Smashbox Eye Wish Palette Now On Sale

Smashbox is having a beauty blow-out sale with 25-50% discounts on selected items. Included in the sale is the Holiday special, Eye Wish palette which used to be $44. It is now sold for only $33! This has much lesser colors than the Ultimate Palette which I got in 2008 but it contains bolder shades, the Smashbox Lid Primer and a lookbook that teaches step by step applications for 13 party looks.

The $49 travel brush that I featured in an earlier post is now reduced to $36.75.

What sets me on panic mode is the Hybrid in 2 Luminizing Primer which is marked down from $34 to $17! Here is a brief description from the Smashbox website:

Get instantly smooth and glowing skin and create a perfect canvas for makeup application with this revolutionary dual formula PHOTO FINISH FOUNDATION PRIMER and ARTIFICIAL LIGHT. It’s packed with vitamins, antioxidants and botanicals for added healthy skin benefits. Wear under foundation or alone for a gorgeous natural glow. Can be used all over face for a radiant complexion or blended over cheekbones, brow bones, the bridge of nose and chin to highlight.

There are plenty more products and gift sets on sale which you may find interesting, just go head over to Smashbox.com.Tip: Grab these makeup goodies while you can because most of these are limited edition items. They are placed under the curtain call area of the website which means they will be gone soon. The next time you look for these, they will probably be sold in eBay by retailers who will sell the set items individually at a higher price.

Images from Smashbox.com

$49 Smashbox Makeup Brush Set

When speaking of Smashbox Brushes, the quality is assured but the cost can be limiting. I'd rather look for a nameless brush that has the same quality yet is sold at a much cheaper price. But if you want to try for once how it would feel to own a Smashbox brush set without skipping your meals for a week to afford it, this is your chance!

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The $134 value Smashbox 5-piece brush kit is now only $49! It contains 5 exclusive travel-size brushes, protected in a shiny raspberry case. The Perfect Tools Set is just one of the WISH Holiday 2009 collections. With every purchase of the WISH kit, Smashbox donates $1 to the Children's Miracle Network for sick and injured kids.

The set includes:
TRAVEL ANGLED BLUSH BRUSH
TRAVEL BLENDING BRUSH
TRAVEL CREASE BRUSH
TRAVEL SHADOW LINER BRUSH
TRAVEL ANGLED PRECISION LINER BRUSH

Among the 5, what grabs my attention is the blending brush. I've always wanted to have one because the ELF blending brush I got is a little too abrasive for the sensitive eye area. I hope this one's different. The Smashbox website doesn't say what the handles are made of, which is an important factor when deciding to purchase makeup brushes.

The size may not be for professional use but it serves the same purpose and it makes a handy yet elegant companion for your purse. My ultimate WISH for Smashbox, however,  is that they start shipping to the Philippines so I wouldn't have to wait for a relative or friend to come home before I could purchase their products.

Smashbox Ultimate Palette

I was about to sleep when an email alert caught my attention- the Smashbox Glam Holiday Kits which include this one:



A $225 value that you can get for only $59! The palette contains the following:
70 eyeshadows
8 cream eyeliners
8 lipglosses & 4 lipcolors
2 blush shades
brow tech
soft lights
4 brushes

Smashbox does not ship internationally but since my friend will be coming home from the US, I lost no time in ordering one for myself. Darn, I broke my no-buy rule. But hey, this is a limited edition and a chance too good to pass up.

This is available online from Smashbox.com. Avail of a free mini fusion soft lights in Celebrity for every $50 worth of purchase. Use the code: Celeb. I 've been smacking my head when I forgot to use this code upon checkout. I must have been too excited about my order.

Smashbox Allure-Winning Products

Smashbox grabs 4 awards from Allure magazine editors' and readers' choices of top beauty products, namely:




1. O-Glow intuitive color - the vitamin-packed formula that turns cheeks into the exact color you blush. $26


2. O- Glow intuitive lip gloss- turns lips your own perfect shade of pink. $22

Best Enhancing Lip Gloss-




3. Lip Enhancing Gloss- drench your lips in luminous color and dazzling shine with this ultra- moisturizing gloss. $18

Best Primer-
4. Photo Finish Foundation Primer UVA/UVB SPF 15 with Dermaxyl- this cult favorite skin smoothing primer is packed with antioxidants, SPF 15 and anti-aging peptides. I personally use this on my clients for a lasting effect. $42




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Steal This Look

On Nicole:

Face-
Smashbox Primer with dermaxyl complex
Stila pivotal skin liquid foundation shade C
Bare Escentuals Fairly Light Foundation
Mac NC 25 studio fix
Monave Angel Mineral Veil
YSL Touche Eclat
Mac cork eyeshadow for contouring

Eyes:
Mac Beiging shadestick as base
Luminare Fresh Plum on inner lid
Maybelline Purple shadow on outer lid
Mac Rice paper beneath brow bone
Smashbox cream eyeliner
Elianto brown shadow as brow filler
Maybelline volume express mascara

Cheeks:
Nars Orgasm
Bare Escentuals Clear radiance

Lips:
Uglogirl lip gloss
My own concoction of lip colors in my palette

Brushes Used:
Suesh 28 pc set

Photography by: Dustein Sibug
Model: Nicole Floirendo
Makeup by: Grace Bandoy


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