Sleek Sparkle Palette

Ok Sleek, you know I’m your number one fan. I’ve collected every i-Divine palette ever released so it was a fair bet that I was going to pick up this one but seriously, give me a chance to make a dent in the other new ones first! We are undergoing a little eyeshadow overload here! Anyhoo on Wednesday 24^th November Sleek released their holiday eye palette ‘Sparkle’. ‘Tis the season to be glittery and this fits the bill nicely.

The box is lovely though kind of wasted on me (I don’t keep boxes, I recycle them straight away). 

Once again Sleek have stuck to the black packaging which I do like. Ooh and they have names. I do like that they give the shadows names now however I wish they printed them on the back of the palette like everyone else does. I always chuck the little plastic insert. Clockwise from the top left we have Cranberry (sparkly pinkish red), Dream Maker (sparkly dark grey blue), Galactic (sparkly navy blue), Twinkle (even darker sparkly blue), Starlight (sparkly dark grey), Noir (Sleeks signature matte black), Illusion (sparkly inky purple), Festive (sparkly deep purple), Mistletoe (sparkly deep green), Glitz & Glamour (sparkly black), Gold Ribbon (shimmery yellow gold, more yellow than gold) and Tinsel (shimmery silver). 

The texture of the glittery shadows is firmer than shimmery ones. They are prone to fall out and staining. If you over blend them all the glitter will come away. You can solve both problems by using a sticky base though. Tinsel and Gold ribbon are so smooth that they almost feel like cream shadows. 

I feel a little let down by this palette. I wanted a more true red, and more vibrant green, a true gold. These shadows are nice but I was expecting something amazing. I think maybe I was a little grumpy at the get go because there have been so many releases lately. I don’t want to become jaded about these palettes in the same way we have become about MAC releases. We want quality over quantity  folks! X (oh this is £5.99 by the way from Superdrug or the Sleek website, it's ltd edition too so move fast if you want one!) 

*I bought this myself*