Bobbi Brown Color Strips

In addition to her Coral Cabanas line for this spring, Bobbi Brown has released Color Strips which is a palette of all the shades that are needed to make up the perfect spring look. It appears that each palette is based around one bright shade and then contains complementary shades that make it wearable in real life. The palette contains both eye shadow shades and complementary Pot Rouge shades. Pot Rouge first sparked my interested in the Coral Cabana collection and now it is appearing prominently in another new collection.

Time to look at the palettes...

Aquamarine Palette - A complete spring eye, lip, and cheek wardrobe - designed by Bobbi. Palette has one bright eye shadow (Aquamarine) plus four coordinating shades that make it wearable. For lips and cheeks, there are three cool shades of Pot Rouge. Imagine the possibilities. The Eye Shadow shades are: Ivory (creamy white), Lightening Sparkle (medium grey sparkle), Aquamarine Metallic (bright blue shimmer), Grey Sky (cool pale grey), and Storm (deep navy black). The Pot Rouge shades are: Powder Pink (light pink), Pale Pink (bright pastel pink), and Sand Pink (medium sandy pink).

Bonfire Palette - A complete spring eye, lip, and cheek wardrobe - designed by Bobbi. Palette has one bright eye shadow (Bonfire) plus four coordinating shades that make it wearable. For lips and cheeks, there are three warm shades of Pot Rouge. Image the possibilities. The Eye Shadow ashades are: Bone (off white), Cafe Cream Sparkle (brown gold sparkle), Bonfire Metallic red brown), Cognac Metallic (copper), and Caviar (black brown). The Pot Rouge shades are: Tawny (medium pinky brown), Fresh Melon (warm coral), and Calypso Coral (bright coral).

Orchid Palette - A complete spring eye, lip, and cheek wardrobe - designed by Bobbi. Palette has one bright eye shadow (Orchid) plus four coordinating shades that make it wearable. For lips and cheeks, there are three cool shades of Pot Rouge. Image the possibilties. The Eye Shadow shades are: White (pure white), Dusty Plum Metallic (grey silver pink), Orchid Sparkle (bright violet sparkle), Mulberry (dark purple), and Caviar (black brown). The Pot Rouge shades are: Powder Pink (light pink), Pale Pink (bright pastel pink), and Sand Pink (medium sandy pink).

So, with the Aquamarine Palette, I like the cool toned Pot Rouge shades but I dislike the bright Aquamarine shade and the shades are designed to complement it. The opposite exists with the Bonfire Palette, I love the eye shades but I don't really think that any of the warmer toned Pot Rouge shades will work out for me. Now, the Orchid Palette is the hit of this collection for me. I love the eye shades and the Pot Rouge shades are perfect for me. I can't wait to get to the counter and test this one. This palette will do double duty for me, I love the shadows and I can try out the Pot Rouge shades that I have been wanting to get my hands on.

photo courtesy of Bobbi Brown