Lorac Pro 2 Palette Review and Swatches...

Hey there folks,

Sorry for my absence the past couple of days but I had yet another 'doh' moment where my brain apparently decided to take a little vacation without letting me know. My lovely dad got me a new case for my Macbook and wanted to do a YouTube video (you should check out his tech channel  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC9_eaL4jZTo5sXGfsvuuIQ he's been super supportive and reads my blog despite the fact that I'm fairly certain he doesn't wear makeup lol) and so I took my Mac through to my parents house and then completely forgot to take it home with me. I know right? I think I need to start just randomly sticking post it notes everywhere to remind me to do things. So anyway lets get on with the show shall we?

I had been wanting to try out one of the Lorac palettes for a while since I have heard such positive things but lacked the funds to get one. By that what I mean is that I have to budget everything in order of priority and most of the time I just can't justify spending £20/30 on just one makeup product no matter what it might be. So anyway I finally managed to pick one up and decided to share my opinion with you guys too.

Okay so first let me just say that, whenever I review a product I like to try the product out for at least a week before I post a review, thats simply because I honestly don't think that I can give a truly accurate opinion based on just one try. I like to try as many colour combinations and looks as I can so that I can see how it really works for different things. But it's important to rememberer that this is just my own personal opinion, and that different products work differently on different skin types, tones and textures and what works well for me won't necessarily work for you and vice versa.

Looking at the design of the palette itself I've got to say that I love the simple and professional overall look it presents, the grey tones are kind of no nonsense but really work well at showcasing the different colours and tones of the shadows inside. Its a really nice size too as it's not too wide which makes it easier to hold onto, I wasn't sure at first whether or not I liked the soft cardboard as I figured it would be less sturdy than some palettes I own but honestly I haven't had any problems so far. I love the fact that there is a mirror inside for makeup and touchups on the go as not all eyeshadow palettes do, and the fact that the palette actually came with it's own eye primer (not pictured) was definitely an added bonus. I think the only thing that let it down here was the fact that it didn't come with a brush of any kind to make it easier for applying on the go.

1. Buff, 2. Lt.Brown, 3. Cool Gray, 4. Nectar, 5. Plum, 6. Navy, 7. Charcoal, 8. Black,
9. Snow, 10. Beige, 11. Rose, 12. Mocha, 13. Chrome, 14. Silver, 15. Jade, 16. Cocoa.

Diving right on in to the shadows, there are 16 shadows in total with a good mixture of warm and cool tones, shimmers and mattes. The first thing I will say is that while the darker colours are really nice and pigmented, most of the lighter colours need to be built up in order to get any kind of colour payoff at all, this is particularly the case with the colours Buff (1), Lt.Brown (2), Nectar (4), Snow (9), Beige (10) and Silver (14). Although once you do build them up the colours are extremely pretty and versatile.I  particularly love Lt.Brown as a transition shade and Snow as a highlight colour and in the inner corner of the eye. I would say that shadows 1 through 8 are your darker more glam shades and shadows 9 through 16 are your more natural everyday shades, although to be honest I like to mix things up a bit and experiment with all the different colours, after all thats what makeup is all about- experimentation!!. All of the shadows blend out really well and are fairly creamy when applying them, although, you can get a little fallout from some of the darker shades in particular the shades Plum (5) and Navy (6).

All in all I've got to say I really like the Lorac pro palette 2, I love the colour selection and the overall quality of both the palette itself and the shadows inside. I would definitely get another Lorac palette, in fact now I have my eyes on the Lorac Mega Pro palette, now that is a thing of beauty :) if only I could persuade someone to buy it for me lol.

Anyway folks thats all for today but I'll be back as always, I'm currently trying out the Loreal Infallible foundation since I love the matte version so much to see how the regular one compares I've already been using it for around a week but I'm going to keep my opinion all to myself- for now anyway.

See you all soon,

Alice xoxo