Tantalizing Trios Await! With the Transformative bareMinerals Ready Convertible Eyeshadow Palette, You Can Take It With You

The new $39 bareMinerals Ready Convertible Eyeshadow Palette

This new $39 Ready Convertible Eyeshadow Palette by bareminerals is a lot like the last Transformers movie…except without the fast-twitch camera cuts, ear-splitting explosions and, ya know, robots.

OK, so now that I’ve thought about it more…it’s actually nothing at all like the last Transformers movie.

But it is like the slogan. “More than meets the eye.”

With 12 full-size shimmery eyeshadows that you can pop in and out, this holiday set is something of a quick-change artist. The idea is to place three colors into the smaller mini-palette in the middle of the bigger palette, which you can then slide out and take along with you ? you know, for touchups, booty calls, impromptu acts of makeup artistry in airport bathrooms, etc.

To make things even easier for nomadic eyeshadow enthusiasts, bareMinerals grouped each of the shadows into trios, then numbered the shades, making it easier to find the right lid color (the shadows marked with the number 1), crease shade (the number 2) and liner (3).

Seems very paint by numbers, doesn’t it?

Back to the whole robots thing, I can actually see Optimus Prime liking this concept, as he’s one of the better organized and more practical giant alien robots. Being covered in chrome himself, he would probably appreciate the shiny finish and minimal fallout of the shadows.

Swatches from the left: Hard to Get, Fantasy, Stilleto, Chart Topper, Admire and Couture

Speaking as a human woman, however, I have to ask ? yo, where my mattes? While I can wear shimmers all day long, I still would have liked to see more mattes here.

Because options, can I haz?

From the left: Pizzazz, Bewilder, Connoisseur, Shiver, Elixir and Mystify

Also, being valedictorian of the School of Makeup Overpackers, class of 2014, I would always, given the choice here between carrying all 12 shadows or just three, go with 12 every time. The idea of purposely restricting my shadow choices to three is just not my steez.

Wearing Chart Topper, Admire and Couture on my eyes; I’m also wearing the Hourglass Ambient Blush Palette on my cheeks, and MAC Matte Lipstick in Pander Me on my lips

With the Ready Convertible Eyeshadow Palette, I think bareMinerals has an innovative design, but I’m just not sure how often I’d take advantage of it…

The limited edition Convertible Eyeshadow Palette is available now, transforming makeup lives at bareMinerals counters and online.

PRICE: $39
AVAILABILITY: Limited edition, available now at bareMinerals counters and online
MAKEUP AND BEAUTY BLOG RATING: B

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

P.S. Yes, I’ve been feeling a little wacky today. In other news, I am so totally burned out on Gilmore Girls. I’m on the last season with about 15 episodes to go (Lorelai and Chris just got back together, doop-da-doo!), and I don’t know if I can do it anymore… If I hear one more crazy town conversation about absolutely nothing I might snap!

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Unsung Makeup Heroes: Chanel Illusion D’Ombre Long Wear Luminous Eyeshadow in Fantasme

Party ready in less than 30 seconds! Wearing Chanel Illusion D’Ombre Long Wear Luminous Eyeshadow in Fantasme ($36)

Fantasme…

Why did I just picture Penelope Cruz saying that, like from one of those Nespresso commercials?

“Nespresso!”

Are we really almost at the end of November? I can’t believe Thanksgiving is only a week away, but it reminds me that now is the time for holiday makeup.

There’s Thanksgiving next week, and then a couple get-togethers around Christmas, so I’m trying to think of ways to look dressed up that don’t require a lot of effort, like by using products I can layer on top of whatever other makeup I may have started the day wearing.

Say “happy holidays!” to Chanel Illusion D’Ombre Long Wear Luminous Eyeshadow in Fantasme. This sheer, glittery white cream wunderkind ($36) makes getting party-ready looks as easy as three pats of a finger.

Well…three or four.

Chanel Illusion D’Ombre Long Wear Luminous Eyeshadow in Fantasme ($36)

Wait ? don’t walk away just because I said glitter! This is Chanel glitter, so it’s classy and refined (think: expensive chandelier), and it’s precisely the kind of glitter I imagine Choupette the cat leaves in her wake when she prances around her mansion.

Fantasme is one of those deceptively fantastic pieces… It pretends to be boring and nondescript in swatches, but it turns into a concert violinist on lids.

The long-running Unsung Heroes series features some of my favorite permanent collection products from a variety of bodacious beauty brands.

What I like to do is pat Fantasme in the inner corners of my lids with a finger.

Sure, you could use a brush, but I like using my fingers because it seems to cut down on the fallout…not that there’s very much of it anyway.

I just pat on top of whatever eye makeup I happen to be wearing. Doesn’t matter what colors or kind of look it is, either. Fantasme cranks it up.

Here I’m wearing it on top of teals and blues from the Urban Decay Vice 2 Palette…

Here I patted Fantasme into the inner half of my lids with a finger

It literally takes less than 30 seconds. Seriously, the quickest party eye look ever.

Fantasme is available now in the Chanel permanent line, dazzling and glowing at Chanel counters and online.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

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