Coastal Scents 88 Piece Makeup Palette

I know that these are called "coastal scents 88 piece..." but firstly I'd like to point out that they are not exclusive to Coastal Scents, they buy them in large batches and have their logo printed on. They are widely available on eBay under multiple brands (including Coastal Scents, Fräulein, Beauties Factory and sometimes unbranded) and from many sellers, most of which are located in Hong Kong. Some sellers even do multi-buy offers of multiple sets which can be quite good value for money. The CS prices are £12-£15 ($19-$25) with postage of nearly £20 to the UK and ebay ranges from £9-£25 including postage (cheaper from Hong Kong though I got a good deal from ...  Read the complete review

The Coastal Scents 88 piece makeup palette is currently priced at $21.95 and available from their website coastalcents.com. As an avid make up user, I wanted to try this palette out for myself as I've heard some mixed opinions about it. My main eye shadow brands that I love are MAC, Dior and Urban Decay so I guess I'll try and compare it to these so I can give you a better picture of the quality. This palette is made of a black, glossy plastic and is a bit smaller than the size of a magazine like a full size Cosmopolitan. So, whilst it might look huge in pictures, it's not actually that big but a good size. This palette is handy for taking with you ...  Read the complete review

****88 Piece Makeup Palette and Ultra Shimmer 88 Eye Shadow Palette **** I was going to review these separately but for some reason when dooyoo did my suggestion the link just goes to the makeup overview page so oh well. The idea of these palettes is that the 2nd one is a shimmer version of the first but i have to say there are colours in the two of them that don't match up at all. I don't like the packaging in these as the case looks quite cheap with coastal scents plastered all over it and i think it would look better plain. Also the plastic separating the different shadows also feels quite cheap. When you open them up there is an okay sized ...  Read the complete review

I have had this palette for such a long time now! I used it alot at first, but at the moment I much prefer neutral eye shadow colours and this palette has little of these. It is great value for money and the eyeshadows are mostly very pigmented with the exception of a few. There are endless combinations you could create with this palette, but I still find I want or require a colour different to the ones here. The eyeshadow pans are very small, which is great for compact travel, but if you love a certain colour and use it everyday, it soon runs out and re-fill pans are not available. The palette has a large mirror in one side which I find useful, and it comes ...  Read the complete review

I normally use eyeshadows only by Dior or Lancome because they are most softest but also give great colour, so I don't know what made me buy this kit. I think it was the fact that I had heard quite a bit about it giving really good colour so I thought why not, and as it was cheap even if it wasn't that great, I wouldn't have lost out too much money. So, upon receiving it, one of the shadows near the edge was cracked, but that didn't phase me, it happens in transit- I just wanted to try the colours. I was very impressed with the colour pay off that you get with all of the colours in this pallette- I think these are close colours to Mac shadows and the ...  Read the complete review