Catrice Big City eyes and cheek palettes (and a giveway)

 One of my favorite drugstore brands lately is Catrice and those who follow me on instagram have seen me refer to their products many many times. This is a German make up brand that belongs to the same group with Essence. Unfortunately it is not available in Greece. From my knowledge they are mostly available in Germany, Austria and Switzerland as well as in certain stores in Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary, Portugal and Spain. In case you travel in any of these countries I think it is worth to search this brand. Ιn this post I will talk you about 2 palettes from a limited edition collection, The Big City Life: San Francisco and Paris eye and cheek palettes. For these there is also a review and giveaway video on my Youtube channel open for Greek subscribers until 15/12/2012!

 Μια από τις αγαπημένες μου drugstore εταιρίες το τελευταίο διάστημα είναι η εταιρία Catrice και όσες με ακολουθείτε στο instagram θα με έχετε δει σίγουρα να αναφέρομαι συχνά στα προϊόντα τους. Πρόκειται για γερμανική εταιρία που ανήκει στον ίδιο όμιλο με την εταιρία Essence. Δυστυχώς τα προϊόντα της δε διατίθενται στην Ελλάδα. Από όσο γνωρίζω διατίθενται αποκλειστικά σε Γερμανία, Αυστρία, Ελβετία και σε ορισμένα καταστήματα σε Κροτία, Σλοβενία, Ουγγαρία, Πορτογαλία και Ισπανία. Αναφέρω τις χώρες γιατί πιστεύω πως αν τύχει να ταξιδέψετε σε κάποια από τις χώρες αυτές αξίζει να τα αναζητήσετε. Το ποστ αυτό θα αναφερθώ έχει περισσότερες photos και swatches από  2 παλέτες από μια limited edition συλλογή The Big City Life, την San Francisco και την Paris για τις οποίες και έχω κάνει review αλλά και ένα giveaway στο κανάλι μου στο Youtube, το οποίο είναι ανοιχτό για λίγες ακόμη μέρες έως και τις 15/12/2012! Δείτε το video για το review και αν θέλετε περισσότερες photos δείτε και παρακάτω!

Both of these palettes look quite similar and they contain 6 eyeshadows, 2 blushes a small eye pencil and a small brush. 

Starting with the San Francisco eye and cheek palette, we can see that the shades are quite wearable and neutral mostly. 

 For the cheeks we have two matte blushes, a pink plum shade called Golden Gate Bridge and a coral shade called Cable Car. The first one is my favorite I really love this pinkish plum shades especially for winter. Both colors are buildable with a nice color pay off. As for the eye pencil is a simple small black pencil that applies smoothly and can complete all looks. 

 From the 6 eyeshadows, the one that certainly stands out is Fisherman's Wharf, a beautiful petrol  blue shade. Alcatraz is a less shimmery sweet brown shade and Coit Tower is a light beige shimmery shade.

I love grey eyeshadows and Lombard Street is a really nice grey perfect to give intensity to the look, while Transamerica Pyramid is this palette's highlighter a matte really light beige. I usually prefer this kind of highlighters that I find more flattering and universal than bright white ones. Finally SF MoMA is a nice light chestnut, a really cute shade for every day.

Paris eye and cheek palette is also the same containing two blushes, six eyeshadows and a black small eye pencil. This one is also really wearable and contains many neutral shades.

 Both palettes have a really nice packaging, looking very sleek and well made. They have a perfect size for travels also. Even the small two sided brush isn't that bad for touch ups at least.

 Moulin Rouge is a more orange coral shade while Arc de Triumph is a nice dirty pink shade. These two are also pretty decently pigmented and buildable and they are applied nicely. 

La Tour Eiffel is a nice grey warm shade and Sacre- Coeur is a very interesting shade like a really light taupe, maybe my favorite one in this palette. Champs- Elysees is this palette's highlighter and it is more on the shimmery white side.

 Louvre is also a beautiful highlighter but pink-toned but Seine is even more gorgeous and reminds me a lot of Urban Decay's Sin although it is not an exact dupe. Finally Notre- Dame is a nice flattering light brown shade. All six shades are shimmery but just a bit and they are not at all chalky.

 So what do you think about these two palettes? Have you ever tried any Catrice products? Are you interested in reviews of some stuff for their regular line? And all my Greek readers don't forget to participate to this giveaway!