These can be purchased at select Walgreens, which is where I found mine, but I definitely suggest that you go to the Walgreens website first and see if they are at your local store because they weren't at every Walgreens in my area. On to the swatches!
First is the Treasure Within Beauty Book (exterior photo above). The packaging is absolutely beautiful! I used to have other e.l.f. beauty books and the shadows inside were usually hit and miss but this is so gorgeous! There are 9 eyeshadows, two bronzers, a shadow brush and "blush" brush, and a lipgloss inside on one side. On the other side there is a mirror that looks like a shell and a book describing how to use the products.
The eyeshadow brush included is e.l.f.'s eyeshadow brush from the essential line, one of the best brushes they sell. The only difference is that it has a gold/bronze ferrule instead of a silver one, which really goes with the aesthetics of the palette. The smaller brush that is supposed to be used with the bronzers is that typical brush that seems to come in the bottom of a lot of bronzing/blusher compacts. I do not find this very useful.
The lipgloss is a typical light/baby pink gloss. It is a little sheer. I went over the watch on my wrist twice to get a good photo of the color. This definitely would not show up on people who have more pigmented lips like myself. It is also really sticky, in my opinion, and isn't very comfortable to wear.
Swatches are in the order that they are in the book with the "Conch Shell" bronzer on the top right and "Tan Lines" on the bottom right.
With a closer look at them and the dimension they have with the movement of the light. All of the shadows are shimmery. Sand Dollar swatches as a shimmery white. Coral Reef, though it looks yellow in the pan, swatches cream. Tropical Wave can look turquoise and minty green depending on the light. North Star was the most disappointing. I was expecting that beautiful purple as it looks in the pan but it swatches dusky gray. For Shore looks copper, swatches taupe. Siren song looks burnt orange, doesn't swatch too bad. In the right light it looks burnt orange but can also look kind of copper. The last three are my favorites. The are so bold and swatch the colors in the pan!
The bronzers are pretty too. Conch Shell is a cool toned brown. It is shimmery so I wouldn't suggest contouring with it but it would look nice as an all over bronzer. Tan Lines is very gold. It would make a great highlighter! I have them swatches here a gain beside the lipgloss.
Overall this is a good palette, it retails for $9.99. I wouldn't pay more than that, so go get it before they are gone and people quadruple the price on ebay and amazon! I also think that this would be a good gift for Disney Lovers to collect or as a good starter for younger girls just getting into makeup.
Feel free to ask any questions or make any comments.
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