Bobbi Brown Sculpt & Glow Palette Review & Swatches

Bobbi Brown Sculpt & Glow Palette ($59) is a new palette featuring highlighter, bronzer, and blush. I purchased this earlier in the week as Bobbi Brown has 25% off your order plus a free gift set featuring a full-size lip product (to get the gift you need to spend $75+). I’m a freak who doesn’t love highlighter nor bronzer but swirl them together in one product like Milani Harmony Blush or put them in a palette together and I’m likely buying it. Don’t ask me what kind of logic that is but I couldn’t begin to tell you what’s going on in my head sometimes.

Anyway, I snatched this up in the shade Medium because I was loving on the warm peach blush. It was really pretty in promo images and I thought it would make a great Summer palette! I admit I did brace myself for disappointment with this because even when Bobbi was manning the helm over yonder things were always hit and miss. I absolutely adore Bobbi Brown Cosmetics (particularly during Bobbi Brown’s reign) but Estee Lauder, like many brands they took over, ruined it. So, the hit and miss situation became more miss than hit. But sometimes, you can snag something awesome from Bobbi Brown and your interest is piqued again (like Skin Full Coverage Concealer is ace!). Somehow, someway, I refuse to give up on the brand.

I don’t even know who the hell I think I am but I was contouring with this palette this week. Normally I get something like this and swirl all the shades together, smile, and blend onto my cheek bones but I was being all technical with it and contouring and highlighting like I knew what I was doing. It worked out ok as I was able to get a nice bit of warmth, color, and glow from all three shades.

One thing that hasn’t changed about Bobbi Brown Cosmetics is they still come in classy packaging. This one is housed in a large gold compact, with a huge mirror inside, the three shades, and a very pretty face material face plate in orange with Bobbi’s emblem (I’m a little worried it’ll get dirty but so far so good). It’s made in Italy and oddly says the Highlighter and Blush are 0.15 oz in size but nothing about the bronzer size? I’m assuming the bronzer is the same size.

The palette consists of three shades with three finishes. Medium Afternoon Glow Highlighter which is a beige champagne shade, Desert Peach Radiant Blush which is warm peach coral with satin finish, and Medium Bronzer which is a medium brown bronzer. The highlighter, blush, and bronzer all have a gel powder formula. I typically like gel powders as they tend to be firm but easy to pick up with a brush. Mmm in this case you’re getting a firm powder but they did prove a little hard to pick up with a powder brush. I had to swipe a few times to get color onto my brush which was a touch frustrating. But they do apply beautifully! The finish is outstandingly smooth, even, and flawless on my cheeks. I did notice the highlighter accentuated the pores of my nose a bit (you can see this in my photo). But I think I was a bit heavier handed in that area. A lighter touch would probably product better results. Other than that the powders applied very well but as I said it took a bit of work to actually get my brush to pick up color. They also wore very long and the glow lasted for a solid seven hours before showing some wear. I was able to maintain the color and the radiance for several hours.

Bobbi Brown Sculpt & Glow Palette isn’t without some fault but overall, it’s a very pretty palette and I think I’ll get a lot of use out of this Summer. This is probably one for the Bobbi Brown fans out there. I dunno if everyone needs to race out and purchase it especially if you have a stash palettes like it. I thought it was a nice addition to my makeup wardrobe for Summer and travel.

Bobbi Brown Sculpt & Glow Palette is available now and on sale (no code needed, 25% taken at checkout).

Where to buy

Bobbi Brown Neiman Marcus