the post - eyeshadow colours and swatches:

1. Bliss - creamy beige colour (matte)
2. Honey - yellow with pink shimmer (it's like a duo-chrome eyeshadow so while it is yellow, it is also pink once the light hits it in a certain angle)
3. Sandstone - as the name suggests, it is a sandy/soft taupe-y colour I would say. When you look at it in the palette, you are sure it has silver sparkle in it but when you swatch it on your hand, it shows a warm, goldy shimmer. Weird but this could be my favourite of all 9. :) Also, bare in mind that we in Budapest haven't seen sun for weeks now :/ so its hard to describe a colour with only artificial light above you. :/
4. Nude - cold medium brown (matte)
5. Sherbert - beautiful coral colour with gold shimmer (this could easily be my favourite, too :))
6. Safari - olive green with gold sparkles - gorgeous!
7. Pacific - this is a true bright aqua blue colour - its not teal at all - also shimmery
8. Praline - bronze shimmery colour
9. Mocha - dark brown with shimmer

Hajde da predjemo na najbitniji deo posta, a to su senke i swatchevi:
1. Bliss je divna kreamasto bez nijansa (mat)
2. Honey - zuta sa pink simerom (duo-hrom senka sto znaci da u zavisnosti od ugla pod kojim pada svetlo, menja boju)
3. Sandstone - je nesto izmedju boje peska i taupe (zaista ne znam prevod za ovo). Kada je vidite u paleti, izgleda kao da ima srebrne cestice ali kada je swatch-ujete na ruci, pojavljuje se topao, zlatkasti shimmer. Cudno, ali mogu reci da je mozda bas ova boja moj favorit od svih 9. :) Takodje, imajte na umu da je sunca nije bilo nedeljama kada sam pravila ove slike, tako je tesko opisati realnu boju pri vestackom svetlu.
4. Nude - hladna braon boja (mat)
5. Sherbert - predivna koralna boja sa zlatnim shimmerom (i ova bi mogla biti moj favorit bez problema :) )
6. Safari - maslinasto zelena sa zlatnim sljokicama - prelepa!
7. Pacific - prava jarka aqua plava boja - takodje sa sljokicama
8. Praline - bronzana svetlucava
9. Mocha - tamno braon sa shimmerom

Two eyeliners you get are gold and bronze. I can't tell you much about them yet, since I need to use them few more times, in few different ways and places to see how they behave.

U paleti takodje dobijate dva eyelinera - zlatni i bronzani. Ne mogu jos uvek puno da kazem o njima, jer bih zelela da ih koristim vise puta pre nego sto donesem zakljucke.

But, as for the eyeshadows, I can just say that they are amazingly pigmented with just one swipe. Gorgeous, gorgeous colours that every girls would like. Maybe would be better if they threw in some more matte shades. But, even though I love matte shadows, this palette just blew me away. I would say that Sandstone and Sherbert are my favourites but just because they are not so common colours. However, others are amazing as well - Safari and Praline are also there, fighting for the first place. :)

They work well with or without a primer, so it is entirely your choice how you will use them. Also, if you want them to be more intense, you can always reach for Fix+.
Btw, I highly recommend Smashbox lid primer, it's one of the best I've tried so far. And their face primer is a living legend. :)
Bad side is it's unavailability in this part of Europe. It's pretty pricey if you try to order it from Amazon or Ebay and again, there is the issue of shipping restrictions. So, the best way to grab some Smashbox products is by visiting US or UK, or having someone who would help you and buy it for you. They are worth the hustle as they are a high-quality brand.

Ali, sto se samih senki tice, mogu samo da kazem da su izuzetno pigmentovane. Predivne, predivne boje koje bi se svidele svakoj devojci. Eventualno bi bila bolja paleta da su ubacili jos koju mat boju. Mada, za nekog ko jako voli mat senke, ova paleta me je apsolutno odusevila sa sve shimmerastim nijansama. :) Posebno bih izdvojila Sandstone i Sherbert kao moje favorite jer su, rekla bih, nekako jedinstvene boje koje nisu tako ceste kao neke druge. Ali i ostale nijanse su zaista prelepe - Safati i Praline su u samom vrhu takodje i tesko mi je da se odlucim koja mi se od svih ovih najvise dopada.

Sasvim se lepo nanose i bez i sa prajmerom, tako da je samo vas izbor da li cete isti koristiti ili ne. Ukoliko zelite da pojacate intenzitet boja, uvek mozete posegnuti za Mac-ovim Fix+.
Takodje, od srca bih vam preporucila Smashbox prajmer za oci, jer je definitivno jedan od boljih koje sam probala. A njihov prajmer za lice je apsolutna legenda u makeup svetu, tako da probajte obavezno ukoliko imate priliku. :)
Losa strana je da je Smashbox prilicno tesko nabaviti u ovom delu Evrope. Ukoliko pokusate da ih nabavite sa Amazona ili Ebay-a moze biti prilicno skupo, a tu su i restrikcije sto se isporuke tice van EU. Tako da, najbolji nacin da dodjete do nekih Smashbox proizvoda je da posetite UK ili US ili da vam neki poznanik ili rodjak posalje. Jer sto se kvaliteta tice, apsolutno vrede da se potrudite oko nabavke. :)

Here is the swatch of the primer:

So, that's it for today's post. :) Hope you've enjoyed reading it, have a lovely beginning of 2015. and speak soon. :) <3

To je sve sto se ovog posta tice. :) Nadam se da ste uzivali citajuci, zelim vam divan pocetak ove 2015. :) <3