I actually received this palette as a secret Santa gift back at Christmas and although I’ve not tried anything from The Balm before, after using The Balm Autobalm California Palette I think I’ll be looking into trying more of their products.
Let’s start with the cute packaging. The vintage feel really reminds me of Benefit makeup and I love that this palette is designed to look like a Californian driving licence. It’s small but has everything covered, from a blush and highlighter to a matte and shimmer shadow.
The blush is a lovely coral/pink shades that works well for a natural everyday look. I found that the highlighter has just enough shimmer and pigmentation to highlight the checks well. And both eyeshadows were very easy to blend. The matte brown looks lovely as a base while the darker brown with shimmer works well as a smokey eye or as a liner.
As the palette is compact with a mirror it makes it very easy to travel with or just throw into your handbag for a top up throughout the day. I find myself using this more and more at the moment as it’s such a handy little palette with the basics that I need in.
The Balm Autobalm California Palette is available from Feel Unique for £16.50.
Yay, finally able to access your site! I agree, that palette does have that vintage, Benefit feel to it. I love the color of that blush, looks lovely! And I like the fact that it doesn’t cost an arm and a leg. Thanks for the review
No problem, glad you enjoyed the post x
I think it is such a handy palette !
It is, it’s ideal for throwing into your handbag for the day x
This is such a cute palette, I love these types of products as they’re so handy for on the go, you really have everything you’d need. The blush is a stunning shade!
alice x
And this is a really handy palette – I love it x
These are such fab pictures and it looks like a great quality palette 😀 x
Thank you, I think this is a lovely palette for the price x
This is adorable! It’s so vintage and it looks like really nice colours perfect to just pop in your bag and top up your look on the go xx
I know, it’s like a little all in one palette x
This looks so pretty. I’m a sucker for cute packaging. I still can’t manage eye liner though!!!
I’m a sucker for cute packaging as well and this is pretty cute x
These are definitely my kind of colours. Nice and subtle.
They’re really wearable shades, which is what I love about this palette x