One of the most talked about products that has come out in the past month or so is the Bobbi Brown Brights palette. Bloggers and magazine editors have been discussing it non-stop and the line between those who love it and those who hate it is deeply divided. This palette consists of 35 eye shadow shades that were inspired by the work that Bobbi herself did at Fashion Week. She has never offered these shades before because they radically different from the other products in her collection. These shades were the rejects from her other lines and ones that she only uses in runway and print makeup looks.
This is the product description from Bobbi Brown’s site, “Recently featured in "Allure" Magazine (Feb 2009). Inspired by Bobbi at Fashion Week. This collector's edition palette is designed for the woman who wants to play and experiment with bright color. Features 35 soft matte shadows in a colorful shade range that includes everything from pinks and greens to blues and purples. All the shades are new and exclusive to this palette, which features a unique, fold-out design and full size mirror.” Also, here is a quote from Bobbi about how this palette was inspired, “The idea behind Bobbi Brights is simple. It's a library of beautiful bolts of color that a woman can pick up anytime she wants to add a little fun to her look."
In a nutshell, the purchaser gets 35 bright eye shadow shades for $70. Sounds way too good to be true. And it is. This is the controversy over the product, it is the size of credit card. Each shadow is the side of an Altoid. I am being completely serious, if you don’t believe me, check out blogdorfgoodman.blogspot.com for picture evidence. On one hand, I get that the shadows are small, these are all bright and high pigmented colors and would never be used for everyday. In the Feb issue of Allure, Bobbi stated that if a woman is going through this palette very quickly then she is using it wrong. These colors were meant to create a special going out look or to add a little something extra to a daytime look. These are not shades that will work when going to the office or in any professional environment. Also, when you buy this palette, you get to try and work with 35 shades of eye shadow and chances are very good that you will find a bunch of shades that you really like and wouldn’t have ever thought to try if this palette did not exist.
On the other hand, when looking at that palette, I can easily spot at least ten or so shades that I would never, ever use and about the same number of shades that I would go through very quickly. For the price of the Bobbi Brown palette, I could go to MAC and have their sales associates help me to find about five bright shades that would look amazing on me and that I would really wear all the time when going out. If many of the shades will be going unused in the palette, then it is useless to purchase because all the buyer will be getting is a few shades of very small shadows that will be used through with a couple of months.
My verdict - I like the idea of a Brights palette and I understand Bobbi Brown’s logic in the creation of it. But, I can’t see the point in purchasing it when I will mostly likely never use half of the shades in it. I will be passing on this one.
photo courtesy of Bobbi Brown
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