theBalm Balmsai Eyeshadow Palette Review Swatches EOTD

theBalm Balmsai Eyeshadow Palette  ($ 39.50) 

If you are reading this and love to make up your eyes, whenever get a chance to, creating eye looks, blending crease, the V, if these words gets you serious in a positive way, then put all the urban decay, MAC or (I know I am making a big statement) a little to the side, cause these gorgeous 18 coloured Balmsai Palette from theBalm , is going to drive you a fan in a jiffy , the buttery smooth , non flaky texture, is in every way to die for.

Shade: Wipe Out is a light, warm beige with a satin finish.

 High Tide is a light, warm-toned beige with a soft, frosted finish and yellow undertone.

 Hang 10 is a muted, golden beige with subtle, warm undertones and a satin finish

Dream Boat is a light-medium, pinkie-peach with warm undertones and a soft, frosted finish

Sandbar is a murky, green-grey with a pink iridescence sheen

Tubular is a soft, medium-dark brown with a golden sheen and subtle, frosted finish.

Epic is a muted, medium brown with warm, reddish undertones and a frosted finish

.Surf’s Up is a medium-dark grey with a frosted finish and cool undertones.

Big Kahuna is a medium-dark, aqua-blue with a golden sheen

Kawabunga is a warm-toned, olive green with a soft, frosted finish.

Surfari is a medium-dark, plummy purple with warm undertones and a frosted finish

Pipeline is a muted, medium-dark bluish-purple with cool undertones and a frosted sheen. Score is a muted, medium brown with subtle warm undertones and a matte finish

Dig It is a medium-dark taupe with subtle, warm undertones and a mostly matte finish

Woodie is a muted, dark brown with subtle, warm undertones and a matte finish.

Stoked is a blackened burgundy with warm undertones and subtle lighter burgundy pearl shimmer over a matte finish .

Ripper is a dark, greyish brown with warm, olive undertones and a semi-matte finish

Righteous is a cool-toned, medium-dark black with a matte finish.

Packaging : Balmsai Palette comes in a sleek cardboard packaging, which is held together via a magnetic closure, the palette is really thin and sleek, it also has 2 shadow shields included in it, which adhere but not very well on your under eye, while you are doing your eyeshadow to shield skin from the fallouts from the shadow, it also comes with a mirror, and over all is a very handy palette, and a good to go on travel.

Pigmentation & texture: All the swatches that you see here are one single swipe, without any base or primer underneath. All the shades are pretty decent in pigmentation. Except one STOKED, it doesn’t really show up well when used dry or on a single swipe, rest all of them have spot on pigmentation, and really smooth in texture, the metallic shades, shoe up incredibly well on the lids, even the matte shades specially score, is butter soft, I have never come across a matte shade this soft ,all the matte shades in here are non patchy, and non powdery , they don’t crumble in the pan or fly away, except the one shade pipeline, that tends to crumble up in the pan, but always this issue doesn’t pop up if they are used wet.

Staying Power: By far I have created 5 eye looks with thebalm Balmsai Palette, combining metallic and matte shades, the matte shades have a longer wear time, but even the metallic shades went creaseless and non-fading for about 7 hours or a little more without any primer, after which I certainly noticed creasing. Lines and fading near the inner corner of the eye. Surely the metallic shades from the vice 3 palette are incomparable in terms of longevity, and this was something that I wouldn’t rate a perfect 10 in the balmsai palette.

Overall Thoughts

Balmsai Eyeshadow Palette has 18 silky smooth powder shadows that blend easily and with minimal fallout. Even when I work with the darkest shades, like matte black Righteous and matte brown Ripper, I barely have any cleaning up to do.

The deep matte tones also double as brow fillers and liners (points for awesome versatility), which makes this a totally legit palette to take on trips.

The only things I wish I could change about the balmsai palette are the highlighting colours. The beige and gold shades have a frosty finish and I am a matte highlight lover. I feel like one or two beige mattes would’ve taken the palette into the perfect  territory

Ratings 4.5/5

*Written By Aditi