Hi everyone!
Last week I ordered my first Coastal Scents eyeshadow palette. I’ve been seeing so many Coastal Scents 88 palettes used by makeup artists and normal girls for tutorials on youtube that I had to buy one for myself. I just received my 88 Metal Mania Palette this Monday but the weather it’s been so gray that I couldn’t take such good photos and swatches.
This post will be a short preview of this palette and since I will post a lot of photos today I will do another post with swatches tomorrow. I know this might sound crazy because we are talking about 88 eyeshadows here but maybe there are still girls out there who want to buy this palette and they can’t find photos with swatches. 🙂
The Coastal Scents palettes are available for sale online on their official website www.coastalscents.com but you can enter here to see the page of your local country distributor.
Coastal Scents 88 Metal Mania Palette ($24.95) contains 88 vibrant colors (61 grams/ 2.15 ounces) that become even more gilded in appearance when using an eye primer. A little goes a long way, the impact is extraordinary, the color combination are endless.
Even the name suggest that we are talking about color with metallic finish and reflections. Tomorrow you can stop by to check my post where I will be uploading photos with all the swatches in this palette in two variants – with primer and without primer – so you can compare the results.
If you like nude, natural colors then you should definitely go for this palette. I was also thinking about the 88 Warm Palette but I got this one first since I know the metallic shades are more blendable but I’m planning to buy the other palette very soon.
The colors are included in a matte black case, very sleek and once you open it you will notice the mirror and the two double-ended eyeshadow applicators. I rather use my makeup brushes but if you want you can test the applicators as well. Inside the palette there is also a protective transparent foil.
This palette seems really suitable for those looking for a natural, nude makeup with metallic reflections. It can be also used for a bride makeup, prom night makeup and basically any makeup look that is not meant to be dramatic. It contains mostly brown, gold, beige, copper and pink colors but you can spot also a few greens, purples, violets, peachy or champagne shades.
I would definitely recommend this palette to beginner makeup artists since is not expensive and it has so many color combinations, sleek packaging which makes it easy to take it with you anywhere.
While I was swatching some of the colors I’ve noticed that the ones with brown undertones are more pigmented even when they are applied without an eyeshadow primer and the metallic effects are more vibrant then the ones of those pale colors.
There are so many color combinations to be made from this palette, you need only some inspiration and imagination to achieve unique makeup looks.
Here are the photos that I’ve made today, but as I said the weather was so grumpy that it wasn’t the best time for taking photos.
Here are the promo photos. 🙂
I hope you’ve enjoyed this preview although I’ve posted a lot of photos. Do you own a Coastal Scents 88 Eyeshadow Palette? If you do, please let me know which one and if you are enjoying the colors. 🙂
30 comments
The Coastal Scents palettes are great!
Hi Lyudmila! Do you own a Coastal Scents Palette?
I’ve had my eye on this palette for awhile and I’m definitely getting it for Christmas 🙂 CS palettes are great
I own the 88 warm and shimmer palettes, they are great too.
I have the classic 88 palette and i love it but this one is the best! It really looks great!
Hi Adina! That classic palette is the one with a lot of green and blue shades?
Yes, it has a lot of green and blue but it has a lot of purple and pink 2 😀
I don’t own any palette from CS but my friend got one from CS and the other one from eBay and the only difference is – the price (CS is $25 and on eBay she got the same palette for only $15)!
I do have 120 eyeshadow palette I got on eBay and I love it! 🙂
Hi Vesna! Two days ago I went with my palette to visit one friend that she got hers from Ebay too and supposed to be also CS 88 Palette but we noticed her was fake when we compared them carefully. Except the fact that on the box and on the palette was not written CS or the ingredients the packaging was superficial. Since she was her first time CS palette she didn’t knew how the original one supposed to look like. At least hers was cheaper (20$).
I own the 88 matt, 88 neutral/warm and the 28 neutral palettes. I just ordered the metal mania last week and waiting to put my hands on it. I love the 88 matt and neutral but I miss some shimmery shades so I hope this one completes the set!
Yay 😛 I’m jealous now. The 88 warm palette was my first choice but they didn’t have it on the stock anymore. Are those eyeshadows really pigmented or sheer? I really like the Metal Mania Palette so far and I’m happy to have bought it, although I’ve payed a lot more for it at my local distributor. 😀
Most are really pigmented, but the thing with the warm palette is a lot of shades are very similar, for example, the 3 shadows bottom right are pretty much the same, what changes is the pigmentation, and I was expecting more satin finish, so that’s why I went for the metalmania one. Good news the brown shades are the most pigmented, I’m afraid those will be the ones I’ll be using the most 🙂 I also ordered the 28 blush palette (just to make you a bit more jealous) 😛
Hi hi….I’m not jealous on the blushes. 🙂 I don’t actually wear blush that often. I own only one blush. All the rest I gave them away. 🙂
I had one of their palettes and I found it lacking in pigment. Maybe I got a dud but my shadows didn’t last long no matter which primer I used with it.
Hi Marcia! As I also responded to Vesna there are a lot of fake CS palettes out there. It’s incredible how they do look the same but once you test them….you notice the difference.
yay for this palette!!! CS is on my wishlist ^_^
The Coastal palettes are great. I own one with warm colors.
I ordered it from romanian distributor, Cosmetic Style. They are great, too. Have a nice day!
Hi Cristina! I’m happy to see your first comment on Chicprofile. I guess you are talking about CS 88 Warm Palette. 🙂 I know Cosmetic Style since their link is on the CS official website page as they are the only Romanian official distributors of CS products. 🙂 Are you planning on buying another CS palette?
There is no difference between the “real” CS palettes and the ones on eBay, they just stamp the name on the CS ones. 😉 Only difference is, on eBay you don’t pay for the CS name.
I have two, the ultra shimmer 88 and this one, they’re both great, love them. 🙂
You should be very careful about it since there is another brand called Beauties Factory which makes identical palettes like the ones CS sells. They also have 88 palettes in the same colors, same design only that on the packaging doesn’t write anything, it’s just simple black. The Beauties Factory 88 Palettes are cheaper and many think they are the real CS palettes. The eyeshadow quality is not the same as I just compared it with one of my friends that ordered her online and we came to the conclusion that is BF and not CS. 🙁 So tricky
The colours are great but I read that they are a little too dusty.
I read what you say about the fake palletes and maybe the girls who wrote about it had a fake one because they doesn’t liked it at all
This is a beautiful palette. I love metallic eyeshadows and this palette features such a nice mix of natural and colorful shades. Can’t wait for swatches and review.
I’ve been swatching the entire palette today…and the brown shades are the most pigmented. I’ve noticed the pink ones look kind of frosty metallic. 🙂
Nice palette! I adore palettes! But seems a little too warm for me. I like warm tones…but this looks like an ‘overdose’. 😉
You take good quality pictures of your products and so it’s very easy for me to look at the products and imagine their consistency and true feel. s for this palette, it’s just so pretty! I imagine lots of makeup looks to be done with this palette only!
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I have lots of makeup ideas myself ….at this point I’m too lazy to do them. 🙂
@ Tavia: Well I’m glad! 😀 Then I should understand that we’ll see a tutorial soon? 😛 I hope so, you seem very cute from the pic! 😉
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