Before I jump into packaging and the items let me tell you what I did not like about this line. It was a complaint that I hear from a few friends when I posted this line was coming. The biggest complaint was that it was not woman of color friendly. There were so many items in the line and if you don't know how to use the items to work with your skin tone you were not buying anything in this collection. Being a woman of color I found the lipsticks and glosses to be to light for me but realized I can pair them with other shades or lip liners that would give it an appearance that worked for me.
I did though find that the shadows appeared to be something I could work with. I didn't buy things like the eye glosses because I didn't find the shades anything I could use and reviews I read said that they may have been sticky.
Another thing I didn't like and it has nothing to do with packaging it has to do with the site as a whole. So prior to this release you could sign up to get text and emails about the release. Now I am already signed up so I was just waiting for the notifications. I happened to be reading another beauty blog that had the dates posted for the release so I knew when they were coming out. The morning of I just happened to awake before the release(8:30 a.m) and decided to check the site. Everything was already up and ready to be sold. So like I said I jumped on it before I missed out. Even in while picking items I lost out on one of the lipsticks only to find out it was a glitch after I had checked out. Another thing was the brushes. I had seen what they looked like on Pinterest but the site had the regular black brushes pictured so I won't know if they match the collection until I go in to a store to see if I can purchase the other lipstick and matching brushes ( a blending brush 217 and a angled brush).
On to what I did like about this collection. I absolutely love the packaging of this collection. The colors of the packaging are just like her ice blue dress she wears to the ball. If you are a makeup collector then this is a set that you would like to have even if it is just one or two pieces. Like I said I got four items out of this collection. There was so much to pick from. What was in the collection just in case you haven't seen it our know the full details where two lipsticks, two lip glasses, two pigments, two eye glosses, a 6 shadow palette, a glitter, two pressed powders, two brushes and 3 nail polishes.
The items I got where the 6 shadow palette called Stroke of Midnight,the pressed powder in Coupe D' Chic, lipstick in royal ball and lip glass in happily ever after. My first impression of this is I love the packaging. The colors in the palette I can work with. The lipstick and glass I would have to use with something else to get a good look for myself otherwise don't thing these would be for me by itself. The pressed powder does have a nice shimmer where I can see myself using it as a highlighter being that it is a irreidescent powder. All in in all I like this collection but wish it had more for women of color even if Cinderella wasn't a woman of color. I am sure every woman especially one who is. Mac junkie wants to feel and look like a princess. Any way my fabulous Divas stay tuned for my review on my yt channel DivasHouse. In the mean time stay fabulous because your girl is always.
