Smashbox Red Carpet Radiance Palette: Review, Swatches
Hi All,
Well, i guess by now all of you must have a good idea of how much i shop from Ebay so this won’t come as much of a surprise….I got this off Ebay as well…hehe! This was an impulse buy and th eminute i saw 5 blushes in a single palette I couldn’t control myself and jumped at it! 
What Smashbox Product Claim:
- Red carpet glam. Two shimmering blushes, two matte blushes, and one Fusion Soft Lights for cheeks create this all-in-one palette that’s sure to get you noticed.
- Red Carpet Radiance Palette in VIP, with 0.19-oz Soft Lights in Shimmering Quartz, a creamy pink with high pearl; and blush in Matte Flush, a golden beige; Shimmering Flush, a pink with warm shimmer; Matte Raspberry, a matte cool pink; and Shimmering Raspberry, a shimmering cool pink.
- Price: $40 approx. However I got the unboxed palette for 900 INR.
My take on the Smashbox Red Carpet Radiance Palette:
- Packaging:This palette is rectangular shaped and is slim and very compact. It slides easily into my purse as well. I wouldn’t suggest anyone carry this during travel since the powders r quite soft and stand a chance of breaking with ease. The palette also has a mirror which is very convenient for touch ups.
- Color, Pigmentation & Texture:I went all crazy when I saw the shades since I’d wanted all these shade and fantabulously so I got them all in a single palette! Lets have a closer look at the colors:
- Shimmering Flush: The first shade is a shimmer finish beige shade with hints of coral. This one is the least pigmented of all 5 shades However, I don’t mind this since I’m very wary of such shimmery blushes and use a tiny bit only.
- Matte Flush: The 2nd shade is a true coral shade with a matte finish. Its so heavily pigmented that if you’re not careful, you could end up looking like an Orange! The first time I used this, I went a bit overboard and Hubby started laughing uncontrollably and made me stand in front of a mirror with better lighting to see my ‘Karamaat!’ Harumph!! Needless to say he had to make up for HIS faux pas (despite the fact that he saved me from going out like that in public) by taking me shopping So, since then I’ve used this with a light hand and prefer using a fan brush for this.
- Shimmering Raspberry: This is a light berry pink with a frosty finish. I don’t use this shade much because of it shimmer ofcourse and also since it has mild blue undertones which makes me look paler than usual. It is decently pigmented and would look pretty on a lot of skin tones.
- Matte Raspberry: This has to be my most favorite of all 5 shades. Its a deep raspberry shade and is the most pigmented of the lot. It’s completely matte with a velvet finish. This is the best and the most dangerous of all 5 shades since it takes no effort at all to look like a clown with this shade…Again, I prefer using a fan brush to apply this.
- Shimmering Quartz: This is the highlighter and I have to say one of the best ones I’ve come across…It has just the right amount of shimmer and is velvet soft in texture. I just sweep a tiny bit from above the apples of my cheeks to the temples and I’m done. It lends a beautiful glow which is appreciable to say the least.
- Staying Power: The highlighter (Shade 5) stays on my cheeks for about 3hrs before fading completely. The matte blushes (Shades 2 and 4) stay the longest for about 7-8hrs which is commendable and the shimmery shades (Shades 1 and 3) remain for a max of 5hrs after which they fade steadily.
- Price: I find this palette outrageously pricey and would never ever buy it at its original price. If bought abroad, this comes with a blush brush as well but it hasn’t been rated very highly and some have complained of the neck of the brush being loose and fragile. So while hunting for this I ensured I was not getting the brush with this which further pulled down the price. Additionally, I would not pay the original price for this because all the shades are not worth it. I’d alternatively suggest that if you like any of the shades, then the single blushes are also available by their name as mentioned. So you need not buy all 5 shades and can pick the one you like best.
Pros of Smashbox Red Carpet Radiance Palette:
- The temptation of getting so many finishes of such gorgeous shades is too much to resist.
- Comes with a mirror
- The texture of the powders is soft and velvety.
- It’s very compact and slim and easy to slip into my purse.
- Good staying power.
- Get a plethora of shades, from pinks, raspberries, corals to a highlighter.
Cons of Smashbox Red Carpet Radiance Palette:
- Availability is a huge problem. This brand is not available in India
- Wish it came with a brush
- Its extremely pricey although it can be bought for less if you’re ready to buy it unboxed.
Ratings:
- Pigmentation: 4/5
- Packaging: 5/5
- Staying Power: 3.5/5
- Availability: 2.5/5
- Price vs. Quality: 3.5/5
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I like the dabba
but you’re right it is not something I would spend 40 USD on 
n Gud morning
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Gud morning Emm
its so sleek and nice to carry around…but too pricey…
and she got it in 18 dollar..what lucky Zee…..
seriously…id never hav dared t buy it otherwise…id have exhausted my budget for 4-5 mts if i’d had to do that!
Zara..the pink shades are so gorgeous……..where are cheek swatches….?
You don’t do justice to these shades without cheek swatches..
thanx MOKP…i knew ud like the raspberry shade…its my fav too
cheek swatches how can i do with 5 shadeS? id end up lukin like a paarot
nahi nahi..5 different piccys…You can do this much for us…pleeaasseeee
Did you see the pics i sent yesterdayy..
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haan…i saw the pics! reply bhi kara tha..nahi mila?
i was like wow!!! itna mast hai..and it looks also so unusual! gud choice mokp
hehe…5 diff pics???? lekin kitne baar face saaf karu? itne baar wapas sab lagana padega..me too lazy
apni mann ki aankhon se imagine kar lo na pls 
hehe..ok…i will imagine…..reply nahi mila..girly..i thought zara ko pasand nahi aaya…and since you are the blush expert..I was wondering maine galat shade choose kari kya..
I will review it soon and send to Anamika..so that all girls can see…I think this one is a must have and value for money….
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hehe…in my opinion, no blush is the wrong blush shade unless it turns out chalky..hehe…warna, i dont do bhed bhav..i luv alllllllllll of them
haan..pls review karna soon…wud luv t see it and how it works…it even looks so impressive!
sure..i will do it jaldi se..
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yey!! me waiting and waiting and waiting! :birthday-dance:
WOW ZARA ….. this is just sooooo WOW … and how do you find good deals alwaysssss
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no wonderrrr you are certainly the biggest blushoholic of all time
hehe….thanx Rash
glad u liked it…i really luv the raspberry shade? which one did u like the most?
i dig and dig and dig re…tabhi m lucky sometimes…otherwise it becomes hard t shell out so much for a product u cant see or touch na..
i loveddddd second coral one and highlighter the most and the fact it has so many color choice is amazingggg
D:
i sware i never would have thought of buying from Ebay but have convinced me enough to go and surf
kuch try karo Rash….its takes some time t get used to it but once u get the hang of it, its nice and simple….
haan….coral bahut pretty hai…and so pigmented! its a nice palette to reach for surely..
blushoholic
rightly said rash
hehe…i cant help it miths..the minute i see blush i go beserk!
Hey Zeee…. kitne saare blushes… am not surprised you jumped at it
Actually the shimmery shades are awesome… can they be used as eyeshadow??? 
I am lovin the clown wala shade
haha! Mals!! u liked the clown wala shades!! m laughing as i read this…
yeps..they can be used as e/s…infact i think they’d work perfectly that way…
i couldnt help myself when i saw 5 shades ka palette and that too for such a bargain…i dint even think twice
wow Zee, the pigmentation is super!!! and such pretty shades
great buy!
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thanx Sam…i too feel pretty lucky to get such shades….corals and pinks and a highlighter to booth! all this in one palette…..kinda like a must have for travel
hahahhaha.. plus for a blush junkie like you, it must be like a great pick! tell me Zee how many blushes do you own? an approx figure would do
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well, i dunno y i always gravoitate towards blushes…no matter how many lippies and liners r around i always end up at the blush counter…Blushes…hmm..m not too sure but an approx figure id have t say would be around 70-80 i guess…not sur……
OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMGOMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG
70-80 blushes? how do u even choose which one to wear??? hahahahhahaahaha… I would go crazy only!!!!
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hehe…i dunno re…i just pick one…i kno m crazy about them, but its honestly my only major weakness…i like all things make up…but when it comes to make up my brain caves in and i am left with no sense of reason
my god u have 70/80 blushes………………….kuchh donate karo plzzzzz atleast some dupes of this
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hehe….i try not to buy dupes….most of the shades i have r different in shade, texture or finish…..me luvi my blushes!! they r my babiess!!!
MY God !!
U r truly crazy about blushes Zara!!!
what will u do with these blushes dear.
have u arranged it by its date of expiry ?
If not I urge you to do so
where do u store these blushes ?
Jyoti Loved the idea of donating blushes
hehe…Mitha..i actually do know the expiry dates so no probs….long time to go…i actually hav given off some of my blushes to cousins and relatives..especially those which only had a year more to live
i store them in drawers, those plastic dabba’s with dividers, palettes..any possible ways actually..any ideas?
good u r too wise Zee !!
lucky cousins !!!
i used to keep my make up in organizers .but my son is too smart he pulls the drawer of the organizer and U know what he did ?
he just opened my lakme lip love lipbalm and digged inside
broke my lotus emulsion which is a glass jar by itself
throw off my one and only mascare outside the window !!
so what more can I ask?
hence i store them in tight plastic containers
omg omg !! mera kya hoga
OMG!!! so much destruction???? m amazed!!! but then its something thats sorta expected from boys…but a glass bottle?!?!?!?! hehe..m speechless!
Zara, can I be ur cousin pleaasseee?
I also want some rosy cheeks… blushes with 1 year expiry date will do 
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i just saw dis now..70-80 blushes..me read n fainted, fainted again
haha!!! noooo!! dont faint tupsi!
Love the Box. Can’t say so much about the price though. I think you will find better palettes in NYX & BH Cosmetics.
i agree chetana…for the original price its like daylight robbery! id never pay so much for a 5 shade palette…
Ive never tried BH cosmetics….hows it?
Definitely ! NYX will have a better price and pigmentation Chetana
never tried BH though
lets try it A!
NYX has soooo many nice palettes and so pocket friendly…i luv NYX
good morning ladies!!! TGIFFFFFFF..
me dont want to work..me stay on wiseshe as much as possible 
this Smashbox brabd looks pretyt neat. me going to resist doing any shopping today :nono: :nono:
gmorning Appu
my weekend is gona b a working one unfortunately..and i too dont wana work! i wana go out and shop! 
hav u used any blush from smashbox before?
no Zara. I have not. . I am big into the pink/sheer look these days.
ah! those kinda looks r perfect for work also…the hardly visible look is totally in..
aaww cho chweet..i also look for u all the time
yes u should shop only on weekend and not on friday :
by the wayu got yur chotu orly nail polishes?
i shop all the time
thats y m constantly kadki 
thats like an amazing thing Zee!! loving the blushes too..most normal wear…you shud tell us next time!!!
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hey Vish…this is a nice palette for daily and evening wear…so it kinda emcompasses all the finishes one wud need…but price is like so crazy na?
ill pakka let u gals know next time…when i got this, i wasnt even a Wiseshe-er
wooha…really?? so you are like super smart!! u know what? i travelled to Paris and had no clue abt WS back then…i didnt buy a single thing
now i feel so dumb!! :wallbash: :wallbash:
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wow! u visited paris???? cool!! id have bpught so much…but then again m not sre…ive heard things r pretty pricey there na?
no need to feel dumb ya…we still have alot of things for our disposal…and now that ur ‘wise’
the next time u go anywhere ul have a gud idea of what to go and what to avoid 
ha ha ha…i cant wait…just that i have to WAIT and WAIT somemore for such an opp…it is exp…but everything is comp-paid…so i cud have splurged
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ohhh is it???? then its fab ya…i wana work in ur company!! ppeeeessshhh!!!
me want me want
all d colors r so nicee.. 
blushes, highlighter together in 900 its not pricey at all 
hehe…which color u liked best tups?
thank god i got it for 900…if id had to buyit at original price id have first gotten a heart attack!
frm l-r pallete 2, 3, 4
around 40$ 
ebay quenn frm next tym plz share d link wid us also 
haanji bilkul tups
show us ur cheek swatch na zara
hehe..m too conscious to do that re….maybe ooonnneee daayyy!
ye palette mujhe dede zara… :bangbang: :bangbang: ………………………………….. so nice shades..
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haha! Nahi Ani gabbar!! aise mat karo!! mere blushes se mujhe judaa mat karo!
u like coral or pinks or reds in blushes ani?
pink pink pink……………………… peach peach peach….
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hehe….triple effect!
Morning everyone !! Cool palette..
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Thanx Sangeetha…Happy FRIDAY!!!!!!
Goood morning Sangeetha..a very happy friday
wow wow wow..Zara…i guess it is time for me to loot a bank!
i feel the exact same way whenever i see blushes…i wish there weren’t so many blushes in the world..then i wudnt feel the urge to hav all of them!
btw, its Friday!!!! happy time!!!
OOH! This is super fab zara
. love all the shades n the sleek packaging. Really wish it werent so pricey 
Thanx Naf….Me too wish it werent so pricey…then alot more ppl wud have gotten to try it..and the funny thing is…that the shadesaren’t really worth such a high price…as in , they aint mineralized shades r combi shades or baked….i dunno wot they were thinking while doing the pricing..
i knew it ws u when saw the product.
blush queen u r 
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hehe…abhi itne jaldi pehchaan gayi??
i guess they realized there are ardent blush lovers out there who’d buy it even if it costed the earth
hehe….so true…but i still doubt anyone wud buy this for such a high price….hehe..the colors r gorgeous tho…which kinda shades do u wear naf?
to be honest….i dont remember ever buying blush :flush: The only blush i own is a TBS 1 wich i believ has expired. After reading urs n ana’s blush reviews i decided its about time i bought 1 n went to get lakme cheek artist. But i returned empty handed when i discovered it had shimmer
Nafisa try Faces blush or Loreal blushes
Faces ones r lovely Naf..especially burnt sienna…sooooooooo pretty
Thanks ana :makeup: . Was plannin to try l’oreal. Any shade suggestion?
oh! that far back? i am a total blush freak and need a blush always otherwise i fele like m missing something
the lakme one has shimmer? u mean the cream ones na? they dont have shimmer at all..and even if it looks bit so on spreading it comes of totaly matte…i have one and its absolutely not shimmery…
the peach one has a little shimmer.. i have both the lakme ones..
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is the shimmer very ott deeps?
nope.. not at all but i prefer any blush sans shimmer.. i dont know why but other than gold and bronze eyeshadows i dont like shimmer on anything else.. i cannot wear anything with shimmer on a regular basis.
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Deeps! u changed ur pic!!!!u hav such cute cheeks!!
i like shimmery shades but i have very few of them since they r better for evening or party wear and i dont go to such events normally…so for me its like matte or a very mild shimmer most of the time..
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im currently loving the mac semi precious one in coral.. love it!! which is your fav coral Z? i bought one in loreal too and it has too much shimmer
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i like Faces in Burnt sienna…its a very wearable coral and i also have one from innuovi…thats another one i like to use
corals just brighten up the face so nicely na?
ya!! i havent tried the faces blushers since the counter in chennai stocks up old products..
i guess ill order online.. i badly want to try burnt sienna 
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and corals really do brighten up the face and my day! love the color!
i have more blushers in coral than pink and lipsticks too..
Deepika recently posted..Revlon Superlustrous lipsticks: Swatches: Part 2
oh u hav t try it deeps..ul luv it…its so wearable…and for ppl who wana try corals also its a gud option…do check it out pakke se…
i surely will!
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The SA showed me 1 thats shimmery n told me the other is for dusky skintone n wont suit me. So much for my 1st blush shopping venture
zara pls do a review of the simply pretty ones na. hav u used them?
ill do them soon…ive used just one till now actually….have yetto use the rest…will review them once done…but after swatching them not really impressed..the true color blushes seem to be much better honestly..
i told you!! :bangbang: i dont like the simply pretty ones myself
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awesome palette.. gorgeous colors. ebay sans the fake products is a shopper’s haven!
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i agree…there r so many fakes out there..and when its a foreign product its even harder to make out which is genuine and which isnt…
I like the very first one on your wrist (extreme left) … nice shade
… so now u aren’t just a shopping queen but a blush guru too 
:king: 
And u’re so good in judging which brush to use… I have only one big thick brush for blush… will be a complete dodo to understand tht one needs fan brush for applying this way and another brush for applying tht way
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hehe…naa…its just come after alotta time…my basic funda is that if its a very bright and pigmented brush, then i use a fan brush, if its a cream blush, then i use stippling brush, if the blush is light and sheer, then u use a larger blush brush and if its a dense shade then i use a smaller one so i canhave more control over it..
If these are ur basic fundas blush guru, then I’m in the playgroup level
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haha!!! aise kuch nahi hai…just imagine how many clown faces ive had to sport b4 learning all this the hard way…hehe..believe me it wasnt pretty at all
lollz.. theek hai.. then m in the clown face phase
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haha! naa..m sure ur not as bad as u think
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i like each one of the colour on the palette zara..
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aww…so u like both corals and pinks both? which us ur fav coral till date?
i dont have any particular one till date…actually i luv all corals
..am not a big fan of pinks though ..i rarely like them…but the one in the palette luks so gud…
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really? ive very rarely seen gals who dont like pinks…mostly everyone likes pinks and ignores the other shades..hehe…if u had to name ur bestestestest! coral shade, which one wud it b?
I am so tempted! GREAT swatches <3 The pink and the coral there look lovely
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Hey Sara…i too luv corals…but in this palette i luv the raspberry the most..then the corals..
do u have any other corals which r ur fav?
I knew it, this post is from Zara..you smasbox girl
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all 5 shades are very nice zara.. I loved the coral and raspberry..this is so handy..
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thanx bhumi….i feel the same way…such gorgeous shades and in a single palette..wot more cud we ask for ..
Woooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww Zeeeeeeeeeeee
OMG!!! So many blushes in ONE!!! :jittery:
And coools shades na! Wowwww!!! You’ve got such cool deal too!!!
seriously Paddy…even i cudnt believe my eyes when i saw it…and the highlighter is also so amazing….one of the best ive used in fact..
The raspberry wala pink is so tempting!
hehe..i kno…its my fav too..and the coral is also so sexy!
pink shades are pretty gorgeous
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thanx Sahar..
woww Zara ur so luck :birthday-dance: u get what u want nd dat too at quite good price :clap-n-jump: :clap-n-jump:
hamari kismat :flush: :flush:
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hehe….nothin about kismat re switty…bas bade shiddat se dhoondna padta hai
hwssss u ??
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m doin gud switty…waiting for this day t b over…
aaj kahan thi? missed u..
exms cming na
islie busy with prep :wallbash: i hate exms 
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awww…just remember its ur last exams…then switty will b freeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yes :jittery: :clap-n-jump:
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as if we loved them
very pretty shades….all the shades r awesome….btw Z r u an HR???
hey Megs..thanx so much…haan..m in HR…kaise pata chala?
i can c so many traits of HR in u.
haan kya??? jaise jaise??? this is so weird how u knew..
i can c so many traits of HR manager in u.
your blush craze Z……………. but a nice palette to have a it as different shades and sleek to carry around.
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