Weathergirl
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This TSV may look more tempting in real life than it does in the pictures.
Hope not as I really don't need it!
This TSV may look more tempting in real life than it does in the pictures.
1mascara full size is £17.50 - there are 3 full size lipsticks, 3 full size liners, and the 3 shadow palettes as well - I'm not complaining about value for money.
The TSV is very clever; the idea of splitting for gifts and still keeping a few bits for oneself grants viewers permission to buy with an altruistic rather than a selfish reasoning. How much of it is actually kept remains to be seen.
I speak from experience of buying skincare TSVs and then realising that none of my close family and friends knew anything about Elemis and a couple of stingy looking silver tubes might have a ml for ml value of £38 but to the uninformed they looked like free samples so I kept them myself and bought a gift set from Boots or similar instead.
Make up is such a personal thing you have to know someone's taste really well to buy for them. The only person I'd buy slap for is my 17 year old daughter, and then only if she virtually told me what she needs.
I've justified ordering because I love the mascara (though Instant Impact Mascara Mally did in a TSV is better still), I'll probably keep 2 or all 3 shadow palettes and I actually like the look of the plummy lip colour). DD can have one or two of the eye pencils.
There 3 "Hail Mallys" and 1 "Our Laura" and I'm absolved and my conscience is clear!
I agree Autumn-I had been weighing up whether to buy the ' CityChic ' palette as I liked the eyeshadows so much in the last TSV' Easy On The Eye'. This TSV has two repeat colours Whipped Cream and Shimmering Taupe ( not counting the base) and the Whipped Cream is the one I have used the most , down to the tray in one bit! This TSV also has the mascaras, lippies and eyeliners which makes it better value for me than the 'City Chic' which is £40 just for the shadows. I will keep the palette with the Whipped Cream definitely and possibly the purple shades -I don't need the eyeliners or the mascaras and as I got the Stila lipglazes I don't need the lippies. I can split those into 3 stocking fillers for my niece, sister and son's partner.