You beauty! Charlotte Tilbury’s Instant Look In A Palette - review
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Make-up palettes feel like a good idea at the time. They wink at you. They flirt. But then you get the little tray of wonders home and only use one of the slabs. Not so with Charlotte Tilbury’s Instant Look In A Palette. If I had a party to go to and only this, a foundation and a mascara in my arsenal, I would not panic.
It has seven shades; three for eyes, four for face. There’s a bronzer that sculpts, a highlighter for glow, a sweeping blush to add health and a popping blush to kiss the apples of your cheeks. For the eyes: a primer to colour-correct the lids with a rose-gold swoosh, an enhancer shade to elongate and open the eye and then a smoke shade to add definition and intensity.
This is intermediate standard make-up. It’s not for absolute beginners who might be intimidated by the idea of a full face. It’s not for fussy connoisseurs who pride themselves on having a kind of fine-wine cellar of slap; all ‘discontinued so I bulk buy on eBay’ and ‘I blend three shades and then add some sweet almond oil and finish with a spritz of hyaluronic acid’ and so on.
This is make-up for people whose confidence is growing. And Charlotte’s online tutorials (no ignorant blogger she, but a titan with one eye fixed on real life) are the way to hone your technique towards a five-minute, fully polished, alluring and flattering finish.
It’s Valentine’s Day next week — rather a bore whether you are attached or single. So, if you have nothing INCREDIBLY SEXY to do — have a make-up lesson with a virtual Charlotte and this, her aptly named Seductive Beauty palette. It will be love.
Instant Look In A Palette, £49 (charlottetilbury.com)