Sephora’s house brand’s spring collection is called Moroccan Sunrise, and it could not be more appropriately named. This collection caught my attention as soon as it appeared online — the packaging is right up my aesthetic alley.
Packaging is definitely a big part of the collection, which includes a plethora of makeup bags, travel-ready brush sets, and accessories (nail files, compact mirrors, a perfume atomizer). The actual makeup offering includes a 5-color eyeshadow palette, 4 shades of lipgloss, and a shimmery loose bronzer.
The eyeshadow compact is $32, and the shadows themselves feel like suede (a good thing; they’re soft and pigmented). The shades are sparkly tangerine (gold sparkles), frosty champagne, frosty warm brown, matte medium brown, and a sparkly pink. If anyone knows how to wear orange eyeshadow, I am all ears.
I was inspired to try the orange and pink shades as blushes, but the sparkles became much more noticeable when I sheered them out — probably more noticeable than you want in a blush.
The four lipglosses are matte, and quite opaque — I’d say medium-to-full coverage. They have doe’s foot wands, and though I didn’t test them on my lips, they felt quite sticky on my arm. These are each $15. Sephora’s website describes these as lipstick and gloss in one — I wouldn’t have realized if I hadn’t read it. Though they offer good coverage for a gloss, they feel like a sticky gloss (unlike the more liquid-lipstick feel of Laura Mercier’s Lip Velvets, Dior’s Creme de Gloss, and Givenchy’s Lady Pulp Gloss). The four shades are Naked Peach, Pink Coffee, Rosenberry, and Sultry Spice.
>I love orange shadow! esp. in the crease…try it out if you like brighter makeup. you do such great reviews!
>Wow, very warm collection! I think orange eye shadow would be even trickier than pink. Wouldn’t attempt it with a ten-foot eyeshadow brush. So to speak.
The Pink Coffee gloss looks a little like NARS Stolen Kisses, which is lovely and not too sticky.
>I got this palette just for the orange/tangerine shadow lol. When blended with the champagne and the warmer brown the orange/tangerine isn’t that vibrant at all. I used it down the middle of my eye - eh, probably not the best usage description ever , but hopefully you get the idea? I am sure the more creative types will come up with something more fancy lol I also got the Sultry Spice gloss as I liked the colour on me even though I am not a fan of doe’s foot applicators.
>Thanks so much for swatching these. I was planning on getting this…Love the colors.
>I’m so glad that I’ve found this blog
Would you be so nice and present Dior’s Mystic Jade Palette?
>i love the eyeshadows used as blush swatches. so pretty!
>thank you so much for killing the lemming for this e/s palette for me. I don’t think that dark matte chocolate brown works for me.
but I am starting to like the glosses now. Oh no!
>this palette is love! great packaging.
>Great post and swatches, as always! This reminds me a lot of Stila's recent launch. I will be getting this b/c of your awesome review.
Thanks!! <3 <3