theBalm Balm Jovi Rockstar Face Palette

As soon as I saw this palette reviewed by EmilyNoel83 I wanted it.  I had never really been that intrigued by a palette.  I wanted the Naked palette, but did not want to spend so much money. This one seemed to include a ton of products for a great price.

I purchased this palette from Amazon.com.  It was 24.50.  I think that this is a complete steal.  It has 9 shadows, 1 highlighter, 1 blush, and 2 cream lip/cheek colors.

I have traveled all over the place with this palette.  Being in college, I lug my makeup back and forth from my apartment to my parent's house.  This palette has been everywhere and the mirror has never cracked and all of the products are in tact.

Let's get to the pictures and swatches.

As you can see, there are 2 magnetic sections to this palette.  Lifting the top section reveals a mirror, all of the shadows, highlighter, and blush.  Then the bottom magnetic section reveals the cream products.  This is so great because the cream products are covered.  This is one reason I do not mixing cream and powder products in palettes, but in this palette the creams are protected.  This keeps them from getting full of different colored powders and from drying out.  I have had this palette for  almost a year and a half and the cream products are just as creamy now as ever.

When you flip the bottom magnetic section it reveals 4 different looks you can make with this palette. 

Here is a close up of the shadows, face products, and cream products.  As you can see, this is a well-loved palette.  Let's look at the swatches.

Without flash

With flash

From top to bottom: 

•  Row 1"Heavy Metal"- Metal-ica, Iron Main-in, Lead Zeppelin, Alice Copper
• Row 2 "Classical"- Adagio, Allegro, Moderato, Presto
• Row 3 "Alternative"- Blink 1982, The Stroke, rem, Third Eye Blinded
• Row 4- Disco Disco Solid Gold luminizer, Pop! Pop! Don't You Want Me                     blush, Milly lip/cheek cream, Vanilly lip/cheek cream.

I think it goes without saying I love this palette.  All of the shades are really pigmented well.  This palette has a huge variety of finishes.  The first row is metallic, the second row is mattes, and the third row is shimmery. They blend so well and really create so many effortless looks.The packaging is also adorable and I love the names of these shadows!  Have you tried this palette?  Let me know your thoughts.

Erin