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ROSIE FOR AUTOGRAPH PALETTE HOLIDAY 2016.

2 November 2016 33 comments

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It's almost been a year, can we believe, since the Rosie For Autograph makeup range launched and I went swatch happy in M&S (refer to this post for the full collection evidence of my swatch party), and I'm still just as utterly enamoured with the range as I was back then. Just in time for Christmas and all that, Rosie's given us a beautiful Eye and Cheek palette, available here, that I ripped open with earnest - read on for swatches and my thoughts!



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Carrying on the theme throughout her collection, the packaging is beautifully simple - black, slimline, with just the logo on the lid, picked out in rose gold, although I've got to admit it feels a little plastic-y - but I'll excuse it for what's inside. Open the lid and you're met with 6 shadows, a bronzer, cream highlight, and one of the gorgeous cream blushes, handpicked by Rosie, vegetarian and cruelty free. There's enough here to do a full face which I think is great for travel/convenience and lazy days. Immediately on looking at the palette, it really reminds me of the Marc Jacobs Objects of Desire palette - 6 shadows, consisting of golden neutrals, browns and purpley shades, a blush, highlight and contour, but this one costs £30 less. In fact, you could get both this and one of the gorgeous Stila Perfect Me palettes for the price of the MJ one... paws for thought right?

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So starting with the shadows, the overall colour palette is pretty warm and the texture across the board is wonderfully buttery and creamy, with good pigment. I love the plummy shade, it's incredibly beautiful as a wash over the eye, then intensified by using it damp in the centre of the lid. Even the ivory shade, which I usually wouldn't be drawn to, works as a lovely inner corner highlight.

Gossip - Softly metallic, off-white/ivory
Iconic Rose - Creamy, slightly metallic golden beige - similar to (but lighter than) Burberry Pale Barley, not pink at all like the name might suggest.
Velvet Rose - Metallic mulberry with subtle, multifaceted shimmer.
Bitter - Midtoned brown with golden shimmer.
Causing A Stir - True gold metallic.
Talk That Talk - Deep, dark, creamy brown.

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Onto cheeks, the powder bronzer, 'Bronzed Beauty', is really pigmented but smooth and blendable. As a bronzer it's nicely neutral in tone, perhaps leaning on the slightly warm side but by no means looking orange-y or muddy. If you've a warm skintone, you could even get away with this as a contour, as it's quite close in colour to the contour stick in the range. For me, I like to use it incredibly lightly, on a big fluffy tapered brush like the RT blush brush, and sweep around the perimeter of my face to add warmth and dimension - really pretty. In fact, there's a new Rosie For Autograph Brush Set that looks stunning, and there's a nice, fat, tapered brush in that - I'm so tempted to pick it up!

'Get That Glow', the cream highlighter in the palette is beautiful. You may have read in my full review of the RFA range how much I adore the loose powder highlighter in Rosebud, and this cream version has a similar colour and tone, something I loved about the original. It's got that pinky-oyster tinge, not dissimilar to Tom Ford's Shimmer Shot in Spin Spin Sugar (full review here) that I really enjoy - it looks stunning on the high points of the cheekbones, especially on reasonably fair skin (I'm a Chanel B20). The formula is lovely and fine, doesn't exaggerate pores, and lasts well on my skin - a good 4-6 hours.

The blush, in 'English Rose Flush', I also love. Similarly creamy, pigmented, smooth, even and blendable as the RFA cream blush compacts, the shade this time is a juicy, rosy pink, with the perfect tone to enliven just about any skin tone - I think this one's really versatile. It has the same name as one of the individual blushes but that seemed more peachy from memory, whereas this one pulls a bit more rosy. Although pigmented, it sheers out to the most natural of flushes, or you can build it up to create a stronger, brighter look - it layers really well on top of itself and lasts well on the skin without breaking up or fading.

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I've got to say I love the palette. I'd say the face portion is just as good as the Estee Lauder Golden Goddess palette (full review here) I raved about, and the shadows are a wonderfully wearable mix of shades - I'm giving it a huge thumbs up!



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