But as we’ve all learned from previous experience, sometimes products we expect the world of can let us down. That begs the question: Is this dreamy fantasy palette just that, or is it a waking nightmare? Anastasia Beverly Hills sent me the Norvina palette in advance so I could find out for myself. The palette is available exclusively from Anastasia Beverly Hills starting today, by the way. It’ll come to Ulta, Sephora, and major department stores within the next month. But enough about aesthetics, on to the swatches! Due to their loose and almost-wet texture, these shadows are almost always best applied the old fashioned way: With fingers. Basically, just have a couple fluffy blending brushes on hand and be ready to practice a little patience with these guys. Once again, my phone camera really could not do that glitter justice. On another note, Wild Child is the sheerest metallic in the pan — if she can create this much sparkle with such little effort, the rest of the metallics in this pan must be 100 times more dazzling. In no way do I expect every single palette to work for every single skin tone, but it’s just something to keep in mind. If you have deeper skin and aren’t feeling 100% sure about it, you can swatch the Norvina palette IRL when it hits Ulta and Sephora stores on August 5 and 7 respectively. Just prepare to fall in love with the velvet-smooth texture of both the shadows and the packaging. For the rest of 2018, you can find me wearing nothing but pastel pink and purple on my lids. Norvina, you DID THAT.
