The Smashbox Full Exposure Palette* launched earlier this year and i thought it was a great palette but wasn't expecting much as there were a lot of new neutral palette releases and i didn't think this would be any different but i was wrong!

Colour and Pigmentation

This palette really surprised me in terms of pigmentation and colour i thought it would be just another palette but i was pleasantly surprised. The Full Exposure palette contains 14 different neutral colours, the top row being eyeshadows that are shimmery and have a slightly glitter to them and the bottom row containing velvet matte shades. In my opinion this palette is far better than the Naked Palette series as they only contains 1 or 2 matte shades but this palette contains both shimmer and matte in a range of shades and undertones not to mention they are all reasonably pigmented with no fall down when applying

Wear Time

Another thing that really impressed me was the wear time of these shadows i found the matte shades to very long lasting considering the formula and the shimmery shades look great over the matte shades so they last well in that respect too, applying a primer before hand will make some of this shadows brighter and also make them last longer as well which would be great for those of you who find your eyeshadows start to crease.

Packaging

I love the packaging of this because its a really secure box it closes based on magnets although the box is cardboard it doesn't look cheap and certainly doesn't feel cheap either. it has a rubberised outer finish.

I like that it has quite a large mirror inside and comes with this great brush that works really well with the shadows as one side is a flat brush for applying and the other is a blending brush quite similar to a blend of the MAC 217 and the 224. It also comes with a mini of the Full Exposure Mascara which works pretty well and doesn't flake which is always good and this great little chart that tells you what eyeshadow you should do with your eye shape

Price and Where to Buy

You can buy the Smashbox Full Exposure Palette from any Smashbox counter or online at smashbox.co.uk for £36 which is the same price as the Urban Decay Naked Palete 1-3

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